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Dolby Laboratories acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Dolby Laboratories 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
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
MPEG LA, L.L.C.Word for word“On April 28, 2023, our wholly-owned subsidiary Via Licensing Corporation ("Via Corp") acquired 100 % of MPEG LA, L.L.C. ("MPEG LA"), a privately held patent pool administrator that managed several collaborative licensing programs in video imaging and other technologies.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | On April 28, 2023 | — |
Millicast, Inc.Word for word“The total purchase consideration of the acquisition was $ 38.8 million.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | — | $ 38.8 million |
GE LicensingWord for word“During fiscal 2024, we purchased all of the issued and outstanding equity interests of GE Intellectual Property Licensing, LLC and GE Technology Development, Inc, which, collectively with each of their subsidiaries, comprise GE Licensing, an intellectual property licensing business primarily targeting the consumer digital media and electronics sectors, for an aggregate cash purchase price of $443.6 million, subject to certain purchase price adjustments.” 10-K for 2024 | agreed acquisition | — | $443.6 million |
THEO TechnologiesWord for word“The total purchase consideration of the acquisition was $ 58.7 million.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | — | $ 58.7 million |
MPEG LAWord for word“On April 28, 2023, our wholly-owned subsidiary Via Licensing Corporation ("Via Corp") acquired 100 % of MPEG LA, L.L.C. ("MPEG LA"), a privately held patent pool administrator that managed several collaborative licensing programs in video imaging and other technologies.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | On April 28, 2023 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-30 | $0 | — |
| 2017-09-29 | $0 | — |
| 2018-09-28 | $22.9 million | $18.4 million |
| 2019-09-27 | $14.9 million | $9.4 million |
| 2020-09-25 | $0 | $0 |
| 2021-09-24 | $4.5 million | $3.3 million |
| 2022-09-30 | $38.2 million | $31.7 million |
| 2023-09-29 | −$25.7 million | $36.3 million |
| 2024-09-27 | $487.9 million | $120.7 million |
| 2025-09-26 | $1.4 million | — |
Deal filings since 2016
Read from Dolby Laboratories’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 2025-11-18. 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.