3Com sold for US$2.2B

By Dawn Kawamoto, CNET News.com
Monday, October 01, 2007 11:03 AM

Networking company 3Com has announced it will be acquired by private equity company Bain Capital and former joint-venture partner Huawei Technologies, in a US$2.2 billion cash deal.

The transaction, first reported in The Wall Street Journal, will give China's Huawei a minority stake in the Massachusetts-based company.

3Com, which has struggled in the shadow of networking giant Cisco, will once again link up Huawei to its former joint venture with 3Com, H3C. In March, 3Com bought out Huawei's remaining stake for US$882 million, securing full ownership of H3C.

Jonathan Zhu, a Bain Capital managing director based in Hong Kong, said in a statement: "3Com has a strong competitive position, and we believe there are significant opportunities to grow by acquiring customers and introducing new products."

Meanwhile, a sale to Bain may scupper 3Com's earlier plans to spin off TippingPoint, a networking security company it acquired in 2004 for US$430m million. 3Com is well-versed in spin-offs, having cut loose its former handheld device unit, Palm, in 2000.

The Bain-3Com deal, valued at US$5.30 per share, is expected early in the first quarter.


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