M&A Deal Summary

ARM Acquires Apical

On May 17, 2016, ARM acquired software company Apical for 350M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ARM’s 13th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is ARM’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is ARM’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-05-17
Target Apical
Sector Software
Buyer(s) ARM
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 350M USD

Target

Apical

London, United Kingdom
Apical Ltd. is a provider of imaging and embedded computer vision technology that will allow next generation devices to understand and act intelligently on information from their environment.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ARM

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Semiconductors
Employees5,900
Revenue 3.2B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

ARM is a semiconductor chips designer that offers 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals, and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support, and maintenance, the company's broad Partner community provides a total system solution to market for electronics companies. ARM was formed in 1990 and is based in Cambridge, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 23
Sector (Software) 13 of 15
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 15 of 19
Country (United Kingdom) 2 of 5
Year (2016) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-10-20 Carbon Design Systems

Acton, Massachusetts, United States

Carbon Design Systems, Inc. is a supplier of cycle-accurate virtual prototyping solutions, to deliver design optimization, time-to-market and cost-efficiency gains for its partners.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-16 Allinea Software

Warwick, United Kingdom

Allinea Software Ltd. is a provider in the development and performance analysis tools that maximize the efficiency of software for high performance computing (HPC) systems.

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