Integer Holdings shareholders voted overwhelmingly to accept KKR's $5.7 billion acquisition offer at $106.50 per share, completing the final procedural step before the medical device manufacturer exits public markets. The vote, held this week, ratified terms announced in late 2024 and removes Integer from the NASDAQ after twenty-three years of listed trading. KKR-managed investment funds now control a company with $1.6 billion in annual revenue and exposure to cardiac rhythm management, neuromodulation, and portable medical device markets.
Integer manufactures components that sit inside pacemakers, defibrillators, and neurostimulators—rarely branded, always critical. The company supplies batteries, capacitors, and enclosures to Medtronic, Abbott, and Boston Scientific, among others. It operates twenty-two facilities across North America, Europe, and Asia, with roughly 6,400 employees. The business is steady, not spectacular: low-double-digit EBITDA margins, predictable replacement cycles, and entrenched customer relationships that span decades. KKR paid a 31 percent premium to Integer's ninety-day volume-weighted average price at announcement, valuing the company at roughly 14 times forward EBITDA.
The shareholder approval means KKR inherits a company navigating two quiet pressures. First, medical device OEMs are consolidating their supplier bases, preferring scale partners who can handle both design and volume manufacturing. Integer competes with TE Connectivity, Flex, and captive in-house shops at the major device makers. Second, neuromodulation—Integer's fastest-growing segment—is moving toward rechargeable implants, which reduce battery revenue per device but increase software and connectivity content. KKR will likely push Integer to expand its engineering services, raise prices selectively, and acquire smaller competitors with complementary capabilities. The firm has done this before: its 2018 acquisition of Envision Healthcare followed a similar operational playbook, though in a messier reimbursement environment.
Operators should watch two follow-on events. First, KKR will name a new Integer CEO within ninety days; the incumbent leadership announced retirement plans contingent on deal close. The replacement will signal whether KKR pursues margin expansion through footprint consolidation or top-line growth through adjacent acquisitions. Second, expect Integer to announce at least one tuck-in acquisition by mid-2026, likely targeting a sub-$300 million battery chemistry or sensor packaging firm. KKR has $75 billion in dry powder across its private equity funds and a stated preference for healthcare infrastructure plays with recurring revenue exposure.
Integer's largest customer, Medtronic, generates roughly 22 percent of Integer's revenue. That concentration has not changed in five years, which means Medtronic either values Integer's engineering depth or has not found a substitute. KKR now owns that relationship, and the first price negotiation under private ownership will clarify which interpretation is correct.
The takeaway
KKR's $5.7B Integer vote clears the medical device maker's exit; the play is supplier consolidation inside cardiac and neuromodulation supply chains.
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