Cisco Acquires NDS Group

Announced March 15, 2012 — $5B

What happened

NDS Group was a company based in UK providing conditional Access, acquired by Cisco.

Cisco's acquisition history

152nd of 233 tracked deals

Disclosed prices

146 of 233 Cisco deals

Cisco's average disclosed price

$742.6M

Cisco's largest disclosed deal

Splunk ($28B)

Tracked acquisitions in 2012

90 across all acquirers

Cisco in Conditional Access

1 acquisition

When did Cisco acquire NDS Group?

Cisco acquired NDS Group on March 15, 2012. This was Cisco's 152nd publicly tracked acquisition out of 233 we have on record.

How much did Cisco pay for NDS Group?

Cisco paid $5B for NDS Group.

What does NDS Group do?

NDS Group was a company based in UK providing conditional Access, acquired by Cisco.

What other Conditional Access companies has Cisco acquired?

NDS Group is Cisco's only publicly tracked acquisition in Conditional Access so far.