M&A Deal Summary

QinetiQ Acquires Analex

On January 20, 2007, QinetiQ acquired information technology company Analex from The Shawmark Group for 173M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is QinetiQ’s 1st transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is QinetiQ’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is QinetiQ’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is QinetiQ’s 1st transaction in Virginia.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2007-01-20
Target Analex
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) QinetiQ
Sellers(s) The Shawmark Group
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 173M USD

Target

Analex

Fairfax, Virginia, United States
Analex Corp. is a provider of high technology professional services and solutions, principally to the US Government and its agencies. Analex specialises in providing innovative information technology, aerospace engineering and security and intelligence support services for defence, intelligence and space programmes.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

QinetiQ

Farnborough, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 2001
Sector Life Science
Employees8,588
Revenue 1.9B GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

QinetiQ is a science and technology organization that deploys our scientific and technological knowledge, proven research capabilities and unique, purpose-built facilities to provide both services and products that meet the needs of a wide range of global customers. We operate primarily in the defence, security and critical national infrastructure markets. QinetiQ was founded in 2001 and is based in Farnborough, England.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 16
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 5
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 3 of 14
State (Virginia) 1 of 5
Country (United States) 3 of 9
Year (2007) 1 of 4
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2004-11-11 Foster-Miller

Waltham, Massachusetts, United States

Foster-Miller, Inc. is an engineering, manufacturing and technology development firm.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-06-26 3H Technology

Reston, Virginia, United States

3H Technology LLC is a specialist IT company with US government and commercial clients. 3H Technology specialises in providing networking, software development, programme management and process improvement services to both federal agencies and commercial clients.

Buy $50M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

The Shawmark Group

Middleburg, Virginia, United States

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1999
Size Small
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

The Shawmark Group is a private investment firm focused on acquiring controlling interests in service based companies serving the defense/national security needs of the US Federal Government. Shawmark seeks public or private businesses with $1 to $25 million in annual revenues. Specific areas of interest include IT, engineering, telecommunications, security and program management. The Shawmark Group was formed in 1999 and is based in Middleburg, Virginia.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 1 of 1
State (Virginia) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 1 of 1
Year (2007) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2000-03-30 Analex

Fairfax, Virginia, United States

Analex Corp. is a provider of high technology professional services and solutions, principally to the US Government and its agencies. Analex specialises in providing innovative information technology, aerospace engineering and security and intelligence support services for defence, intelligence and space programmes.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-03 Integrated Intel Solutions

Middleburg, Virginia, United States

Integrated Intel Solutions is a provider of technical and engineering support for the Integrated Intelligence community (IC). Integrated Intel Solutions was founded in 1999 and is based in Middleburg, Virginia.

Buy -