M&A Deal Summary

NXP Semiconductors Acquires Athena SCS

On March 10, 2015, NXP Semiconductors acquired information technology company Athena SCS

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NXP Semiconductors’ 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is NXP Semiconductors’ 1st transaction in Japan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-03-10
Target Athena SCS
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) NXP Semiconductors
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Athena SCS

Tokyo, Japan
Athena SCS Ltd. is an independent UK-based developer of state-of-the art smart card solutions for Access, Enterprise, eGovernment, Transportation, Payment and Mobile Solutions, enabling its partners and clients to deliver cutting edge, cost effective digital security solutions.

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Buyer

NXP Semiconductors

Eindhoven, Netherlands
Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Semiconductors
Employees34,200
Revenue 13.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to NXP Semiconductors' office in San Jose, California.
Entrance to NXP Semiconductors' office in San Jose, California.

NXP Semiconductors is a provider of semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. NXP Semiconductors was founded in 2006 and is based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 5
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 2 of 3
Country (Japan) 1 of 1
Year (2015) 2 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-02 FreeScale Semiconductor

Austin, Texas, United States

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. FreeScale designs, researches and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries.

Buy $11.8B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-07-28 NXP Semiconductors - CMOS Sensor Business

Eindhoven, Netherlands

NXP Semiconductors' CMOS Sensor Business offers advanced monolithic and integrated CMOS sensors that measure several environmental variables such as relative humidity, pressure and temperature in one sensor device.

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