Add-on Acquisition • Information Technology

Sophos Acquires Cyberoam Technologies Pvt

On February 10, 2014, Sophos acquired information technology company Cyberoam Technologies Pvt from The Carlyle Group

Acquisition Context
  • This is Sophos’ 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Sophos’ 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Sophos’ 1st transaction in New Jersey.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date February 10, 2014
Target Cyberoam Technologies Pvt
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Sophos
Sellers(s) The Carlyle Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Signal Hill Capital (Financial)
J. Sagar Associates (Legal)

Target Company

Cyberoam Technologies Pvt

Edison, New Jersey, United States
Cyberoam Technologies Pvt Ltd. is a provider of Network Security appliances company, offering future-ready security solutions to physical and virtual networks in organizations with its Next-Generation Firewalls and Unified Threat Management appliances.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Sophos

Abingdon, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Information Technology
Employees3,381
Revenue 711M GBP (2019)
DESCRIPTION
Sophos' office building in North Sydney, Australia.
Sophos' office building in North Sydney, Australia.

Sophos is a provider of information technology security and data protection solutions. Sophos' cloud-native and AI-enhanced solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cybercriminal tactics and techniques, including automated and active-adversary breaches, ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, phishing, and more. Sophos was founded in 1985 and is based in Abingdon, United Kingdom.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 5 of 14
Sector: Information Technology 1 of 5
Type: Add-on Acquisition 5 of 14
State: New Jersey 1 of 1
Country: United States 2 of 9
Year: 2014 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-03 DIALOGS Software

Dortmund, Germany

DIALOGS Software GmbH is a mobile data communication providers, enables the professional use of locating mobile devices via GSM and GPS as well as fast and reliable short message service (SMS) communication worldwide.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-07 Mojave Networks

San Mateo, California, United States

Mojave Networks (formerly Clutch Mobile), is a developing mobile security and backup apps for their users.

Buy -

Seller Profile 1

SELLER

The Carlyle Group

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1987
PE ASSETS 435.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.
Carlyle's corporate headquarters on Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, DC.

The Carlyle Group is a global investment firm that pursues private equity, credit, and real estate investments worldwide. Carlyle's private equity practice practice pursues buyouts, strategic minority equity investments, equity private placements, consolidations and buildups, and growth capital financings. With offices in 19 countries, Carlyle can easily target opportunities throughout North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East/North Africa and Latin America. Broad sectors of interest include aerospace, defense, automotive and transportation, consumer, retail, energy and power, financial services, healthcare, industrial, infrastructure, technology services, business services, telecommunications and media. The Carlyle Group was formed in 1987 and is based in Washington DC.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 249 of 490
Sector: Information Technology 10 of 22
Type: Add-on Acquisition 115 of 203
State: New Jersey 4 of 9
Country: United States 157 of 261
Year: 2014 6 of 24
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-10 Veyance Technologies

Fairlawn, Ohio, United States

Veyance Technologies, Inc. manufactures and sells Goodyear Engineered Products-branded industrial power transmission products; heavy-duty and lightweight conveyor belts; hydraulics; rubber track; and automotive and heavy-duty truck belts, hose, tensioners and air springs.

Sell $1.9B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-03-03 Bonotel Exclusive Travel

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

Bonotel is an aggregator and wholesale distributor of both branded and boutique luxury hotel rooms to a longstanding base of international wholesale clients. The Company works with a network of more than 2,200 hotel partners and provides seamless electronic distribution to more than 1,500 international tour operators through the Company’s IT platform.

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