---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001097149-23-000070"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "ALGN"
cik: "0001097149"
company_name: "ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC"
filed_at: "2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-10T23:13:31.270009+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Align Technology to acquire Cubicure GmbH for ~€79M to bolster direct 3D printing capabilities

## Summary
- Purchase price ~€79M (~$85M), expected to close Q4 2023 or early 2024, no financing conditions.
- Cubicure brings patented Hot Lithography technology for high-viscosity resins and tough polymers.
- Acquisition strengthens Align's IP portfolio and scales direct 3D printing of custom appliances.
- Align already owned ~9.04% of Cubicure; deal includes customary closing adjustments.
- Transaction does not require Align stockholder approval, funded from cash on hand.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001097149-23-000070
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: ALGN
- cik: 0001097149
- company_name: ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC
- filed_at: 2023-09-06T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000070/0001097149-23-000070-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000070/algn-20230901.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001097149-23-000070.txt

## Key facts
- Material Agreements
  ALIGN TECHNOLOGY INC entered into Share Purchase Agreement with Univ. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Stampfl, Dr. Robert Gmeiner, Dr. Johannes Benedikt, Dr. Johannes Homa and AM Ventures Additive Manufacturing Fonds I GmbH & Co. KG valued at €79 million (which is approximately US$85 million based on current exchange rates) (effective 2023-09-01).
  - Action: entry
  - Agreement: asset purchase
  - Counterparty: Univ. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Stampfl, Dr. Robert Gmeiner, Dr. Johannes Benedikt, Dr. Johannes Homa and AM Ventures Additive Manufacturing Fonds I GmbH & Co. KG
  - Value: €79 million (which is approximately US$85 million based on current exchange rates)
  - Effective: 2023-09-01
  source text: On September 1, 2023, Align Holding GmbH (“Align Holding”), a limited liability company under the laws of Austria and Align Technology Switzerland GmbH (“Align Swissco”), a limited liability company under the laws of Switzerland (collectively, Align Holding and Align Swissco are referred to as the “Purchasers”) entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Univ. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Stampfl, Dr. Robert Gmeiner, Dr. Johannes Benedikt, Dr. Johannes Homa and AM Ventures Additive Manufacturing Fonds I GmbH & Co. KG (collectively, the “Sellers”) pursuant to which the Purchasers will purchase from the Sellers all of their issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of Cubicure GmbH, an Austrian limited liability company (“Cubicure”) (such purchase and sale, the “Transaction”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1097149/000109714923000070/0001097149-23-000070-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.