L3Harris Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

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L3Harris has acquired 33 companies, including 3 in the last 5 years. A total of 6 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 21 assets.

L3Harris’ largest acquisition to date was in 2015, when it acquired Exelis for $4.8B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold L3 Harris Technologies - Military Training Business to CAE for $1.1B. L3Harris has acquired in 16 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include communications (37%) and information technology (20%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity51
    • M&A Buy Activity30
    • M&A Sell Activity21
  • Total Sectors Invested 7
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 28
  • M&A Advisors 10

L3Harris

L3 Harris Technologies, Inc.

1025 West NASA Boulevard,
Melbourne, Florida 32919
United States,
(312) 727-9100
www.l3harris.com

L3 Harris Technologies, Inc. is a producer of communications products, systems and services for global markets, including RF communications, integrated network solutions and government communications systems. L3Harris Technologies was founded in 1895 and is based in Melbourne, Florida.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.4/yr) # 28 - - - 2 - 30
vol $7.0B $6.7B $13.6B
Sell (2.0/yr) # 11 1 2 5 1 1 21
vol $2.1B $350M $1.0B $1.5B $5M $4.9B
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
L3Harris Technologies, Inc.’s Visual Information Solutions (“VIS”) 2023-04-10 - Divestiture
Melbourne, Florida
Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc. 2022-12-18 4.7B USD Add-on Acquisition
El Segundo, California · www.aerojetrocketdyne.com
Viasat’s Tactical Data Link Business 2022-10-03 2.0B USD Divestiture
Carlsbad, California
L3Harris Technologies - Space & Navigation Business 2022-02-15 5M USD Divestiture
Melbourne, Florida
Narda-MITEQ 2021-12-07 - Divestiture
Hauppauge, New York · www.nardamiteq.com
L3 ESSCO, Inc. 2021-09-06 - Divestiture
Ayer, Massachusetts
Stellant Systems 2021-08-03 - Divestiture
Torrance, California · www.stellantsystems.com
L3 Harris Technologies - Military Training Business 2021-03-01 1.1B USD Divestiture
Tampa, Florida
L3 Harris Technologies, Inc. - Combat Propulsion Systems Business and Magnet-Motors 2021-03-01 400M USD Divestiture
Melbourne, Florida
L3Harris Technologies - Applied Kilovolts & Analytical Instrumentation Business 2020-02-26 - Divestiture
Melbourne, Florida
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Communications 11 (37%) 3.0B (22%) 2 (10%) 690M (14%)
Information Technology 6 (20%) 5.4B (39%) 1 (5%) -
Technology Hardware 4 (13%) 134M (1%) 3 (14%) 475M (10%)
Software 5 (17%) 395M (3%) - -
Electrical Equipment 1 (3%) - 3 (14%) -
Aerospace 2 (7%) 4.7B (35%) 1 (5%) 210M (4%)
Electronics - - 3 (14%) 5M (< 1%)
Safety/Security - - 2 (10%) 1.4B (28%)
Semiconductors - - 2 (10%) 700M (14%)
Test/Measurement Equipment 1 (3%) - - -
Defense - - 1 (5%) 1.1B (22%)
Healthcare Services - - 1 (5%) -
Machinery - - 1 (5%) 400M (8%)
Manufacturing - - 1 (5%) -
Total 30 $13.6B 21 $4.9B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 27 13.6B 21 4.9B
  Florida 2 23M 6 1.5B
  California 5 6.8B 2 50M
  Virginia 4 5.2B 2 1.0B
  Texas 3 525M 2 425M
  Massachusetts 1 - 2 1.0B
  Ohio 1 - 1 -
  New York 1 - 1 -
  Washington 1 134M - -
  Pennsylvania 1 - - -
  Oregon 1 - - -
  New Jersey 1 35M - -
  Missouri 1 32M - -
  Indiana 1 - - -
  Colorado 1 340M - -
  Arizona 1 155M - -
Canada 2 - - -
  Alberta 1 - - -
Ireland 1 - - -
Domestic 27 (90%) 13.6B (100%) 21 (100%) 4.9B (100%)
Cross-border 3 (10%) - - -
Total 30 $13.6B 21 $4.9B

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
4
Houlihan Lokey
2
Citigroup Investment Banking
1
Legal Deals
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
5
Holland & Knight LLP
2
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 3 $11.4B
$100M to $1B 6 $2.0B
< $100M 6 $251M
TOTAL $13.6B
Largest Exelis, Inc.
$4.8B (2015-02-06)
sell # Total
> $1B 2 $2.1B
$100M to $1B 6 $2.8B
< $100M 2 $55M
TOTAL $4.9B
Largest L3 Harris Technologies - Military Training Business
$1.1B (2021-03-01)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
10%
3 (10%)
Strategic(s)
13%
4 (13%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
24%
5 (24%)
Strategic(s)
71%
15 (71%)

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