Divestiture • Technology Hardware

Lenovo Group Acquires Motorola Mobility

On January 29, 2014, Lenovo Group acquired technology hardware company Motorola Mobility from Google for 2.9B USD

Acquisition Context
  • This is Lenovo Group’s 3rd transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Lenovo Group’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Lenovo Group’s 4th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Lenovo Group’s 1st transaction in Illinois.

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M&A Deal Summary

Date January 29, 2014
Target Motorola Mobility
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Lenovo Group
Sellers(s) Google
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 2.9B USD

Target Company

Motorola Mobility

Schaumburg, Illinois, United States
Motorola office in Sunnyvale, California.
Motorola office in Sunnyvale, California.
Motorola Mobility LLC is a manufacturer of smartphones and other mobile devices. The Company was formed in 2011 as a divestiture from Motorola in 2011.
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Buyer Overview 1

Buyer

Lenovo Group

Quarry Bay, China

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees72,000
Revenue 69.1B USD (2025)
DESCRIPTION
Lenovo Group's office in Santa Clara, California.
Lenovo Group's office in Santa Clara, California.

Lenovo Group is a provider of IT hardware. The Group engages primarily in the manufacturing and sale of desktop computers, notebook computers, mobile handsets, servers and peripherals. Lenovo Group was founded in 1984 and is based in Quarry Bay, China.


Deal Context for Buyer #
Overall 6 of 9
Sector: Technology Hardware 3 of 4
Type: Divestiture 2 of 3
State: Illinois 1 of 1
Country: United States 4 of 7
Year: 2014 1 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-09-24 Stoneware

Carmel, Indiana, United States

Stoneware is a manufacturer of cloud computing and classroom management software. Stoneware’s Unified Cloud Platform allows IT to provide users with access to their files, applications, and reports from a universal webDesktop.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-18 Scale Computing

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

Scale Computing provides edge computing, virtualization, and hyperconverged solutions. Its HC3 software eliminates traditional virtualization software, disaster recovery software, servers, and shared storage, replacing these with a fully integrated, highly available system for running applications. Scale Computing was founded in 2007 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Buy -

Seller Profile 1

SELLER

Google

Mountain View, California, United States

Category Company
Founded 1998
Sector Internet Software and Services
Employees190,234
Revenue 350.0B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
View of Google's corporate campus in Mountain View, California.
View of Google's corporate campus in Mountain View, California.

Google is a global provider of search and advertising services. In addition to its search engine, Google offers online tools and platforms including: Gmail, Google Apps, Google Maps, and YouTube. Google was incorporated in 1998 and is based in Mountain View, California.


Deal Context for Seller #
Overall 2 of 8
Sector: Technology Hardware 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture 2 of 6
State: Illinois 1 of 1
Country: United States 2 of 7
Year: 2014 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-01-26 DeepMind

London, United Kingdom

DeepMind is an artificial intelligence company based in London.We combine the best techniques from machine learning and systems neuroscience to build powerful general-purpose learning algorithms.

Buy $650M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-02-16 SlickLogin

Palo Alto, California, United States

SlickLogin is a provider of authentication systems and tools.

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