Cole-Parmer plans Credit Suisse-led financing for buyout by GTCR

By Sara Rosenberg

New York, July 17 – Cole-Parmer Instrument Co. plans on getting financing led by Credit Suisse to help fund its $480 million acquisition by GTCR from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., according to a news release.

Other funds for the transaction will come from equity.

Closing is subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.

Cole-Parmer is a Vernon Hills, Ill.-based manufacturer and distributor of specialty laboratory equipment, instruments and supplies.

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