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Amphenol acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Amphenol bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Carlisle Interconnect Technologies (CIT)
Word for word“The Company may also use cash to fund all or part of the cost of future acquisitions, as has been the case in recent years with the Company’s various acquisitions, including CIT in May 2024, as well as the acquisition of CommScope’s Mobile Networks Business, which closed on January 31, 2025.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionMay 2024—
CommScope’s Mobile Networks Business
Word for word“The Company may also use cash to fund all or part of the cost of future acquisitions, as has been the case in recent years with the Company’s various acquisitions, including CIT in May 2024, as well as the acquisition of CommScope’s Mobile Networks Business, which closed on January 31, 2025.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionJanuary 31, 2025—
Two acquisitions (not named in the filing)
Word for word“In 2024, the Company invested approximately $2.2 billion to fund two acquisitions, while in 2023, the Company invested approximately $970 million to fund 10 acquisitions.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition2024approximately $2.2 billion
Ten acquisitions (not named in the filing)
Word for word“In 2024, the Company invested approximately $2.2 billion to fund two acquisitions, while in 2023, the Company invested approximately $970 million to fund 10 acquisitions.” 10-K for 2024
acquisition2023approximately $970 million
Bargain purchase acquisition (not named in the filing)
Word for word“In 2023, the Company’s net income attributable to Amphenol Corporation was impacted by (a) excess tax benefits of $82.4 related to stock-based compensation resulting from stock option exercises and (b) the gain of $5.4 on a bargain purchase acquisition that closed in the second quarter of 2023, partially offset by (c) acquisition-related expenses of $34.6 ($30.2 after-tax) comprised primarily of external transaction costs, as well as the amortization of $12.4 related to the value associated with acquired backlog resulting from three of the acquisitions that closed in 2023.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionin the second quarter of 2023—
Outdoor Wireless Networks segment ("OWN") and Distributed Antenna Systems ("DAS") business (collectively, "Andrew") from Vistance Networks, Inc.
Word for word“On January 31, 2025, the Company completed the acquisition of the Outdoor Wireless Networks segment (“OWN”) and Distributed Antenna Systems (“DAS”) business (collectively, “Andrew”) from Vistance Networks, Inc. (“Vistance,” formerly known as CommScope Holding Company, Inc.).” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionJanuary 31, 2025—
Vistance's Connectivity and Cable Solutions business (CommScope)
Word for word“Additionally, on January 9, 2026, the Company completed the acquisition of Vistance’s Connectivity and Cable Solutions business (which we now refer to collectively as “CommScope”) for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $10.5 billion, which to date is the largest acquisition in the Company’s history.” 10-K for 2025
acquisitionJanuary 9, 2026approximately $10.5 billion
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-12-31$1.31 billion$1.03 billion
2017-12-31$265.5 million$233.8 million
2018-12-31$158.9 million$126.7 million
2019-12-31$937.4 million$784.6 million
2020-12-31$50.4 million$50.5 million
2021-12-31$2.23 billion$1.42 billion
2022-12-31$288.2 million$190 million
2023-12-31$970.4 million$612.4 million
2024-12-31$2.16 billion$1.25 billion
2025-12-31$3.82 billion$2.16 billion

Deal filings since 2016

Read from Amphenol’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-02-11. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.