# Siemens acquires Mentor Graphics: acquisition

Canonical ID: `d2fc067c-85a1-4feb-93ea-488050ca292a`

Siemens acquired Mentor Graphics for $4.5 billion (announced Nov 14, 2016; completed April 3, 2017), a leading electronic-design-automation (EDA) software company, forming the core of Siemens EDA / Digital Industries Software.

- **Structure:** full acquisition
- **Status:** completed
- **Valuation:** $4.5B (reported, approximate)
- **Verification posture:** verified

## Parties

- **Acquirer:** [Siemens](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/siemens.md)
- **Acquired:** [Mentor Graphics](https://registry.deploy.report/companies/mentor-graphics.md)

## Timeline

- **Announced:** 2016-11-14
- **Closed:** 2017-04-03

## Sources (1)

1. https://press.siemens.com/global/en/event/siemens-closes-acquisition-mentor-graphics


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