M&A Deal Summary

Microsemi Acquires Arxan Defense Systems

On September 15, 2010, Microsemi acquired software company Arxan Defense Systems from Arxan

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Microsemi’s 1st transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is Microsemi’s 17th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Microsemi’s 1st transaction in Indiana.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-09-15
Target Arxan Defense Systems
Sector Software
Buyer(s) Microsemi
Sellers(s) Arxan
Deal Type Divestiture

Target

Arxan Defense Systems

West Lafayette, Indiana, United States
Arxan Defense Systems, Inc. is a provider of anti-tamper solutions to the federal market. Our hardware and software approach to anti-tamper allows the US Government to fortify and protect its most critical program information. Arxan Defense Systems provides a platform that effectively safeguards critical technology from tampering and reverse engineering.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Microsemi

Chandler, Arizona, United States
Category Company
Founded 1960
Sector Semiconductors
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Microsemi's corporate headquarters in Aliso Viejo, California.
Entrance to Microsemi's corporate headquarters in Aliso Viejo, California.

Microsemi offers a comprehensive portfolio of semiconductor and system solutions for communications, defense & security, aerospace, and industrial markets. Microsemi was established in 1960 and is based in Chandler, Arizona.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 18 of 32
Sector (Software) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 8
State (Indiana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 17 of 28
Year (2010) 3 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-09-14 VT Silicon

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

VT Silicon, Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that designs and manufactures multi-band radio frequency integrated circuit solutions for the mobile wireless broadband market. VT Silicon's products leverage novel linearization and efficiency enhancement technologies that enable, highly efficient, low-cost, and small footprint, intelligent Front End RFIC solutions.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-10-04 Actel

Mountain View, California, United States

Actel Corp. is a supplier of nonvolatile, low power FPGAs, mixed signal FPGAs, and programmable logic solutions. Actel’s mission is to manage power consumption at both the chip and system levels leveraged the industry’s ultra low power FPGAs and unique mixed signal FPGAs to offer system designers a competitive edge.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Arxan

Bethesda, Maryland, United States
Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Software
DESCRIPTION

Arxan is a provider of software security solutions. Arxan focuses on solutions that address the vulnerability of software running on a machine that is no longer controlled by the software’s creator. Arxan was founded in 2001 and is based in Bethesda, Maryland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Software) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
State (Indiana) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2010) 1 of 1
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