M&A Deal Summary

Apple Acquires AuthenTec

On June 11, 2012, Apple acquired semiconductors company AuthenTec for 356M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Apple’s 4th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Apple’s 6th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Apple’s 28th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Apple’s 1st transaction in Florida.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-06-11
Target AuthenTec
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Apple
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 356M USD
Advisor(s) Piper Jaffray Companies (Financial)
Alston & Bird (Legal)

Target

AuthenTec

Melbourne, Florida, United States
AuthenTec, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer that designs and produces placement and swipe sensors for fingerprint biometrics.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Apple

Cupertino, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees164,000
Revenue 383.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Apple is a diversified technology company offering technology hardware, software, and media. Apple sells a line of computers, cell phones, tablets - as well as manages an ecosystem of apps. Apple was founded in 1977 and is based in Cupertino, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 38 of 112
Sector (Semiconductors) 4 of 6
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 38 of 111
State (Florida) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 28 of 71
Year (2012) 3 of 5
Size (of disclosed) 6 of 35
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-06-02 Redmatica Srl

Correggio, Italy

Redmatica is a Mac-focused developer, specializing in music-editing software,creator of sample management tools.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-17 Particle Programmatica

San Francisco, California, United States

Particle is a growing professional services business in creative concept work, visual and user experience design, and technical implementation. Its founders have a significant history with digital creative consultancy both directly with clients like Apple, Disney, Sony, Sony Ericsson, Google, Yahoo! and through work in agencies.

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