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 & Co. LLC (Financial)
Dentons (Legal)

Target

Molex

Lisle, Illinois, United States
website
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

website

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 14
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 7
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
2014-04-11 Flint Group Germany

Ahaus-Ottenstein, Germany

Flint Group is a leading supplier of diversified consumable graphic arts products to the global printing, converting, and colorants industry. Inks include packaging inks, heatset inks (used primarily for printing glossy magazines), coldset inks (both colour and black newspaper ink), sheet-fed inks (short-run commercial applications) and publication gravure inks (high-run printed media).

Buy €2.2B
Mergr

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