M&A Deal Summary

ATK Acquires Swales & Associates

On April 3, 2007, ATK acquired defense company Swales & Associates

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is ATK’s 1st transaction in the Defense sector.
  • This is ATK’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is ATK’s 1st transaction in Maryland.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-04-03
Target Swales & Associates
Sector Defense
Buyer(s) ATK
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Houlihan Lokey (Financial)

Target

Swales & Associates

Beltsville,, Maryland, United States
Swales Aerospace, a premier provider of satellite components and subsystems, small spacecraft and engineering services for NASA, Department of Defense and commercial satellite customers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

ATK

Arlington, Virginia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Defense
Employees16,000
Revenue 4.8B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

ATK is a developer and producer of aerospace, defense, and commercial products. The Company was formed in 1990 as a spin-off from Honeywell.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 9
Sector (Defense) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 7
State (Maryland) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 3 of 9
Year (2007) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2006-05-18 Alliant Techsystem - Battery Business

Pennsylvania, United States

Alliant Techsystem - Battery Business has been producing state-of-the-art lithium power sources for over 40 years, primarily for aerospace and defense applications. It is a leader in ambient temperature lithium reserve and active primary batteries, having produced over 30 million batteries for different weapon platforms of the US military.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-08 MDA Information Systems

Gaithersburg,, Maryland, United States

MDA's Information Systems business provides space-based and ground-based systems that support the information and operational needs of government and commercial customers worldwide, and MDA's Geospatial Services business provides these same customers with satellite imagery and value-added information products.

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