M&A Deal Summary

NetScout Systems Acquires Danaher Corp - Communications Business

On July 14, 2015, NetScout Systems acquired communications company Danaher Corp - Communications Business from Danaher for 2.3B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NetScout Systems’ 2nd transaction in the Communications sector.
  • This is NetScout Systems’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is NetScout Systems’ 4th transaction in the United States.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-07-14
Target Danaher Corp - Communications Business
Sector Communications
Buyer(s) NetScout Systems
Sellers(s) Danaher
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 2.3B USD

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

NetScout Systems

Westford, Massachusetts, United States

Category Company
Founded 1984
Sector Information Technology
Employees2,273
Revenue 829M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION

NetScout Systems is a provider of business-oriented network management solutions. NetScout enables large enterprises to depend on their network to deliver business-critical applications in areas such as e-commerce, enterprise resource planning and supply chain management. NetScout Systems was founded in 1984 and is based in Westford, Massachusetts.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 5 of 5
Sector (Communications) 2 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 4 of 4
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-01 OnPATH Technologies

Marlton, New Jersey, United States

Provider of automated connectivity solutions, with a family of enterprise-class physical layer network connectivity switches purchased from Brocade.

Buy $40M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2018-09-18 NetAlly

Colorado Springs, Colorado, United States

NetAlly offers wired tools to help frontline technicians validate network connectivity in less than 10 seconds. Improving the effectiveness of network professionals by combining enhanced copper and fiber Ethernet testing with the Android OS and streamlining installation and troubleshooting workflows using vendor/device apps for configuration and triage. As well as Enterprise level wireless network tools for designing, deploying, and optimizing 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac wireless LANs that provide fast, simple, and accurate isolation and troubleshooting for maximized performance, security, and compliance. NetAlly is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Danaher

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Category Company
Founded 1969
Sector Diversified
Employees79,000
Revenue 23.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Danaher designs, manufactures and markets professional, medical, industrial and commercial products and services. Danaher's research and development, manufacturing, sales, distribution, service and administrative facilities are located in more than 50 countries. Danaher's business consists of five segments: Test & Measurement; Environmental; Life Sciences & Diagnostics; Dental; and Industrial Technologies. Danaher was incorporated in 1969 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 9
Sector (Communications) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 5 of 6
Country (United States) 5 of 7
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-05-13 Pall

Port Washington, New York, United States

Pall Corp. is a provider of filtration, separation and purification products to meet the critical fluid management needs of customers across the broad spectrum of life sciences and industry.

Buy $13.8B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-12-02 Laetus

Alsbach, Germany

Laetus is a provider of inline quality control systems and services. The Company provides an integral part in the development of Secure Track & Trace Solutions (S-TTS) – reliable modular packaging and supply chain control solutions for the pharmaceutical, medical technology, cosmetics and FMCG industries.

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