M&A Deal Summary

Creative Acquires THX

On May 30, 2002, Creative acquired electronics company THX from Lucasfilm

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Creative’s 1st transaction in the Electronics sector.
  • This is Creative’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Creative’s 1st transaction in California.
Investment Fate
  • THX was divested to a consortium of strategic buyers in 2016.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2002-05-30
Target THX
Sector Electronics
Buyer(s) Creative
Sellers(s) Lucasfilm
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

THX

San Rafael, California, United States
THX Ltd. is a designer and manufacturer of home audio and video products such as home theatre guides, displays, speakers and optimizers.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Creative

Singapore, Singapore

Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Technology Hardware
Revenue 67M USD (2025)
DESCRIPTION

Creative is a provider of digital entertainment products for users of personal computers and the Internet. Creative was founded in 1981 and is based in Singapore.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Electronics M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-17 THX

San Rafael, California, United States

THX Ltd. is a designer and manufacturer of home audio and video products such as home theatre guides, displays, speakers and optimizers.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Lucasfilm

San Francisco, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1971
Sector Media
DESCRIPTION

Lucasfilm is an entertainment company. In addition to its motion-picture and television production operations, the company's global activities include Industrial Light & Magic and Skywalker Sound, serving the digital needs of the entertainment industry for visual-effects and audio post-production; LucasArts, a leading developer and publisher of interactive entertainment software worldwide; Lucas Licensing, which manages the global merchandising activities for Lucasfilm's entertainment properties; Lucasfilm Animation; and Lucas Online creates Internet-based content for Lucasfilm's entertainment properties and businesses.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Electronics M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
State: California M&A 1 of 1
Country: United States M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2002 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
1983-01-01 THX

San Rafael, California, United States

THX Ltd. is a designer and manufacturer of home audio and video products such as home theatre guides, displays, speakers and optimizers.

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