M&A Deal Summary

InterDigital Acquires Technicolor SA - Technicolor Patent Licensing Business

On July 31, 2018, InterDigital acquired business services company Technicolor SA - Technicolor Patent Licensing Business from Vantiva for 150M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is InterDigital’s 1st transaction in the Business Services sector.
  • This is InterDigital’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is InterDigital’s 1st transaction in France.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2018-07-31
Target Technicolor SA - Technicolor Patent Licensing Business
Sector Business Services
Buyer(s) InterDigital
Sellers(s) Vantiva
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 150M USD

Target

Technicolor SA - Technicolor Patent Licensing Business

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France
Technicolor SA - Technicolor Patent Licensing Business includes 18,000 patents and applications, across a broad range of technologies, including approximately 3,000 worldwide video coding patents and applications.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

InterDigital

Wilmington, Delaware, United States
Category Company
Founded 1972
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees450
Revenue 550M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

InterDigital develops technologies that are at the core of mobile devices, networks, and services worldwide. InterDigital solves critical and complex technical challenges, creating solutions for more efficient broadband networks and a richer multimedia experience years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital was founded in 1972 and is based in Wilmington, Delaware.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (France) 1 of 1
Year (2018) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-12-20 Hillcrest Labs

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Hillcrest Labs is a provider of software, components and intellectual property to enable the intelligent use of sensors in consumer electronics and IoT devices. Hillcrest Labs was founded in 2001 and is based in Rockville, Maryland.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-07-22 Hillcrest Labs

Rockville, Maryland, United States

Hillcrest Labs is a provider of software, components and intellectual property to enable the intelligent use of sensors in consumer electronics and IoT devices. Hillcrest Labs was founded in 2001 and is based in Rockville, Maryland.

Sell -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Vantiva

Paris, France
Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Media
Employees3,831
Revenue 2.1B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Vantiva is a provider in digital media technology. Vantiva provides movie film processor, servicing all segments of the motion picture and television industries. Vantiva was founded in 1985 and is based in Paris, France.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector (Business Services) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 3 of 5
Country (France) 2 of 3
Year (2018) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-09-15 The Mill

London, United Kingdom

The Mill Ltd. is the U.K. and U.S. based advertising visual effects group.

Buy $293M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-01-30 Wireless Doctor

Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

Technicolor SA - In-Home Wi-Fi Management Software Business is a provider of cloud-based performance management software, embedded decision logic, and apps used by service providers to support field technicians, network engineers, customer care agents, marketing personnel, and data analysts to improve the in-home Wi-Fi experience of their subscribers

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