the questionWhich companies made up the Exactech group, who ran them, and what happened to them after the sale?
1The group in 2024
analysisA simplified organisational chart attached to the 2024 first-day declaration shows below Exactech, Inc. Exactech Italia S.p.A., Exactech International Operation AG (Switzerland), Blue Ortho SAS (France), Exactech Korea, JointMedica Limited (U.K.), Exactech Deutschland GmbH, Exactech UK Limited, Exactech France SAS, a Spanish S.L.U., Exactech KK (Japan), an Australian Pty Ltd, Exactech EOG GmbH (Austria) and Exactech Portugal, LDA; the chart was read from an image and its ownership percentages are only partly legible. The debtors sold products to these non-debtor subsidiaries for resale, bought goods and services from Exactech International Operation AG and Blue Ortho SAS, and lent to the foreign subsidiaries. 1
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- Court record source · src-003 identified by category only · Court record
2Switzerland and France
analysisA Swiss Official Gazette notice, reproduced by a company-data site, records that Exactech International Operation AG of Muri bei Bern (CHE-115.564.269) amended its articles on July 16, 2026 and became Advita International Ops AG; its earlier names include Exactech Switzerland Ltd., Exactech Schweiz AG and Exactech Suisse SA. Another data site reports that it was entered in the commercial register on March 31, 2010 and lists Richard Edmund Andrews Jr. and Monica Rognoni as board members with signing authority and PricewaterhouseCoopers AG as auditor from February 27, 2024. 1 2
analysisFrance's company directory lists BLUE ORTHO SAS (SIREN 509027702), a research and development company in Meylan created on November 7, 2008, with Anthony Boyer as président and Alpes Audit Conseils Expertises as auditor, and 2025 revenue of 11,728,231 euros and net income of 478,496 euros. It lists the company with SIREN 433701166, created in Mérignac in 2000, as ADVITA ORTHO FRANCE SAS, with Laurent Mouillac as président and RSM France as auditor, zero revenue and a net loss of 254,823 euros for 2025; a data site gives Mouillac as président since January 13, 2020. 3 4 5
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- Corporate registry source · src-069 identified by category only · Corporate registry
- Corporate registry source · src-021 identified by category only · Corporate registry
- French business directory record for SIREN 509027702 (BLUE ORTHO) French government business directory · 24 Sep 2026
- French business directory record for SIREN 433701166 (ADVITA ORTHO FRANCE SAS) French government business directory · 23 Sep 2026
- Corporate registry source · src-052 identified by category only · Corporate registry
3Germany and Austria
analysisRegister notices summarised by a data site show Exactech Deutschland GmbH (Kiel local court HRB 11872 KI, previously Berlin-Charlottenburg HRB 125481 B) renamed Advita Ortho Germany GmbH on June 3, 2026; its managing directors were Alexander Kohtz until August 2020, David Timm Backhuß from August 3, 2020 to October 30, 2025 and Nicolas Hohl from October 30, 2025. A data site lists its sole shareholder as "Exatech International", without saying which group company that is. Its 2023 accounts report a net loss of €219,377.68 and a deficit not covered by equity of €2,426,553.34, and note that on April 1, 2010 it bought the business of Tantum AG of Neumünster. 1 2 3
analysisAn Austrian data site lists Exactech EÖG GmbH (FN 570674b, Commercial Court of Vienna), registered on December 22, 2021, with Backhuß as managing director since October 11, 2023, total assets of about €353,350 and negative equity of €457,871 for 2024; it found no insolvency administrator or insolvency edicts when it checked on September 22, 2026. 4
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- Corporate registry source · src-032 identified by category only · Corporate registry
- Corporate registry source · src-094 identified by category only · Corporate registry
- Corporate registry source · src-089 identified by category only · Corporate registry
- Corporate registry source · src-070 identified by category only · Corporate registry
4The United Kingdom
analysisCompanies House lists among the former directors of Exactech's English subsidiary David Petty and Joel Phillips (2005 to 2020), Darin Bruce Johnson (2020 to October 2025), Bruce Edward Thompson and Elliot Ness Cintron (2020 to 2023). The company, now ADVITA ORTHO UK LIMITED, has as current directors Richard Edmund Andrews Jr. and Nicolas Sylvain Hohl, appointed on April 1, 2024 with a correspondence address at the Swiss subsidiary, and Eric Noel Roger Astoin, Nathan John Beckley and Andrew Peter O'Hare, appointed on February 5, 2026; from October 31, 2025 it has stated that it has no person with significant control. A second company, EXACTECH (UK) 2 LIMITED (16540209), had Andrews, Hohl and Johnson as directors from June 25, 2025, Johnson resigning in October, and Astoin, Beckley and O'Hare from October 22, 2025; it is now dissolved. 1 2 3 4
sources in this section
- Companies House officers: company 05316864 UK Companies House · 2026
- Companies House persons with significant control: company 05316864 UK Companies House · 2026
- Companies House officers: company 16540209 UK Companies House · 2026
- Corporate registry source · src-085 identified by category only · Corporate registry
5Italy, Australia and Spain
analysisGLEIF records the Italian subsidiary (registry number 02018520508, LEI 815600187F853BDAA941) as ADVITA ORTHO ITALY S.P.A., formerly EXACTECH ITALIA SOCIETA' PER AZIONI, with Exactech, Inc. still named as direct parent as of October 15, 2026. The Australian Business Register shows ABN 60 146 150 754 under the name Exactech Australia Pty Ltd from September 9, 2010 to February 10, 2026 and Advita Ortho AUS Pty Ltd since, and GLEIF lists the company (LEI 87550015Y6TSRR63XC35) under the new name. A Spanish data site lists ADVITA ORTHO IBERICA SL at the Asturias technology park in Llanera, first registered on February 22, 2010; the record identifies it as Exactech's Spanish subsidiary only through its former name. 1 2 3 4
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- GLEIF LEI records matching "Exactech" Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation · 2026
- GLEIF direct-parent record for LEI 815600187F853BDAA941 Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation · 15 Oct 2026
- ABN history for ABN 60 146 150 754 Australian Business Register · 16 Oct 2026
- Corporate registry source · src-053 identified by category only · Corporate registry
6Domestic vehicles
analysisExactech International, LLC (Florida L10000132635), with Exactech, Inc. as manager, filed its last annual report in April 2016 and a statement of termination on April 27, 2017. ExactOrtho, Inc. (P17000096933), filed on December 7, 2017 with Roy W Petty, Betty A Petty and David W Petty (chief executive) as officers, filed no annual reports and was administratively dissolved on September 27, 2019; its record does not state its business. 1 2
sources in this section
- Sunbiz detail record for Exactech International, LLC (document L10000132635) Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations · 2017
- Sunbiz detail record for ExactOrtho, Inc. (document P17000096933) Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations · 2019