M&A Deal Summary

EADS North America Acquires Cassidian Communications

On April 22, 2008, EADS North America acquired software company Cassidian Communications from Golden Gate Capital for 350M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is EADS North America’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is EADS North America’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is EADS North America’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is EADS North America’s 3rd transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-04-22
Target Cassidian Communications
Sector Software
Buyer(s) EADS North America
Sellers(s) Golden Gate Capital
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 350M USD

Target

Cassidian Communications

Temecula, California, United States
Cassidian Communications, Inc. is a trusted source of mission critical communications solutions. Cassidian is a standards based NG9-1-1 call center applications, notification solutions and services, and P25 land mobile radio systems.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

EADS North America

Herndon, Virginia, United States
Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Aerospace
DESCRIPTION

EADS North America, Inc. is an aerospace and defense company. EADS North America is a provider in all sectors of defense and homeland security.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 3
Sector (Software) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 3
State (California) 3 of 3
Country (United States) 3 of 3
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-11-28 Talon Instruments

San Dimas, California, United States

Talon Instruments is a specializes in digital test instrumentation.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Golden Gate Capital

San Francisco, California, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 19.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Golden Gate Capital is a large private equity firm focused on buyout and growth equity investments across a wide variety of industries. The Firm partners with management teams to make equity investments in situations where there is a demonstrable opportunity to significantly enhance a company's value. Sectors of interest include software and IT services, semiconductors, electronics, consumer products and retail, financial services, business services, and media. Prospective transaction types include public-to-privates, corporate extractions, bankruptcy auctions, and recapitalizations. Golden Gate Capital was formed in 2000 and is based in San Francisco, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 15 of 84
Sector (Software) 2 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 8 of 39
State (California) 6 of 19
Country (United States) 12 of 76
Year (2008) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 14 of 22
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-01-14 OnCore Manufacturing Services

San Jose, California, United States

OnCore Manufacturing Services LLC is a provider of product commercialization services for low-medium volume, high-complexity products to international blue-chip aerospace and defense, industrial and medical companies.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-05-29 Pinnacle Security

Orem, Utah, United States

Pinnacle Security is a provider of residential and commercial security systems, focused primarily on direct sales. Pinnacle recruits salespeople from colleges and universities across the country, and has sales offices in major metropolitan areas throughout the United States and Canada.

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