Exar - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Exar M&A Summary

Exar has acquired 10 companies of its own. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

Exar’s largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired Integrated Memory Logic for $224M. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2016, when it sold Integrated Memory Logic to Beijing E-Town Chipone Technology for $136M. Exar has acquired in 2 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include semiconductors (75%) and technology hardware (25%).

Exar Ownership

Who owns Exar?

Exar is owned by MaxLinear. It was acquired on March 29, 2017.

Exar Business Overview

Where is Exar headquartered?

Exar is headquartered in Fremont, California.

What is Exar’s revenue?

Exar disclosed revenue of 149M USD for 2016 and 162M USD for 2015.

How many employees does Exar have?

Exar has 269 employees.

What sector is Exar in?

Exar is a semiconductors company.

When was Exar founded?

Exar was founded in 1971.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity9
    • M&A Buy Activity8
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 5
  • M&A Advisors 3

Exar Corp.

48720 Kato Road,
Fremont, California 94538
United States,
(510) 668-7000
www.exar.com

Exar Corp. is a designer, developer and marketer of high-performance integrated circuits and system solutions for the Communications, High-End Consumer, Industrial & Embedded Systems, and Networking & Storage markets. Exar's broad product portfolio includes analog, display, LED lighting, mixed-signal, power management, connectivity, data management, and video processing solutions.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 8 - - - - - 8
vol $263M $263M
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
vol $136M $136M
  9

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Integrated Memory Logic Ltd. 2016-06-02 136M USD Divestiture
San Jose, California · www.iml-inc.com
Integrated Memory Logic Ltd. 2014-09-16 224M USD Merger
San Jose, California · www.iml-inc.com
Stretch, Inc. 2014-01-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Fremont,, California · www.stretchinc.com
Cadeka Microcircuits LLC 2013-07-08 29M USD Add-on Acquisition
Loveland, Colorado · www.cadeka.com
Neterion, Inc. 2010-02-10 10M USD Add-on Acquisition
Cupertino,, California · www.neterion.com
Sipex Corp. 2009-08-27 - Add-on Acquisition
Milpitas, California
Galazar Networks, Inc. 2009-06-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Ottawa, Ontario
Hifn, Inc. 2009-02-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Fremont, California
Infineon Optical Networking (ON) Business Unit 2005-04-07 - Divestiture
, Germany
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Semiconductors 6 (75%) 253M (96%) 1 (100%) 136M (100%)
Technology Hardware 2 (25%) 10M (4%) - -
Total 8 $263M 1 $136M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 6 263M 1 136M
  California 5 234M 1 136M
  Colorado 1 29M - -
Canada 1 - - -
  Ontario 1 - - -
Germany 1 - - -
Domestic 6 (75%) 263M (100%) 1 (100%) 136M (100%)
Cross-border 2 (25%) - - -
Total 8 $263M 1 $136M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Cowen Group, Inc.
1
Legal Deals
O'Melveny & Myers
1
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $224M
< $100M 2 $39M
TOTAL $263M
Largest Integrated Memory Logic Ltd.
$224M (2014-09-16)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $136M
TOTAL $136M
Largest Integrated Memory Logic Ltd.
$136M (2016-06-02)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Strategic(s)
13%
1 (13%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
1 (100%)

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