M&A Deal Summary

Finisar Acquires Infineon Fiber Optic Transceiver Business

On January 25, 2005, Finisar acquired technology hardware company Infineon Fiber Optic Transceiver Business from Infineon Technologies for 50M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Finisar’s 2nd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Finisar’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Finisar’s 2nd transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2005-01-25
Target Infineon Fiber Optic Transceiver Business
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Finisar
Sellers(s) Infineon Technologies
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 50M USD

Target

Infineon Fiber Optic Transceiver Business

Berlin, Germany
Infineon Fiber Optic Transceiver Business engages in design and manufacture of fiber optic transceivers including a broad range of 10 gigabit transceiver designs for XPAK, X2, XENPAK and XFP form factors. Infineon will retain ownership of its other businesses consisting of BIDI components for FTTH applications, parallel optical components (PAROLI) and plastic optical fiber (POF) components that are used in automotive applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Finisar

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees13,400
Revenue 1.3B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Finisar's corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.
Entrance to Finisar's corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

Finisar Corp. is a communications systems company that specializes in components, subsystems, network products, and instrumentation for high-speed fiber optic data transmission. Finisar Corp. was formed in 1987 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 4
Sector (Technology Hardware) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
Country (Germany) 2 of 2
Year (2005) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-04-29 Infineon’ Fiber Optics Business

Munich, Germany

Infineon Fiber Optics Business Unit develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of fiber optic datacom and telecom modules supporting the common MSA standards, BIDI components that allow bi-directional transmission on a single fiber for fiber-to-the-home applications (FTTH) and Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) components that are used in automotive applications, specifically, for media and safety systems.

Buy $263M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-11 Kodeos Communications

South Plainfield,, New Jersey, United States

Kodeos Communications develops advanced optical subsystems to improve bandwidth efficiency in high capacity long haul trunks.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Infineon Technologies

Munich, Germany
Category Company
Sector Semiconductors
Employees59,364
Revenue 16.3B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Infineon Technologies offers semiconductors and system solutions for automotive and industrial electronics and chip card and security applications. Infineon Technologies is based in Munich, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 17
Sector (Technology Hardware) 2 of 6
Type (Divestiture) 4 of 17
Country (Germany) 3 of 14
Year (2005) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 7 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-04-29 Infineon’ Fiber Optics Business

Munich, Germany

Infineon Fiber Optics Business Unit develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of fiber optic datacom and telecom modules supporting the common MSA standards, BIDI components that allow bi-directional transmission on a single fiber for fiber-to-the-home applications (FTTH) and Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) components that are used in automotive applications, specifically, for media and safety systems.

Sell $263M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-04-07 Infineon Optical Networking Business Unit

Germany

Infineon Optical Networking (ON) Business Unit assets includes multi-rate TDM framer products, Fiber Channel over SONET/SDH, Resilient Packet Ring (RPR), as well as certain intellectual property for Data Over SONET products

Sell -
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