On the Record · Netscout Systems
Netscout Systems acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Netscout Systems 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Test Optimization business (TO Business)Word for word“In the aggregate, the decline was primarily attributable to the Test Optimization business (TO Business) we divested in September of 2024.” 10-K for 2025 | divestiture | September of 2024 | — |
Danaher Corporation's communication business (Comms Transaction)Word for word“Amortization of acquired intangible assets consists primarily of amortization of customer relationships, definite-lived trademark and trade names, and leasehold interests related to our acquisition of Danaher Corporation's communication business (Comms Transaction), Network General Corporation, Avvasi Incorporated and Efflux Systems, Inc.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | — | — |
Network General CorporationWord for word“Amortization of acquired intangible assets consists primarily of amortization of customer relationships, definite-lived trademark and trade names, and leasehold interests related to our acquisition of Danaher Corporation's communication business (Comms Transaction), Network General Corporation, Avvasi Incorporated and Efflux Systems, Inc.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | — | — |
Avvasi IncorporatedWord for word“Amortization of acquired intangible assets consists primarily of amortization of customer relationships, definite-lived trademark and trade names, and leasehold interests related to our acquisition of Danaher Corporation's communication business (Comms Transaction), Network General Corporation, Avvasi Incorporated and Efflux Systems, Inc.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | — | — |
Efflux Systems, Inc.Word for word“Amortization of acquired intangible assets consists primarily of amortization of customer relationships, definite-lived trademark and trade names, and leasehold interests related to our acquisition of Danaher Corporation's communication business (Comms Transaction), Network General Corporation, Avvasi Incorporated and Efflux Systems, Inc.” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | — | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Cash received from selling businesses | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-03-31 | $4.6 million | — | $1.9 million |
| 2018-03-31 | $8.3 million | — | $6.1 million |
| 2019-03-31 | $0 | — | — |
| 2020-03-31 | $11.3 million | — | — |
| 2021-03-31 | $0 | — | — |
| 2022-03-31 | $0 | $0 | — |
| 2023-03-31 | — | $0 | — |
| 2024-03-31 | — | $7.8 million | — |
| 2025-03-31 | — | $0 | — |
| 2026-03-31 | — | $0 | — |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2024-10-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-02-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-05-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-07-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-02-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-01-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Netscout Systems’s annual reports (10-K for 2026, 10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-05-14. 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.