M&A Deal Summary

Finisar Acquires Kodeos Communications

On April 11, 2007, Finisar acquired communications company Kodeos Communications

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Finisar’s 1st transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is Finisar’s 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Finisar’s 1st transaction in New Jersey.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-04-11
Target Kodeos Communications
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) Finisar
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Kodeos Communications

South Plainfield,, New Jersey, United States
Kodeos Communications develops advanced optical subsystems to improve bandwidth efficiency in high capacity long haul trunks.

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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 3 of 4
Sector (Communications) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (New Jersey) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2007) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS 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.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-08-29 Optium

Horsham, Pennsylvania, United States

Optium Corporation designs and manufactures optical subsystems for use in telecommunications and cable TV network systems.

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