M&A Deal Summary

Finisar Acquires Optium

On August 29, 2008, Finisar acquired manufacturer Optium

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Finisar’s 1st transaction in the Manufacturing sector.
  • This is Finisar’s 2nd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Finisar’s 1st transaction in Pennsylvania.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-08-29
Target Optium
Sector Manufacturing
Buyer(s) Finisar
Deal Type Merger

Target

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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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 4 of 4
Sector (Manufacturing) 1 of 1
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
State (Pennsylvania) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 2 of 2
Year (2008) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-04-11 Kodeos Communications

South Plainfield,, New Jersey, United States

Kodeos Communications develops advanced optical subsystems to improve bandwidth efficiency in high capacity long haul trunks.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-07-16 Finisar - Network Tools Business

Sunnyvale, California, United States

Finisar's Network Tools Business is a storage network system and component manufacturers, system integrators as well as enterprises operating major data centers.

Sell $41M
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