M&A Deal Summary

Sophos Acquires Astaro & Co. KG

On July 7, 2011, Sophos acquired technology hardware company Astaro & Co. KG

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Sophos’ 1st transaction in the Technology Hardware sector.
  • This is Sophos’ 1st transaction in Germany.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2011-07-07
Target Astaro & Co. KG
Sector Technology Hardware
Buyer(s) Sophos
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Astaro & Co. KG

Karlsruhe, Germany
Astaro GmbH & Co. KG is a product line of network security appliances offering cost-effective and complete protection against a multitude of security risks.

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Buyer

Sophos

Abingdon, United Kingdom

Category Company
Founded 1985
Sector Information Technology
Employees3,381
Revenue 711M GBP (2019)
DESCRIPTION
Sophos' office building in North Sydney, Australia.
Sophos' office building in North Sydney, Australia.

Sophos is a provider of information technology security and data protection solutions. Sophos' cloud-native and AI-enhanced solutions secure endpoints (laptops, servers and mobile devices) and networks against evolving cybercriminal tactics and techniques, including automated and active-adversary breaches, ransomware, malware, exploits, data exfiltration, phishing, and more. Sophos was founded in 1985 and is based in Abingdon, United Kingdom.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 14
Sector: Technology Hardware M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 14
Country: Germany M&A 1 of 2
Year: 2011 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-01-11 ENDFORCE

Dublin, Ohio, United States

ENDFORCE, Inc. is a provider in endpoint security policy compliance and network access control (NAC) solutions for enterprise customers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-04-03 DIALOGS Software

Dortmund, Germany

DIALOGS Software GmbH is a mobile data communication providers, enables the professional use of locating mobile devices via GSM and GPS as well as fast and reliable short message service (SMS) communication worldwide.

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