M&A Deal Summary

Siemens Acquires Invensys Rail Limited

On November 28, 2012, Siemens acquired information technology company Invensys Rail Limited from Invensys for 1.7B GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Siemens’ 2nd transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Siemens’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Siemens’ 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-11-28
Target Invensys Rail Limited
Sector Information Technology
Buyer(s) Siemens
Sellers(s) Invensys
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 1.7B GBP

Target

Invensys Rail Limited

Chippenham, United Kingdom
Invensys Rail is a software based rail signaling and control company.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Siemens

Munich, Germany
Category Company
Founded 1847
Sector Diversified
Employees320,000
Revenue 77.8B EUR (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Siemens office building in St. Louis, Missouri.
Siemens office building in St. Louis, Missouri.

Siemens is a global engineering and electronics conglomerate company headquartered in Munich. Siemens serves a variety of customers and is organized in in four main divisions: Industry, Energy, Healthcare, and Infrastructure & Cities. Siemens was founded in 1847 and is based in Munich, Germany.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 23 of 51
Sector (Information Technology) 2 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 4
Country (United Kingdom) 2 of 7
Year (2012) 6 of 6
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 12
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-11-08 LMS International NV

Leuven, Belgium

LMS International is a provider of test and mechatronic simulation software.

Buy $866M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2013-02-23 Innotec do Brasil

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Innotec do Brasil is a supplier of the Comos software portfolio for integrated plant management, focusing on the oil and gas, energy, chemical and paper industries in Latin America.

Buy -

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Invensys

London, United Kingdom
Category Company
Sector Diversified
Revenue 1.8B GBP (2013)
DESCRIPTION

Invensys is a global technology company that serves a range of industrial and commercial customers. Invensys designs and supplies advanced technologies to optimise operational performance and profitability. The Company operates through four primary segments. These include, Software, Industrial Automation, Energy Controls and Appliance.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 12 of 12
Sector (Information Technology) 1 of 1
Type (Divestiture) 11 of 11
Country (United Kingdom) 3 of 3
Year (2012) 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
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Sunnyvale, California, United States

SAT Corp. is a energy software company with a product that provided automated wireless data input for ERP systems popularly used in large industrial facilities common to the Houston region.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-11-20 Indusoft

Austin, Texas, United States

Indusoft LLC is a provider of HMI and embedded intelligent device software for the automation market.

Buy -
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