M&A Deal Summary

Knowles Acquires Audience

On July 1, 2015, Knowles acquired technology hardware company Audience for 85M USD

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

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-07-01
Target Audience
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Knowles
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 85M USD
Advisor(s) Deutsche Bank Corporate & Investment Banking (Financial)
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati (Legal)

Target

Audience

Mountain View, California, United States
Audience, Inc. is a voice processor company that enables clear communications anywhere with noise suppression technology based on the intelligence of the human hearing system. The technology is applicable across a broad range of consumer products where voice needs to be intelligible in noisy environments.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Knowles

Itasca, Illinois, United States
Category Company
Founded 1946
Sector Semiconductors
Employees7,100
Revenue 708M USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Knowles is a provider of hearing aid transducers and low voltage integrated circuit design, electronic controls and sensors, and precision manufacturing. It has facilities in seven countries spread over North America, Europe and Asia, with its largest operations located in the United States, China, and Malaysia. Knowles was founded in 1946 and is based in Itasca, Illinois.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 3
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 2
State (California) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 2
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-11-26 Vectron International

Hudson, New Hampshire, United States

Vectron International, Inc. is a designer, manufacturer and marketer of Frequency Control, Sensor, and Hybrid Product solutions using the very latest techniques in both bulk acoustic wave (BAW) and surface acoustic wave (SAW) based designs from DC to microwave frequencies. Products include crystals and crystal oscillators; frequency translators; clock and data recovery products; SAW filters; Crystal filters and components used in telecommunications, data communications, frequency synthesizers, timing, navigation, military, aerospace and instrumentation systems.

Sell $130M
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