M&A Deal Summary

Finisar Acquires Infineon’ Fiber Optics Business

On April 29, 2004, Finisar acquired technology hardware company Infineon’ Fiber Optics Business from Infineon Technologies for 263M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Finisar’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Finisar’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Finisar’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2004-04-29
Target Infineon’ Fiber Optics Business
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Finisar
Sellers(s) Infineon Technologies
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 263M USD

Target

Infineon’ Fiber Optics Business

Munich, Germany
Infineon Fiber Optics Business Unit develops, manufactures and markets a broad range of fiber optic datacom and telecom modules supporting the common MSA standards, BIDI components that allow bi-directional transmission on a single fiber for fiber-to-the-home applications (FTTH) and Plastic Optical Fiber (POF) components that are used in automotive applications, specifically, for media and safety systems.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Finisar

Sunnyvale, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees13,400
Revenue 1.3B USD (2015)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Finisar's corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.
Entrance to Finisar's corporate headquarters in Sunnyvale, California.

Finisar Corp. is a communications systems company that specializes in components, subsystems, network products, and instrumentation for high-speed fiber optic data transmission. Finisar Corp. was formed in 1987 and is based in Sunnyvale, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 4
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
Country (Germany) 1 of 2
Year (2004) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-25 Infineon Fiber Optic Transceiver Business

Berlin, Germany

Infineon Fiber Optic Transceiver Business engages in design and manufacture of fiber optic transceivers including a broad range of 10 gigabit transceiver designs for XPAK, X2, XENPAK and XFP form factors. Infineon will retain ownership of its other businesses consisting of BIDI components for FTTH applications, parallel optical components (PAROLI) and plastic optical fiber (POF) components that are used in automotive applications.

Buy $50M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Infineon Technologies

Munich, Germany
Category Company
Sector Semiconductors
Employees59,364
Revenue 16.3B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Infineon Technologies offers semiconductors and system solutions for automotive and industrial electronics and chip card and security applications. Infineon Technologies is based in Munich, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 17
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 6
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 17
Country (Germany) 2 of 14
Year (2004) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 5 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-01-28 ADMtek

Hsinchu, Taiwan

ADMtek has been founded in 1997 and is a fabless integrated circuits (IC) design company specialized in networking and communication with a broad customer portfolio including key ODMs and OEMs particularly in Asia. It is headquartered in Hsinchu Science-Based Industrial Park, the "Silicon Valley" of Taiwan.

Buy €80M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2005-01-25 Infineon Fiber Optic Transceiver Business

Berlin, Germany

Infineon Fiber Optic Transceiver Business engages in design and manufacture of fiber optic transceivers including a broad range of 10 gigabit transceiver designs for XPAK, X2, XENPAK and XFP form factors. Infineon will retain ownership of its other businesses consisting of BIDI components for FTTH applications, parallel optical components (PAROLI) and plastic optical fiber (POF) components that are used in automotive applications.

Sell $50M
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