Bruker Completes Acquisition of Majority Interest in Infectious Disease Molecular Diagnostics Company Hain Lifescience GmbH

BILLERICA, Mass., Oct. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Bruker Corporation (NASDAQ: BRKR) today announced that is has completed the acquisition of an 80% majority interest in Hain Lifescience GmbH, based in Nehren, Germany.  Hain is an infectious disease specialist with a broad range of molecular diagnostics (MDx) solutions for the detection of microbial and viral pathogens, as well as for molecular antibiotic resistance testing.  Bruker had previously announced an agreement to acquire a majority interest in Hain on August 24, 2018, with options for the remaining 20% equity interest held by the Hain founders exercisable in or after 2022.  Financial details were not disclosed.

In addition to the highly-regarded, established Hain GenoType™ MDx product portfolio, Hain has developed the novel Fluorocycler™ XT, an innovative real-time PCR system with an unprecedented temperature range and homogeneity for highest reproducibility and high-level multiplexing using Hain's proprietary, novel Liquid Array™ assay format.  The first Liquid Array assay will be the Fluorotype MTBDR 2.0 for detecting the M. tuberculosis complex, including its drug resistances against rifampicin and isoniazid, with CE-IVD labeling expected after a test phase in selected early adopter laboratories.  Additional Liquid Array assays for affordable mid- to high-throughput syndromic panel testing are planned.

David Hain, Managing Director of the renamed Bruker-Hain Diagnostics MDx business, said: "We expect the launch of our new Fluorotype MTBDR 2.0 Liquid Array tuberculosis assay in selected markets that accept the CE-IVD mark already in the fourth quarter of 2018. This assay will be a true multi-drug resistance (MDR) assay which further improves tuberculosis detection and classification to give infectious disease doctors a valuable tool to improve public health."

Professor Robin M. Warren at the DST-NRF Centre of Excellence for Biomedical Tuberculosis Research and SAMRC Centre for Tuberculosis Research at Stellenbosch University, South Africa, stated: "We have already been successfully using the Hain GenoType portfolio and Fluorotype MTBDR assay for mycobacteria analysis.  Hain is a proven mycobacteria expert, and we are excited about the Bruker-Hain Diagnostics innovation pipeline that will further improve TB testing with more differentiated diagnostic information."

Dr. Catharina Boehme, CEO of the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND) in Geneva, Switzerland, added: "Drug-resistant TB is a major public health concern in many countries.  While drug susceptibility testing for rifampicin is increasing, we are still a long way from the universal access called for by WHO in the 'End TB' strategy.  Expanded rapid tests such as those offered by Bruker-Hain Diagnostics are necessary to identify isoniazid-monoresistance and enable individualized patient therapy."

The transaction is not expected to have a material impact on Bruker's 2018 non-GAAP operating margin and earnings per share (EPS).  In 2019, Bruker continues to expect Hain to be accretive to Bruker's non-GAAP EPS by $0.01-$0.02.

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Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release includes a reference to the expected accretive impact of the transaction to Bruker's 2019 non-GAAP EPS, which is based on projections for the acquired business in fiscal 2019, excluding certain costs defined below. Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for the most directly comparable GAAP measures. This forward-looking non-GAAP financial measure is intended to provide additional information to investors regarding Bruker's current expectations surrounding the Hain Lifescience GmbH acquisition. Non-GAAP EPS excludes certain acquisition and integration-related expenses, purchase accounting measurement period adjustments and charges for amortization of acquired intangible assets. Bruker does not provide GAAP financial measures or corresponding reconciliations to such GAAP financial measures on a forward-looking basis because we are unable to predict with reasonable certainty and without unreasonable effort items such as the timing and amount of future acquisition and integration-related charges, purchase accounting measurement period adjustments and charges for amortization of the acquired intangible assets. The timing and amount of these reconciling items are uncertain, depend on various factors outside our management's control and could significantly impact, either individually or in the aggregate, our future EPS calculated and presented in accordance with GAAP.

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