GE announced the completion of the sale of its BioPharma business to Danaher on Tuesday. The company received approximately $20 billion in net cash proceeds.
Calling the sale “a critical milestone” in GE’s multiyear transformation, GE Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp Jr. said the deal fortified the company’s “considerable sources to de-risk our balance sheet and continue to solidify our financial position.”
GE announced plans on Monday to sell its BioPharma business to Danaher for approximately $21.4 billion, including $21 billion in cash. GE Chairman and CEO H. Lawrence Culp Jr. said the deal was a “pivotal milestone” that “demonstrates that we are executing on our strategy by taking thoughtful and deliberate action to reduce leverage and strengthen our balance sheet.”