M&A Deal Summary

Sierra Wireless Acquires Sagemcom’s machine-to-machine

On August 1, 2012, Sierra Wireless acquired software company Sagemcom’s machine-to-machine from Sagemcom for 45M EUR

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sierra Wireless’ 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Sierra Wireless’ 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Sierra Wireless’ 2nd transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-08-01
Target Sagemcom’s machine-to-machine
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Sierra Wireless
Sellers(s) Sagemcom
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 45M EUR

Target

Sagemcom’s machine-to-machine

France
Sagemcom’s machine-to-machine (“M2M”) includes 2G and 3G wireless modules, as well as industry-leading rugged terminals for GSM-Railway (GSM-R) applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Sierra Wireless

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

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Category Company
Founded 1993
Sector Technology Hardware
Revenue 473M USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

Sierra Wireless is a provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) devices and cloud services delivering intelligent wireless solutions that simplify the connected world. The company offer original equipment manufacturer (OEM) solutions and enterprise solutions. Sierra Wireless was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 11
Sector (Software) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (France) 2 of 3
Year (2012) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 8
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-03-02 Wavecom SA

Cedex, France

Wavecom SA is a pre-packaged wireless communications solutions for automotive, industrial (machine-to-machine) and mobile professional applications,

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-01-28 Sierra Wireless - AirCard Business

Carlsbad, California, United States

Sierra Wireless' AirCard Business is a producer of mobile data access products and solutions.

Sell $138M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Sagemcom

Bois-Colombes, France

website

Category Company
Founded 2008
Sector Technology Hardware
DESCRIPTION

Sagemcom is a designer, developer and producer of a complete line of products for the broadband, set top box and printing industries. These products include consumer faxes, terminal & pro systems, photo printers, broadband access/DSL/FTTH, residential telephones, Wifi terminals, digital set top boxes, energy metering, networking equipment, video projectors and radio /modules. Sagemcom was founded in 2008 and is based in Bois-Colombes, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Software) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
Country (France) 1 of 1
Year (2012) 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-24 XMedius Solutions

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

XMedius Solutions, Inc. is a provider of secure information exchange and unified communication solutions. XMedius brings decades of experience and patented technologies to transform secure and collaborative communication, enabling organizations to move more workloads to the cloud and unlock the information advantage.

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