M&A Deal Summary

BlackBerry Acquires Paratek Microwave

On March 8, 2012, BlackBerry acquired semiconductors company Paratek Microwave

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is BlackBerry’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is BlackBerry’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is BlackBerry’s 1st transaction in New Hampshire.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-03-08
Target Paratek Microwave
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) BlackBerry
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Needham & Co. LLC (Financial)

Target

Paratek Microwave

Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Paratek Microwave, Inc. is a privately held company that offers tunable solutions for wireless communications networks. Paratek has invented a revolutionary new class of ETRF(TM) (Electronically Tunable Radio Frequency) components, including tunable filters, phase shifters, oscillators and delay lines.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

BlackBerry

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees2,647
Revenue 853M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

BlackBerry a global leader in wireless innovation, revolutionized the mobile industry with the introduction of the BlackBerry in 1999. Since then, BlackBerry products and services have continued to change the way millions of people around the world stay connected. BlackBerry was founded in 1984 and is based in Waterloo, Ontario.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 25
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 17 of 24
State (New Hampshire) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 11
Year (2012) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-10-01 NewBay Software

Dublin, Ireland

NewBay Software Ltd. is a provider in cloud services, enabling mobile operators and service providers to deliver content experiences across connected devices such as smartphones, tablets, PC’s and TV’s. NewBay’s cloud services are delivered to millions of user and stores billions of media files for live operator services around the world.

Buy $100M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-12-27 NewBay Software

Dublin, Ireland

NewBay Software Ltd. is a provider in cloud services, enabling mobile operators and service providers to deliver content experiences across connected devices such as smartphones, tablets, PC’s and TV’s. NewBay’s cloud services are delivered to millions of user and stores billions of media files for live operator services around the world.

Sell $56M
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