M&A Deal Summary

Atheros Communications Acquires Ubicom

On March 7, 2012, Atheros Communications acquired technology hardware company Ubicom from Investcorp International

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Atheros Communications’ 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Atheros Communications’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Atheros Communications’ 2nd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-03-07
Target Ubicom
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Atheros Communications
Sellers(s) Investcorp International
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Ubicom

San Jose, California, United States
website
Ubicom provides system-level solutions to OEMs for a wide range of products including wireless routers, access points, gateways, appliances and other network nodes. These products are used in applications ranging from voice-over-IP and online gaming, to video conferencing and print serving.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Atheros Communications

San Jose, California, United States

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Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Semiconductors
Employees1,778
DESCRIPTION

Atheros Communications, Inc. is a developer of semiconductor system solutions for wireless communications products. Atheros combines its wireless systems expertise with high-performance radio frequency (RF), mixed signal and digital semiconductor design skills to provide highly integrated chipsets that are manufacturable on low-cost, standard complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) processes.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 4
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 4
State (California) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2012) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-09-08 Intellon

Orlando, Florida, United States

Intellon Corp. is a designer and marketer of integrated circuits (ICs) for powerline communications, providing HomePlug® - compliant and other powerline ICs for home networking, networked entertainment, commercial and Smart Grid applications.

Buy $244M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-06 Ikanos Communications

Fremont, California, United States

Ikanos is a provider of low-power advanced broadband semiconductor and software products for the digital home. The company’s multi-mode VDSL/ADSLx, network processor and other offerings power access infrastructure and customer premises equipment for many of the world’s leading network equipment manufacturers and telecommunications service providers.

Buy $47M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Investcorp International

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

website

Category Asset Manager
Founded 1982
PE ASSETS 21.4B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Investcorp International, Inc. is a publicly traded global investment group focused on a variety of investment disciplines. Practice areas include private equity in North America and Western Europe, hedge funds, US real estate, technology investments, and Middle Eastern private equity. Within North America/Europe private equity, Investcorp targets market leaders with proven track records. It looks to invest $15 to $50 million in companies with revenues of $10 to $250 million. Investcorp's technology group sponsors growth-oriented control investments in the tech sector. Investcorp's Middle East practice focuses on buyout/build opportunities in North Africa and the Gulf Region. Target sectors include services, infrastructure, manufacturing, and energy. Investcorp was formed in 1982 and is based in Manama, Bahrain.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 51 of 106
Sector (Technology Hardware) 4 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 29 of 47
State (California) 6 of 13
Country (United States) 35 of 62
Year (2012) 2 of 7
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-31 InnerWireless

Richardson, Texas, United States

InnerWireless, Inc. enables seamless wireless coverage inside large commercial, healthcare and government buildings through a unified broadband distribution platform and provides a real-time location system (RTLS) that provides wireless, high-assurance location tracking over RFID for hospital and corporate assets. InnerWireless' scalable RF platform is engineered to support a full range of wireless services and is future ready so enterprises can add new wireless technologies without disruption.

Sell -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-19 GL Education

Brentford, United Kingdom

GL Education is an educational multimedia company, publishing innovative, curriculum-based resources for the UK and abroad. It currently supplies more than ninety-five per cent of schools in the UK and exports to more than thirty countries internationally, with a catalogue of over 800 software and hardware products. GL Education was founded in 1980 and is based in Brentford, United Kingdom.

Buy -
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