M&A Deal Summary

Dell Acquires Perot Systems

On September 21, 2009, Dell acquired information technology company Perot Systems for 3.9B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Dell’s 5th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Dell’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Dell’s 9th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Dell’s 2nd transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2009-09-21
Target Perot Systems
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Dell
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 3.9B USD

Target

Perot Systems

Plano, Texas, United States
Perot Systems Corporation is a provider of information technology services and business solutions. Through its flexible and collaborative approach, Perot Systems integrates expertise from across the company to deliver custom solutions that enable clients to accelerate growth, streamline operations and create new levels of customer value.

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Buyer

Dell

Round Rock, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees133,000
Revenue 88.4B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Building 7 on Dell's campus in Round Rock, Texas.
Building 7 on Dell's campus in Round Rock, Texas.

Dell is a global provider of technology equipment and information technology software and solutions. Dell Technologies looks to bring together the entire infrastructure from hardware to software to services. Through its recent combination with EMC, Dell Technologies offers next-generation solutions through its Client Solutions Group, Infrastructure Solutions Group, VMware, Inc., RSA Information Security, SecureWorks Corp., Pivotal Software, Inc., Boomi, Inc., and Virtustream, Inc. Dell's solutions enable digital transformation and encompass software-defined data centers, all-flash arrays, hybrid cloud, converged and hyper-converged infrastructure, cloud-native software application development tools, mobile, and security solutions. Dell was incorporated in 1984 and is based in Round Rock, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 9 of 31
Sector (Information Technology) 5 of 15
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 29
State (Texas) 2 of 3
Country (United States) 9 of 28
Year (2009) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-02-12 MessageOne

Austin, Texas, United States

MessageOne, Inc. is a provider of an email management software solutions such as EMS and AlertFind for archiving, e-discovery, security and notification services.

Buy $155M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-02-09 Exanet

Ra'anana, Israel

Exanet is a developer of clustered NAS technology.

Buy $12M
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