Advisor
Lazard has served as a financial advisor to Mars and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and as legal advisor to Mars.
BofA Securities, Inc. and Piper Sandler & Co. served as financial advisors to Heska and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP and as legal advisor to Heska.
Media Contacts
Mars, Incorporated Media Inquiries:
Brunswick Group
Blake Sonnenshein/Sayagi Vallipuram
bsonnenshein@brunswickgroup.com / svallipuram@brunswickgroup.com
About Mars, Incorporated
Mars, Incorporated is driven by the belief that the world we want for tomorrow starts with how we act today. As a global, family-owned company, Mars is constantly transforming and evolving to make a positive impact on the world.
Our diverse and growing portfolio of quality confectionery, food, petcare products and services employs over 140,000 people worldwide.
With annual sales of nearly $45 billion, we produce some of the world’s best-loved brands, including Ben’s Original™, CESAR®, Cocoavia®, DOVE®, EXTRA®, KIND®, M&M’s®, SNICKERS®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, and WHISKAS®.
We create a better world for pets through our global network of pet clinics and diagnostic services – including AniCura, Antech, BANFIELD™, BLUEPEARL™, Linnaeus, and VCA™ – and use cutting-edge technology to develop breakthrough genetic health screening and DNA testing programs. For more information about Mars, visit mars.com/en. Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube.
About Mars Science & Diagnostics
Mars Science & Diagnostics is a division of Mars Petcare, a diversified company dedicated to a single goal: A Better World for Pets™. Science & Diagnostics combines the strengths of leading animal health science with expertise in diagnostics, data and technology to improve the health of pets. Our global veterinary diagnostics business, Antech with Heska, includes diagnostic laboratory instruments and consumables for point-of-care diagnostics, including rapid diagnostic tests and digital cytology services, local and cloud-based data services, practice information management software and related software and support, reference laboratories, veterinary imaging and technology, education and telemedicine with support services from certified specialists. Our home diagnostics offer includes Whistle with smart pet health monitoring devices and Wisdom Panel, the world’s most accurate pet DNA test. For 60 years now, our Waltham Petcare Science Institute has been advancing science to better understand pet health.
