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M&A Deal Summary

Koch Industries Acquires Molex

On September 9, 2013, Koch Industries acquired electrical equipment company Molex for 7.2B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Koch Industries’ 1st transaction in the Electrical Equipment sector.
  • This is Koch Industries’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Koch Industries’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Koch Industries’ 1st transaction in Illinois.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2013-09-09
Target Molex
Sector Electrical Equipment
Buyer(s) Koch Industries
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 7.2B USD
Advisor(s) William Blair
BDT & MSD Partners (Financial)
Dentons (Legal)

Target

Molex

Lisle, Illinois, United States
Molex's corporate headquarters in Lisle, Illinois.
Molex's corporate headquarters in Lisle, Illinois.
Molex Incorporated is a global manufacturer of electronic, electrical and fiber optic interconnection systems. Molex operates 45 manufacturing locations in 17 countries and employs more than 36,000 people globally.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Koch Industries

Wichita, Kansas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1940
Sector Diversified
Employees60,000
Revenue 115.0B USD (2012)
DESCRIPTION

Koch Industries owns a diverse group of companies engaged in refining and chemicals; fibers and polymers; commodity and financial trading; and forest and consumer products. Koch Industries was formed in 1940 and is based in Wichita, Kansas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 13
Sector (Electrical Equipment) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 11
State (Illinois) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 12
Year (2013) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-14 Georgia-Pacific

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Georgia-Pacific is a manufacturer of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals.

Buy $13.2B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-11-19 Oplink Communications

Fremont, California, United States

Oplink is a provider of optical communication components, intelligent modules and subsystems. The company offers advanced solutions in DWDM and CWDM bandwidth creation, optical amplification, switching & routing, wavelength conditioning, monitoring & protection, connectivity and system-level integration, as well as a broad portfolio of optical transceivers for metro WDM, aggregation and access applications.

Buy $445M
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