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accession: "0000856982-24-000100"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MMSI"
cik: "0000856982"
company_name: "MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC"
filed_at: "2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T07:09:57.163894+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Merit Medical completes $210M cash acquisition of Cook Medical's lead management portfolio

## Summary
- Closed on November 1, 2024; consideration ~$210M cash plus assumption of certain liabilities.
- Funded from cash on hand and borrowings under Merit's long-term credit facility.
- Portfolio includes medical devices for pacemaker/ICD lead removal; strengthens electrophysiology and CRM business.
- CEO Fred Lampropoulos says acquisition enhances Merit's position in the global cardiac intervention market.
- Wells Fargo advised Merit; Bank of America advised Cook Medical.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000856982-24-000100
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MMSI
- cik: 0000856982
- company_name: MERIT MEDICAL SYSTEMS INC
- filed_at: 2024-11-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698224000100/0000856982-24-000100-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/856982/000085698224000100/mmsi-20241101x8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000856982-24-000100.txt

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