GNW-Adhoc: CORRECTION – Bain Capital Acquires Evident: Partnership to Accelerate Growth and Innovation in the Future

^TOKYO, April 04, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In a release today from the Evident

Corporation under the same heading

noted that the titles by Yuji Sugimoto and Stephen Thomas in

Partners have been corrected and the spelling of the name of Stephen Thomas

was changed. The corrected version is as follows:

Evident Corporation (“Evident”) announced today that the acquisition

of the company previously owned by Olympus Corporation (“Olympus”)

the private equity firm Bain Capital Private Equity (“Bain Capital”)

pursuant to the Definitive Agreement signed on August 29, 2022

is.

Evident was incorporated on April 1, 2022 as a wholly owned subsidiary of

Olympus newly established and includes the former Scientific Solutions business

from Olympus. Evident is headquartered in Tokyo, Japan and has offices worldwide

24 countries with more than 4,300 employees.

With the support of Bain Capital, Evident will have a higher level of agility

and achieve faster decision-making to drive innovation-based

Drive growth in life sciences and industry. building

on a more than 100-year history of innovation in the fields

Evident plans to add imaging, instrumentation and measurement solutions to its portfolio

to further develop first-class products, solutions and services.

Yoshitake Saito, President and CEO of Evident:?We are very excited about the

Partnering with Bain Capital because we believe they have us in

will enable our goal to be a preferred partner for workflow

Solutions for a wide range of customers in the life sciences and

To become an industry, even better to achieve.”

Yuji Sugimoto, Partner of Bain Capital in Japan:?Bain Capital has

Committed to supporting Evident on its sustainable growth path,

so that the company can drive forward an accelerated innovation process

can.”

Stephen Thomas, Partner at Bain Capital in North America added:?Evident

is at the forefront of digital optical technology in the Life end markets

Sciences and Industry and has good chances as an independent company in

new products, new customers and new markets to expand.”

About EVENTS

At Evident, we are guided by the scientific spirit – innovation and

Exploration is at the heart of everything we do. With the aim of the life of

To make people healthier, safer and more fulfilled, we support our

Customers with solutions that solve their challenges and their work

advance – be it in the research of medical breakthroughs, the

inspection of infrastructure or the detection of hidden toxins in

consumer products.

Evident Industrial solutions range from microscopes and videoscopes to

to non-destructive testing equipment and x-ray analyzers for maintenance,

manufacturing and environmental applications. Evident’s products are often used for the

Quality control, inspection and measurement used and rely on

most modern technologies.

Evident Life Science supports scientists and researchers by

Collaboration and innovative life science solutions. Evident Life Science is

strives to meet the challenges and the evolving ones

to support the needs of its customers. The company offers a

comprehensive range of microscopes for pathology, hematology, IVF and

other clinical applications as well as for research and teaching.

Visit www.EvidentScientific.com for more information

(http://www.evidentscientific.com/)

About Bain Capital Private Equity

Since its inception in 1984, Bain Capital has worked closely with Private Equity

Management teams work together to provide the strategic resources that

needed to build and thrive on great businesses. The

Bain Capital Private Equity global team of more than 280 investment professionals

creates through its global platform and deep expertise in

key verticals such as Healthcare, Consumer Goods/Retail,

Financial & Business Services, Industry & Technology, Media

and telecom stocks for its portfolio companies. Bain Capital has

more than 23 branches on four continents. Since its inception it has

Companies Initial or additional investments in more than 1,100 companies

made. Bain Capital invests in private equity as it does in others

Asset classes such as credit, public equity, venture capital and

Property. The company manages total assets of around 160 billion

US dollars and leverages the company’s shared platform to drive opportunities in

strategic focus areas.

For more information, visit www.baincapitalprivateequity.com

(http://www.baincapitalprivateequity.com/)

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