M&A Deal Summary

Keysight Technologies Acquires Ixia

On January 30, 2017, Keysight Technologies acquired information technology company Ixia for 1.6B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Keysight Technologies’ 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Keysight Technologies’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Keysight Technologies’ 1st transaction in the United States.
  • This is Keysight Technologies’ 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2017-01-30
Target Ixia
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Keysight Technologies
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 1.6B USD
Advisor(s) Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking (Financial)
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP (Legal)

Target

Ixia

Calabasas, California, United States
Entrance to Ixia's corporate headquarters in Calabasas, California.
Entrance to Ixia's corporate headquarters in Calabasas, California.
Ixia provides testing, visibility, and security solutions, strengthening applications across physical and virtual networks for enterprises, service providers, and network equipment manufacturers. Ixia offers companies trusted environments in which to develop, deploy, and operate. Customers worldwide rely on Ixia to verify their designs, optimize their performance, and ensure protection of their networks to make their applications stronger.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Keysight Technologies

Santa Rosa, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1939
Sector Test/Measurement Equipment
Employees15,400
Revenue 5.5B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Keysight facility in Santa Clara, California.
Keysight facility in Santa Clara, California.

Keysight Technologies is a measurement company that provides electronic design and test solutions to the communications and electronics industries. Keysight provides electronic measurement instruments and systems and related software, software design tools, and related services that are used in the design, development, manufacture, installation, deployment, and operation of electronic equipment. Related services include start-up assistance, instrument productivity, application services, and instrument calibration and repair. Keysight Technologies was formed in 1939 and is based in Santa Rosa, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 11
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 9
State (California) 1 of 4
Country (United States) 1 of 6
Year (2017) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-08-28 Electroservices Enterprises

Telford, United Kingdom

Electroservices Enterprises Ltd. is a provider of test equipment service and solutions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-08-13 Thales Calibration Services

Melbourne, Australia

Thales Calibration Services is specializing in dimensional, pressure, mass, and temperature metrology. Thales Calibration Services is based in Melbourne, Australia.

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Company

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