M&A Deal Summary

QinetiQ Group Acquires Analex

On January 20, 2007, QinetiQ Group acquired information technology company Analex from The Shawmark Group for 173M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is QinetiQ Group’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is QinetiQ Group’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is QinetiQ Group’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is QinetiQ Group’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-01-20
Target Analex
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) QinetiQ Group
Sellers(s) The Shawmark Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 173M USD

Target

Analex

Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Analex Corp. is a provider of high technology professional services and solutions, principally to the US Government and its agencies. Analex specialises in providing innovative information technology, aerospace engineering and security and intelligence support services for defence, intelligence and space programmes.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

QinetiQ Group

Farnborough, United Kingdom

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Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Life Science
Employees6,915
Revenue 1.3B GBP (2022)
DESCRIPTION

QinetiQ Group is one of Europe's largest science and technology organisations. QinetiQ Group was founded in 2001 and is based in Farnborough, the United Kingdom.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 16
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 14
State (Virginia) 1 of 5
Country (United States) 3 of 9
Year (2007) 1 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-11-11 Foster-Miller

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Foster-Miller, Inc. is an engineering, manufacturing and technology development firm.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-26 3H Technology

Reston, Virginia, United States

3H Technology LLC is a specialist IT company with US government and commercial clients. 3H Technology specialises in providing networking, software development, programme management and process improvement services to both federal agencies and commercial clients.

Buy $50M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Shawmark Group

Middleburg, Virginia, United States

website

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

The Shawmark Group is a private investment firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in service based companies serving the defense/national security needs of the US Federal Government. Shawmark seeks public or private businesses with $10 to $100 million in annual revenues. Specific areas of interest include IT, engineering, telecommunications, security and program management. The Shawmark Group was formed in 1999 and is based in Middleburg, Virginia.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2007) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-03-30 Analex

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Analex Corp. is a provider of high technology professional services and solutions, principally to the US Government and its agencies. Analex specialises in providing innovative information technology, aerospace engineering and security and intelligence support services for defence, intelligence and space programmes.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-03 Integrated Intel Solutions

Middleburg, Virginia, United States

Integrated Intel Solutions is a provider of technical and engineering support for the Integrated Intelligence community (IC). Integrated Intel Solutions was founded in 1999 and is based in Middleburg, Virginia.

Buy -
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