Business Objects S.A - M&A Summary, Ownership, and Business Overview

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Business Objects S.A M&A Summary

Business Objects S.A has acquired 7 companies of its own. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Business Objects S.A’s largest acquisition to date was in 2003, when it acquired Crystal Decisions for $820M. Business Objects S.A has acquired in 3 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include software (86%) and business services (15%).

Business Objects S.A Ownership

Who owns Business Objects S.A?

Business Objects S.A is owned by SAP SE. It was acquired on January 29, 2008.

Business Objects S.A Business Overview

Where is Business Objects S.A headquartered?

Business Objects S.A is headquartered in Levallois-perret, France.

What sector is Business Objects S.A in?

Business Objects S.A is a software company.

When was Business Objects S.A founded?

Business Objects S.A was founded in 1990.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity7
    • M&A Buy Activity7
  • Total Sectors Invested 2
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3

Business Objects S.A

157-159 Rue Anatole ,
Levallois-perret, 92300
France,
+33 1 41 25 21 21

Business Objects SA provides business intelligence software and services worldwide.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 1 1 - 1 2 2 7
vol $65M $820M $100M $56M $1.0B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  7

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Inxight Software Inc. 2007-05-25 - Add-on Acquisition
Sunnyvale, California
Cartesis SA 2007-04-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Paris, France · www.cartesis.com
Nsite Software, Inc. 2006-11-23 - Add-on Acquisition
Sunnyvale, California · www.nsite.com
ALG Software 2006-09-13 56M USD Add-on Acquisition
, United States
SRC Software, Inc. 2005-07-21 100M USD Add-on Acquisition
Portland, Oregon
Crystal Decisions 2003-07-18 820M USD Add-on Acquisition
Palo Alto, California
Acta Technology 2002-08-01 65M USD Add-on Acquisition
Mountain View, California
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Software 6 (86%) 941M (90%) - -
Business Services 1 (14%) 100M (10%) - -
Total 7 $1.0B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 6 1.0B - -
  California 4 885M - -
  Oregon 1 100M - -
France 1 - - -
Domestic 1 (14%) - - -
Cross-border 6 (86%) 1.0B (100%) - -
Total 7 $1.0B - -

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 1 $820M
< $100M 3 $221M
TOTAL $1.0B
Largest Crystal Decisions
$820M (2003-07-18)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
43%
3 (43%)

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