M&A Deal Summary

Polaris Acquires 509

On January 4, 2016, Polaris acquired consumer products company 509

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Polaris’ 2nd transaction in the Consumer Products sector.
  • This is Polaris’ 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Polaris’ 1st transaction in Washington.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2016-01-04
Target 509
Sector Consumer Products
Buyer(s) Polaris
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

509

Spokane, Washington, United States
509, Inc. is an authentic developer of technical riding gear, including helmets, goggles, and accessories.

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Buyer

Polaris

Medina, Minnesota, United States

Category Company
Founded 1954
Sector Automotive
Employees18,500
Revenue 8.9B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Polaris' corporate headquarters in Medina, Minnesota.
Polaris' corporate headquarters in Medina, Minnesota.

Polaris designs, engineers, manufactures and markets off-road vehicles, including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and the Polaris RANGER and RZR side-by-side vehicles, snowmobiles, motorcycles and on-road electric/hybrid powered vehicles. Polaris was founded in 1954 and is based in Medina, Minnesota.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 13 of 18
Sector (Consumer Products) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 12 of 16
State (Washington) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 10 of 15
Year (2016) 1 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-04-22 Timbersled Products

Ponderay, Idaho, United States

Timbersled is a developer and manufacturer of snow bikes. Founded in 2002, the company began by designing and selling aftermarket accessories for snowmobiles. Timbersled’s expertise in snowmobile suspensions enabled them to design and develop the Mountain Horse snow bike. Today Timbersled continues to innovate, driving the sport of snow biking into the future and designs, develops, manufactures, distributes and sells quality snow bike kits and aftermarket snowmobile accessories.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-03-07 Taylor-Dunn

Anaheim, California, United States

Taylor-Dunn Corp. is a manufacturer of commercial and industrial vehicles.

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