McDATA Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Information TechnologyCompany

McDATA has acquired 4 companies of its own.

McDATA’s largest acquisition to date was in 2005, when it acquired Computer Network Technology for $235M. McDATA has acquired in 3 different US states. The Company’s most targeted sectors include technology hardware (100%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity4
    • M&A Buy Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 1
  • Total Countries Invested 1
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 1

McDATA Corporation

11802 Ridge Parkway,
Broomfield, Colorado 80021
United States,

McDATA is a provider of data access solutions, helping customers build, globally connect, optimize and centrally manage data infrastructures across SAN, MAN and WAN environments.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 4 - - - - - 4
vol $612M $612M
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  4

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Computer Network Technology Corp. 2005-01-19 235M USD Add-on Acquisition
Minneapolis, Minnesota · www.cnt.com
Inrange Technologies Corp. 2004-01-31 190M USD Divestiture
Lumberton, New Jersey
Nishan Systems Inc. 2003-08-25 85M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California
Sanera Systems Inc. 2003-08-25 102M USD Add-on Acquisition
Sunnyvale, California
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Technology Hardware 4 (100%) 612M (100%) - -
Total 4 $612M - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 612M - -
  California 2 187M - -
  New Jersey 1 190M - -
  Minnesota 1 235M - -
Total 4 $612M - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $527M
< $100M 1 $85M
TOTAL $612M
Largest Computer Network Technology Corp.
$235M (2005-01-19)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Strategic(s)
25%
1 (25%)

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