M&A Deal Summary

Ingram Micro Acquires Brightpoint

On July 2, 2012, Ingram Micro acquired distribution company Brightpoint for 840M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Ingram Micro’s 17th transaction in the Distribution sector.
  • This is Ingram Micro’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Ingram Micro’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is Ingram Micro’s 1st transaction in Indiana.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-07-02
Target Brightpoint
Sector Distribution
Buyer(s) Ingram Micro
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 840M USD
Advisor(s) Blackstone Advisory Partners (Financial)

Target

Brightpoint

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
BrightPoint provides a suite of end-to-end supply chain and customization solutions to manufacturers, retailers and carriers in the wireless device industry.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Ingram Micro

Irvine, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1979
Sector Distribution
Revenue 43.0B USD (2016)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Ingram Micro's corporate headquarters in Irvine, California.
Entrance to Ingram Micro's corporate headquarters in Irvine, California.

Ingram Micro is a wholesale technology distributor and a global provider of IT supply-chain, mobile device lifecycle services, and logistics solutions. Ingram Micro distributes and markets a large variety of technology and mobility products from companies such as Acer, Apple, Cisco, Citrix, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Lenovo, Microsoft, Samsung, Symantec, VMware, and others. Ingram Micro was founded in 1979 and is based in Irvine, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 17 of 45
Sector (Distribution) 17 of 25
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 16 of 40
State (Indiana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 12
Year (2012) 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-14 InterAct BVBA

Vilvoorde, Belgium

InterAct BVBA, a distribution company with hardware, software and services.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-08-13 Aptec Holdings

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Aptec is a value added distributor in the Middle East, Turkey and North Africa, with products and solutions covering data center, storage, security, networking, and software categories, including technical services.

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