M&A Deal Summary |
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|---|---|
| Date | 2015-10-27 |
| Target | Micropross SAS |
| Sector | Test/Measurement Equipment |
| Buyer(s) | National Instruments |
| Sellers(s) | Ardian |
| Deal Type | Add-on Acquisition |
| Advisor(s) | Stifel (Financial) Latham & Watkins (Legal) |
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| Category | Company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976 |
| Sector | Test/Measurement Equipment |
| Employees | 7,000 |
| Revenue | 1.7B USD (2022) |
National Instruments designs, manufactures and sells systems to engineers and scientists that accelerate productivity, innovation and discovery. The Company's platform-based approach to engineering provides an integrated software and hardware platform that speeds the development of systems needing measurement and control. National Instruments was formed in 1976 and is based in Austin, Texas.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 6 of 11 |
| Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A | 3 of 3 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 6 of 10 |
| Country: France M&A | 1 of 1 |
| Year: 2015 M&A | 2 of 2 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-03-23 |
BEEcube
Fremont, California, United States BEEcube, Inc. is a technology innovator and supplier of advanced all programmable real-time signal processing platforms used in communications, defense, education and research for real-time prototyping, academic research, military communications, surveillance/signal intelligence and advanced wireless research/5G and infrastructure deployment. |
Buy | - |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-12-02 |
AWR
El Segundo, California, United States AWR Corp. is a provider of high-frequency EDA software, dramatically reduces development time and cost for products employed in wireless, high-speed wired, broadband, aerospace and defense and electro-optical applications. AWR Corp. was founded in 1994 and is based in El Segundo, California. |
Sell | $160M |
| Category | Private Equity Firm |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 |
| PE ASSETS | 127.0B USD |
| Size | Mega |
| Type | Sector Agnostic |
Ardian is a mega-sized diversified investment group focused on opportunities worldwide. Ardian invests across and manages funds focused on small and mid-sized buyouts, growth capital financings, mezzanine, infrastructure, real estate, and co-investment opportunities. Ardian's small-buyouts group targets controlling interests in French, German, and Italian businesses valued up to €100 million. It's mid-sized buyout group seeks businesses valued up €1.5 billion and does not have any geographic limitations. The Infrastructure team looks for European opportunities and can commit up to €1 billion per transaction. The Mezzanine group supports junior capital commitments of €5 to €80 million. In addition to direct investing, Ardian also manages various private equity fund-of-funds. Ardian was founded in 1996 and is based in Paris.
| DEAL STATS | # |
|---|---|
| Overall | 106 of 247 |
| Sector: Test/Measurement Equipment M&A | 1 of 3 |
| Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals | 30 of 63 |
| Country: France M&A | 52 of 116 |
| Year: 2015 M&A | 10 of 12 |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-10-19 |
Electronic Funds Source
Ogden, Utah, United States Electronic Funds Source LLC is a provider of innovative and customized corporate payment technology solutions. |
Sell | $1.1B |
| DATE | TARGET | DEAL TYPE | VALUE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-12-02 |
RAC
Walsall, United Kingdom RAC is an motoring organization offers roadside assistance to around 8.6 million members if their vehicles suffer a mechanical failure, fixing 80% of issues at the roadside. If the issue can’t be resolved then members will be offered a tow to a destination of the member’s choice. RAC is also an insurance broker, offering car, home, motorcycle and van and other specialist insurance using a panel of third-party underwriters to roadside members and non-members. RAC was founded in 1897 and is based in Walsall, United Kingdom. |
Buy | - |
