M&A Deal Summary

Ericsson Acquires ASPEX Semiconductor

On July 31, 2012, Ericsson acquired semiconductors company ASPEX Semiconductor

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ericsson’s 1st transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Ericsson’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2012-07-31
Target ASPEX Semiconductor
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Ericsson
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Advisor(s) Woodside Capital Partners (Financial)

Target

ASPEX Semiconductor

High Wycombe, United Kingdom
Aspex Semiconductor is a leading edge fabless semiconductor company specializing in the delivery of high performance programmable processors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ericsson

Stockholm, Sweden

Category Company
Founded 1876
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees92,866
Revenue 247.9B SEK (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Ericsson office in Santa Clara, California.
Ericsson office in Santa Clara, California.

Ericsson provides telecommunications equipment and services to mobile and fixed network operators worldwide. It operates through four segments: networks, global services, support solutions, and modems. Ericsson was formed in 1876 and is based in Stockholm, Sweden.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 29
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 7 of 23
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2012 M&A 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-01-01 iconectiv

Bridgewater, New Jersey, United States

iconectiv is a provider of IT solutions that enable operators to interconnect networks. iconectiv’s market-leading solutions enable the interconnection of networks, devices, and applications for more than two billion people every day. Working closely with private, government and non-governmental organizations, iconectiv has intimate knowledge of the intricacies and complexities of creating, operating and securing the telecommunications infrastructure for service providers, governments and enterprises. iconectiv is based in Bridgewater, New Jersey.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-22 Ericsson - Fiber Access Assets

Stockholm, Sweden

Ericsson - Fiber Access Assets includes ericsson EDA 1500 GPON solution and its complementary ONT portfolio.

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