M&A Deal Summary

SAP Acquires Sybase

On July 26, 2010, SAP acquired software company Sybase for 5.8B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SAP’s 16th transaction in the Software sector.
  • This is SAP’s 4th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is SAP’s 12th transaction in the United States.
  • This is SAP’s 4th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2010-07-26
Target Sybase
Sector Software
Buyer(s) SAP
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 5.8B USD

Target

Sybase

Dublin, California, United States
Sybase, Inc. provides enterprise data base management, modeling and development, mobile enterprise, business intelligence and analytics, and mobile messaging solutions for individual and corporate customers in the United States and internationally.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

SAP

Walldorf, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1972
Sector Software
Employees108,133
Revenue 31.2B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION
SAP office in Downers Grove, Illinois.
SAP office in Downers Grove, Illinois.

SAP is a multinational software company that makes enterprise software to manage business operations and customer relations. SAP was founded in 1972 and is based in Walldorf, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 22 of 61
Sector (Software) 16 of 36
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 22 of 59
State (California) 4 of 19
Country (United States) 12 of 35
Year (2010) 2 of 3
Size (of disclosed) 4 of 10
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-04-21 TechniData AG

Markdorf, Germany

TechniData is a provider of end-to-end solutions for Environment, Health and Safety (EHS). This includes solutions for Product Safety and Stewardship, Health and Safety as well as Environmental Performance. The company, which was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Markdorf at Lake Constance (Germany), helps around 1,600 customers worldwide to shape their business processes in a way that is sustainable, efficient and legally compliant.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2010-12-16 cundus AG

Duisburg, Germany

cundus AG offers services for the implementation of EPM solutions from SAP to support customers in achieving their business goals and objectives in the most effective way. cundus serves its customers throughout Europe and has subsidiaries in the U.K. and Switzerland.

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