On the Record · Jacobs Solutions
Jacobs Solutions acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Jacobs Solutions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Critical Mission Solutions (CMS) and portions of Divergent Solutions (DVS) business, to be spun-off and combined with AmentumWord for word“On November 20, 2023, Jacobs entered into a definitive agreement to spin-off and combine our CMS and Cyber and Intelligence government services (part of Divergent Solutions ("DVS")) businesses with Amentum, in a Reverse Morris Trust transaction intended to be tax-free to Jacobs' shareholders for U.S. federal income tax purposes.” 10-K for 2023 | agreed divestiture | On November 20, 2023 | — |
StreetLight Data, Inc. ("StreetLight")Word for word“The Company paid total base consideration of approximately $190.7 million in cash and issued $0.9 million in equity and $5.2 million in in-the-money stock options to the former owners of StreetLight.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | — | approximately $190.7 million in cash |
BlackLynx, Inc. ("BlackLynx")Word for word“The Company paid total base consideration of approximately F-8 JACOBS SOLUTIONS INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - (Continued) $235.4 million in cash to the former owners of BlackLynx.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | — | — |
PA Consulting Group Limited ("PA Consulting"), 65% interestWord for word“The total consideration paid by the Company was $ 1.7 billion, funded through cash on hand, proceeds from a new term loan and draws on the Company's existing Revolving Credit Facility.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | — | The total consideration paid by the Company was $ 1.7 billion |
Buffalo GroupWord for word“The Company paid total consideration of $190.1 million, which was comprised of approximately $182.4 million in cash to the former owners of Buffalo Group and contingent consideration of $7.7 million which was subsequently recognized in fiscal 2021 as an offset to selling, general and administrative expense when it was determined no amounts would be paid.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | — | $190.1 million |
Energy, Chemicals and Resources (ECR) business to Worley LimitedWord for word“On April 26, 2019, Jacobs completed the sale of its Energy, Chemicals and Resources ("ECR") business to Worley Limited, a company incorporated in Australia ("Worley"), for a purchase price of $ 3.4 billion consisting of (i) $ 2.8 billion in cash plus (ii) 58.2 million ordinary shares of Worley, subject to adjustments for changes in working capital and certain” 10-K for 2023 | divestiture | On April 26, 2019 | — |
SpinCo Business (Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence), spun off as Amentum Holdings, Inc.Word for word“As a result of the Separation, substantially all SpinCo Business-related assets and liabilities have been separated and distributed (the "Disposal Group").” 10-K for 2024 | divestiture | — | — |
StreetLight Data, Inc.Word for word“On February 4, 2022, the Company acquired StreetLight Data, Inc. ("StreetLight").” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | February 4, 2022 | — |
BlackLynx, Inc.Word for word“On November 19, 2021, Jacobs acquired BlackLynx, a provider of high-performance software, to complement Jacobs' portfolio of digital solutions.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | November 19, 2021 | — |
PA Consulting Group LimitedWord for word“This transformation included acquiring a 65% stake in PA Consulting Group Limited ("PA Consulting") in fiscal 2021.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | fiscal 2021 | — |
Critical Mission Solutions business and Cyber & Intelligence business (SpinCo Business), merged with Amentum Parent Holdings LLCWord for word“On September 27, 2024, Jacobs completed the Separation Transaction, pursuant to which it spun off its CMS and C&I businesses and then subsequently merged those businesses with Amentum Parent Holdings LLC.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | On September 27, 2024 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-09-30 | $49.9 million | −$19 million | — |
| 2017-09-29 | $150.2 million | — | — |
| 2018-09-28 | $1.49 billion | — | $3.13 billion |
| 2019-09-27 | $575.1 million | — | $612 million |
| 2020-10-02 | — | — | $206 million |
| 2021-10-01 | — | — | $1.58 billion |
| 2022-09-30 | — | — | $329.5 million |
| 2023-09-29 | — | — | $12 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2026-03-17 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-03-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2026-01-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-03-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-09-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-09-30 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2023-11-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-08-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-02-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-02-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-03-03 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2021-01-21 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-12-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-11-30 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-03-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-06-12 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-05-02 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2019-04-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-04-29 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2019-04-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2019-03-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-12-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-10-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-05-15 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-03-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-12-18 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2017-09-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-08-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Jacobs Solutions’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 2025-11-20. 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.