M&A Deal Summary

Atex Acquires Unisys Media

On November 27, 2006, Atex acquired software company Unisys Media from Unisys

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Atex’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Atex’s 1st transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2006-11-27
Target Unisys Media
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Atex
Sellers(s) Unisys
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Unisys Media

United States
Unisys Media develops software that automates news production, wire-service management and digital-asset management.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Atex

Reading, United Kingdom

Category Company
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Atex Ltd. is a provider of content management, advertising and audience commercial software for the global media industry. Atex is based in Reading, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2006 M&A 1 of 1

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Unisys

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States

Category Company
Founded 1886
Sector Information Technology
Employees16,500
Revenue 2.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Unisys facility in Roseville, Minnesota.
Unisys facility in Roseville, Minnesota.

Unisys is a global information technology company that provides a portfolio of IT services, software, and technology to help clients' operations, increase the efficiency and utilization of their data centers, enhance support to their end users and constituents, and modernize their enterprise applications. Unisys was founded in 1886 and is based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 8
Sector: Software M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 7
Country: United States M&A 3 of 8
Year: 2006 M&A 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-03-20 Unisys - Assets

Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States

Unisys Corp. - Assets includes intellectual property, certain semiconductor burn-in products and other assets It's patents and technology enable precise temperature control and heat dissipation during test and burn-in of high-speed, high-power ICs, such as microprocessors.

Sell $8M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-06-01 MAXIMIS

United States

MAXIMIS is a real-time, intranet-enabled investment accounting application with comprehensive support for domestic and international securities trading.

Sell -