Zebra Technologies Mergers and Acquisitions Summary

Technology HardwareCompany

Zebra Technologies has acquired 22 companies, including 9 in the last 5 years. A total of 6 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 2 assets.

Zebra Technologies’ largest acquisition to date was in 2014, when it acquired Motorola Solutions - Enterprise Business for $3.5B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2011, when it sold Navis to Cargotec for $190M. Zebra Technologies has acquired in 10 different US states, and 5 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include technology hardware (40%) and software (25%).

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M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity22
    • M&A Buy Activity20
    • M&A Sell Activity2
  • Total Sectors Invested 5
  • Total Countries Invested 5
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 9
  • M&A Advisors 8

Zebra Technologies

Zebra Technologies Corp.

3 Overlook Point,
Lincolnshire, Illinois 60069
United States,
(847) 634-6700
www.zebra.com

Zebra Technologies is a manufacturer of thermal bar code label and receipt printers, RFID smart label printer/encoders, card and kiosk printers. Zebra Technologies was founded in 1969 and is based in Lincolnshire, Illinois.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 T
Buy (1.4/yr) # 13 2 1 3 1 - 20
vol $4.0B $4.0B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 2 - - - - - 2
vol $245M $245M
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Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Matrox Electronic Systems Ltd. 2022-03-15 - Add-on Acquisition
Dorval, Quebec · www.matrox.com
Antuit, Inc. 2021-08-30 - Add-on Acquisition
Frisco, Texas · www.antuit.ai
Fetch Robotics 2021-07-01 - Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California · www.fetchrobotics.com
Adaptive Vision Sp. z o.o. 2021-05-18 - Add-on Acquisition
Gliwice, Poland · www.adaptive-vision.com
Reflexis Systems, Inc. 2020-07-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Dedham, Massachusetts · www.reflexisinc.com
Profitect, Inc. 2019-05-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Burlington, Massachusetts · www.profitect.com
Temptime Corp. 2019-01-28 - Add-on Acquisition
Morris Plains, New Jersey · www.temptimecorp.com
Xplore Technologies Corp. 2018-07-05 90M USD Add-on Acquisition
Austin, Texas · www.xploretech.com
Zebra Technologies Corp. - Wireless LAN Business 2016-09-14 55M USD Divestiture
Lincolnshire, Illinois
Motorola Solutions - Enterprise Business 2014-04-15 3.5B USD Divestiture
, Illinois
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M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Technology Hardware 8 (40%) 321M (8%) 1 (50%) 55M (22%)
Software 5 (25%) 147M (4%) 1 (50%) 190M (78%)
Information Technology 3 (15%) 3.5B (86%) - -
Business Services 2 (10%) 94M (2%) - -
Medical Products 2 (10%) - - -
Total 20 $4.0B 2 $245M

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 16 4.0B 2 245M
  California 4 271M 1 190M
  Texas 2 90M - -
  Rhode Island 2 90M - -
  Massachusetts 2 - - -
  Illinois 1 3.5B 1 55M
  Pennsylvania 1 2M - -
  New York 1 94M - -
  New Jersey 1 - - -
  Missouri 1 - - -
  Maryland 1 - - -
Canada 1 - - -
  Quebec 1 - - -
Germany 1 15M - -
Poland 1 - - -
Sweden 1 - - -
Domestic 16 (80%) 4.0B (100%) 2 (100%) 245M (100%)
Cross-border 4 (20%) 15M (< 1%) - -
Total 20 $4.0B 2 $245M

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
1
PJT Partners, Inc.
1
UBS Investment Bank
1
Legal Deals
Kirkland & Ellis LLP
4
Vedder Price P.C.
1
Jenner & Block LLP
1

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $3.5B
$100M to $1B 2 $271M
< $100M 5 $291M
TOTAL $4.0B
Largest Motorola Solutions - Enterprise Business
$3.5B (2014-04-15)
sell # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $190M
< $100M 1 $55M
TOTAL $245M
Largest Navis LLC
$190M (2011-03-21)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
20%
4 (20%)
Strategic(s)
5%
1 (5%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
2 (100%)

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