HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC acquires EMS Technologies, Inc.
Snapshot
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC acquired EMS Technologies, Inc. for approximately $491 million in August 2011. The transaction was structured as all cash (tender offer, $33 per share). EMS Technologies, Inc. is a United States (Norcross, Georgia)-based Automation and Control Solutions / Aerospace business.
- Acquirer
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC
- Target
- EMS Technologies, Inc.
- Value
- approximately $491 million
- Date
- August 2011
- Type
- full acquisition
- Status
- ready
The deal at a glance
About this deal
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC acquired EMS Technologies, Inc. for approximately $491 million, a transaction completed in August 2011, structured as all cash (tender offer, $33 per share).
EMS Technologies, Inc. operates in Automation and Control Solutions / Aerospace, is based in United States (Norcross, Georgia), had revenue of about $355 million in 2010 revenues. A leading provider of connectivity solutions for mobile networking, rugged mobile computers, and satellite communications. EMS's Global Resource Management division supplied ruggedized mobile computing products and secure satellite-based asset tracking, while its Aviation division offered airborne satellite communications.
Honeywell stated the acquisition would enhance its existing capabilities in rugged mobile computing technologies and satellite communications within its Automation and Control Solutions and Aerospace businesses, adding leading positions in markets aligned with favorable C4ISR and commercial aerospace trends.
Purchase price of approximately 13x EMS's 2010 EBITDA (approximately 9x excluding certain corporate costs); leading positions in high-growth connectivity, scanning and mobility, and satcom markets. Strengthens scanning and mobility offering, expands into global tracking, and broadens Aerospace airborne connectivity solutions. Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions (Scanning & Mobility) and Aerospace
No advisory firms have been disclosed for this transaction.