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Qualcomm acquisitions, on the record

The businesses Qualcomm 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
Active Safety business Word for word“Discontinued operations in fiscal 2023 and 2022 primarily related to net losses from the Non-Arriver businesses.” 10-K for 2023	divestiture	Fiscal 2023	—
Veoneer Word for word“$95 million decrease in acquisition-related expenses, primarily related to the Veoneer transaction which closed in the third quarter of fiscal 2022” 10-K for 2023	merger	the third quarter of fiscal 2022	—
Nuvia Word for word“The complaint alleges that following our acquisition of Nuvia, we and Nuvia breached Nuvia's Architecture License Agreement with ARM (the Nuvia ALA) by failing to comply with the termination obligations under the Nuvia ALA.” 10-K for 2023	acquisition	—	—
Veoneer, Inc. Word for word“In fiscal 2022, we and SSW Partners, a New York-based investment partnership, entered into and closed a definitive agreement to acquire Veoneer, Inc. (Veoneer).” 10-K for 2024	acquisition	fiscal 2022	—
Veoneer's Active Safety business Word for word“On June 1, 2023, SSW Partners completed the sale of Veoneer's Active Safety business to Magna International Inc. for net cash proceeds of $ 1.5 billion.” 10-K for 2024	divestiture	June 1, 2023	$ 1.5 billion
Alphawave IP Group plc (Alphawave) Word for word“On June 9, 2025, we announced that we reached an agreement to acquire Alphawave IP Group plc (Alphawave) at an implied enterprise value of approximately $ 2.4 billion (as of the announcement date).”” 10-K for 2025	agreed acquisition	June 9, 2025	approximately $ 2.4 billion
seven businesses Word for word“During fiscal 2025, we acquired seven businesses for a total accounting purchase price of $ 668 million.” 10-K for 2025	acquisition	During fiscal 2025	$ 668 million

As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year ended	Cash received from selling businesses	Goodwill from acquisitions
2016-09-25	$0	$172 million
2017-09-24	—	$875 million
2018-09-30	—	$0
2019-09-29	—	$18 million
2021-09-26	—	$917 million
2022-09-25	—	$3.39 billion
2023-09-24	—	$76 million
2024-09-29	—	$126 million
2025-09-28	—	$526 million

Deal filings since 2016

2025-05-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2024-08-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-11-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2022-05-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-10-04 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2021-01-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-12-10 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-08-18 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2020-05-11 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-09-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-06-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-06-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-04-24 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-04-19 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-03-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-03-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2018-02-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-12-22 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2017-05-31 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-11-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-11-09 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-10-27 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
2016-01-13 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Read from Qualcomm’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 2025-11-05. 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.