M&A Deal Summary

S&T Acquires Kontron

On August 21, 2017, S&T acquired technology hardware company Kontron from Warburg Pincus

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is S&T’s 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is S&T’s 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-08-21
Target Kontron
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) S&T
Sellers(s) Warburg Pincus
Deal Type Merger

Target

Kontron

Augsburg, Germany
Kontron is a manufacturer of embedded computer technology (ECT) and supplier of OEMs, system integrators and application providers in a broad range of market segments, including data and telecommunications, automation, mobile computing, medical technology, military technology, aerospace, and measuring and control engineering. Kontron is based in Augsburg, Germany.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

S&T

Linz, Austria

Category Company
Founded 1990
Sector Information Technology
Employees6,191
Revenue 1.2B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION

S&T is a developer and marketer of an IT hardware, solutions, and services in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Eastern Europe, and the United States. S&T was incorporated in 1990 and is based in Linz, Austria.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 2
Sector (Technology Hardware) 1 of 1
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
Country (Germany) 1 of 1
Year (2017) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-08-12 Hener IT-Group

Linz, Austria

Hener IT-Group GmbH is a provider of an information technology outsourcing and management services in cloud and virtual desktop infrastructure segment.

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Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Warburg Pincus

New York, New York, United States

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor


Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 1966
PE ASSETS 83.0B USD
Size Mega
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Warburg Pincus is a mega-sized, global private equity firm focused on investment opportunities across North America, Asia, and Europe. Warburg will consider investing at various company stages, from early-stage opportunities to distressed situations. Warburg Pincus is organized by industry groups. Verticals include financial services, healthcare, technology, media & telecommunications, energy, consumer & industrial, and real estate. Within financial services, Warburg will consider asset/wealth managers, banks, exchanges, financial technology, insurance, transaction processing, private banking, and specialty/consumer finance. Within healthcare, specific areas of interest include medical devices, healthcare services, and biotech/pharmaceuticals. Within technology/media/communications, Warburg targets software, media/internet/information, financial technology, telecom, business services, and systems/semiconductors. Within energy, specific areas of interest include oil/gas exploration, power generation/transmission, and alternative energy. Warburg Pincus raised its first fund in 1966 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 151 of 251
Sector (Technology Hardware) 2 of 2
Type (Merger) 6 of 12
Country (Germany) 3 of 6
Year (2017) 13 of 17
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-09 Melinta Therapeutics

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

Melinta Therapeutics is a molecule drug discovery and development company focused on the structure-based design of new classes of antibiotics.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-08-22 GaiaWorks

Jiangsu, China

GaiaWorks is a SaaS provider of Workforce Management (WFM) solutions in Asia Pacific. GaiaWorks helps clients manage their workforce forecasting, scheduling, time & attendance, hours & sales performance, and workforce big data analysis based on machine learning and algorithms. With its products, customers are able to precisely control their workforce costs, rapidly increase labor efficiency, avoid compliance risk, and improve employee satisfaction. GaiaWorks was founded in 2009 and is based in Jiangsu, China.

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