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Viavi Solutions acquisitions, on the record
The businesses Viavi 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
Spirent Communications plcWord for word“On March 5, 2024, we announced a transaction under which the Company and VIAVI Solutions Acquisitions Limited, our wholly-owned subsidiary (Bidco), intended to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Spirent Communications plc, a public company incorporated in England and Wales and a global provider of automated test and assurance solutions for networks, cybersecurity and positioning (Spirent, and such transaction, the Proposed Acquisition).” 10-K for 2024 | agreed acquisition | March 5, 2024 | — |
Inertial Labs, Inc.Word for word“In January 2025, VIAVI completed the acquisition of Inertial Labs, Inc. (the Inertial Labs Acquisition).” 10-K for 2025 | acquisition | In January 2025 | — |
Spirent Communications plc's high-speed ethernet and network security business lines from Keysight Technologies, Inc.Word for word“The total purchase consideration of $425 million will be paid at closing, subject to customary closing adjustments and conditions.” 10-K for 2025 | agreed acquisition | — | The total purchase consideration of $425 million will be paid at closing, subject to customary closing adjustments and conditions. |
Spirent Communications plc's channel emulation testing businessWord for word“On March 2, 2025, the Company entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Spirent Communications plc’s (Spirent) high-speed ethernet and network security business lines and subsequently amended the agreement on May 28, 2025 to also purchase Spirent’s channel emulation testing business (collectively, the HSE, network security and CE businesses) from Keysight Technologies, Inc. for our NSE segment.” 10-K for 2025 | agreed acquisition | On May 28, 2025 | — |
Spirent Communications plc's high-speed ethernet, network security and channel emulation testing business (HSE and CE business)Word for word“As described in Note 5 to the consolidated financial statements, on October 16, 2025, the Company acquired Spirent Communications plc’s high-speed ethernet, network security and channel emulation testing business (collectively, the HSE and CE business).” 10-K for 2026 | acquisition | on October 16, 2025 | — |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired) | Goodwill from acquisitions |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-02 | $900,000 | — |
| 2017-07-01 | $0 | — |
| 2019-06-29 | $47 million | $46.1 million |
| 2020-06-27 | $2.5 million | $4.3 million |
| 2021-07-03 | $700,000 | — |
| 2022-07-02 | $8.3 million | $10 million |
| 2023-07-01 | $67.3 million | $60 million |
| 2025-06-28 | $120.9 million | $129.7 million |
| 2026-06-27 | $399.3 million | $111.3 million |
Deal filings since 2016
- 2025-12-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-10-16 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-08-25 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-08-14 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2025-03-03 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2024-03-05 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2023-03-07 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2022-01-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-09-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2021-07-20 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2020-05-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-05-29 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2018-03-16 Form 8-K, Item 2.01: Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
- 2018-02-02 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
- 2017-03-06 Form 8-K, Item 1.01: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Read from Viavi Solutions’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 2026-08-13. 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.