On the Record · Keysight Technologies
Keysight Technologies acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Keysight Technologies 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Cliosoft Inc.Word for word“In 2023, Keysight acquired Cliosoft Inc., adding design and intellectual property data management capabilities to complement our design software portfolio.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | In 2023 | — |
ESI Group SAWord for word“In November 2023, we acquired a controlling block of share capital of ESI Group SA, which helps broaden our software capabilities and further our strategy of moving upstream into the earlier stages of our customers' design cycles.” 10-K for 2023 | agreed acquisition | In November 2023 | — |
Sanjole Inc.Word for word“In 2021, we used $353 million for investing activities, including $174 million for purchases of property, plant and equipment; $102 million, net of $11 million of cash acquired, for the acquisition of Sanjole Inc.; and $76 million, net of cash acquired, for other acquisition activities.” 10-K for 2023 | acquisition | In 2021 | — |
Riscure Holding B.V.Word for word“In addition, we enhanced our security offerings with the acquisition of Riscure Holding B.V., providing testing solutions and software for semiconductor, embedded systems, and Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices, and extended our range of radio frequency (“RF”) and microwave (“uW”) instruments with the acquisition of AnaPico AG.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | — | — |
AnaPico AGWord for word“In addition, we enhanced our security offerings with the acquisition of Riscure Holding B.V., providing testing solutions and software for semiconductor, embedded systems, and Internet of Things (“IoT”) devices, and extended our range of radio frequency (“RF”) and microwave (“uW”) instruments with the acquisition of AnaPico AG.” 10-K for 2024 | acquisition | — | — |
Spirent Communications PLCWord for word“On March 28, 2024, we announced our intention to acquire the entire share capital of Spirent Communications PLC (“Spirent”) for cash consideration of 199 pence per Spirent share, which reflects a valuation of $1,463 million on a fully diluted basis.” 10-K for 2024 | agreed acquisition | On March 28, 2024 | cash consideration of 199 pence per Spirent share, which reflects a valuation of $1,463 million on a fully diluted basis |
Synopsys’ Optical Solutions GroupWord for word“On September 19, 2024, Keysight announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement with Synopsys, Inc. (“Synopsys”) to acquire Synopsys’ Optical Solutions Group, a leading developer of optical design and analysis software tools.” 10-K for 2024 | agreed acquisition | On September 19, 2024 | — |
Spirent’s high-speed ethernet, network security, and channel emulation business linesWord for word“On October 16, 2025, Keysight divested Spirent’s high-speed ethernet, network security, and channel emulation business lines for $399 million to Viavi Solutions Inc. (“Viavi”) in connection with satisfying the regulatory conditions set out as part of the Spirent acquisition.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | On October 16, 2025 | $399 million |
Optical Solutions Group business from Synopsys, Inc.Word for word“On October 17, 2025, we acquired the Optical Solutions Group business (“OSG”) from Synopsys, Inc. (“Synopsys”) and the PowerArtist RTL business (“PowerArtist”) from Ansys, Inc. (“Ansys”) for $578 million and $26 million, respectively.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | On October 17, 2025 | $578 million and $26 million, respectively |
PowerArtist RTL business from Ansys, Inc.Word for word“On October 17, 2025, we acquired the Optical Solutions Group business (“OSG”) from Synopsys, Inc. (“Synopsys”) and the PowerArtist RTL business (“PowerArtist”) from Ansys, Inc. (“Ansys”) for $578 million and $26 million, respectively.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | On October 17, 2025 | $578 million and $26 million, respectively |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-10-31 | $10 million | — | $14 million |
| 2017-10-31 | $1.7 billion | — | $1.16 billion |
| 2018-10-31 | $5 million | — | $6 million |
| 2019-10-31 | $88 million | — | $30 million |
| 2020-10-31 | $357 million | — | $314 million |
| 2021-10-31 | $178 million | — | $100 million |
| 2022-10-31 | $33 million | — | $20 million |
| 2023-10-31 | $85 million | $0 | $56 million |
| 2024-10-31 | $681 million | $0 | $738 million |
| 2025-10-31 | $2.02 billion | $399 million | $1 billion |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2017-04-18 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2017-04-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-04-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-03-28 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-02-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-02-01 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Keysight Technologies’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 2025-12-17. 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.