InvenSense (INVN ) to be acquired TDK Corporation for $13.00/share in cash

• InvenSense is an Apple supplier

  

 

TDK Corporation to acquire INVN for $13.00/share in cash :

• Co entered into a definitive agreement today wherein TDK agrees to acquire all of the outstanding InvenSense shares for cash at an acquisition price of $13.00 per InvenSense share, for a total acquisition price of $1.3 bln. The transaction has been unanimously approved by the Boards of Directors of both companies. Completion of the transaction is expected in second quarter of the fiscal year ending March 31, 2018, and is subject to approvals by InvenSense shareholders and the relevant regulatory authorities.
• Transaction brings together more complete portfolio of sensor and software solutions spanning inertial, pressure, microphone and ultrasonic wave sensor products and technologies from InvenSense, with TDK's pressure, temperature, electric current and various other sensors.
• Transaction will be financed with cash-on-hand.
• In January 2016, TDK established a joint venture with Qualcomm (QCOM), called RF360 Holdings Singapore PTE, Ltd., and has also entered into agreements to expand technical cooperation in a wide range of fields including passive components, batteries, wireless power transfer, sensors.