Skyworks Solutions Completes Acquisition of Silicon Laboratories' Infrastructure and Automotive Business

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Skyworks Solutions, Inc. has successfully completed its acquisition of Silicon Laboratories Inc.'s Infrastructure & Automotive business in an all-cash asset transaction valued at $2.75 billion. The acquisition expands Skyworks' global reach and diversifies its customer base, enabling the company to accelerate profitable growth in key industry segments.

Key Takeaways:

  • The acquisition of Silicon Laboratories' Infrastructure & Automotive business expands Skyworks' global reach and diversifies its customer base, enabling the company to accelerate profitable growth in key industry segments.
  • The transaction involves the purchase of assets, rights, and properties, as well as the assumption of certain liabilities, for a purchase price of $2,750,000,000 in cash.
  • Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is a global company with engineering, marketing, operations, sales, and support facilities located throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.
  • The company is a member of the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 market indices and is a leading innovator of high-performance analog semiconductors connecting people, places, and things.
  • The acquisition is subject to the outcome of any legal proceedings and the ability of Skyworks to successfully integrate the assets acquired, including employee retention.
  • The transaction may be disrupted by the cyclical nature of the semiconductor industry and the availability and pricing of third-party semiconductor foundry, assembly, and test capacity.

Statistics:

  • $2.75 billion: The purchase price for the acquisition of Silicon Laboratories' Infrastructure & Automotive business.
  • $1 billion: The term loans borrowed by Skyworks Solutions, Inc. under its previously announced term loan facility on July 26, 2021.
  • $2.75 billion: The total value of the acquisition, which includes the purchase of assets, rights, and properties, as well as the assumption of certain liabilities.

Source:

  • "Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized."
  • "Irvine, Calif., July 26, 2021 - Skyworks Solutions, Inc."
  • "About Skyworks Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is empowering the wireless networking revolution."

References:

  • Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (2021). Form 8-K. United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (2021). Press Release dated July 26, 2021. Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
  • Silicon Laboratories Inc. (2021). Silicon Laboratories, Inc. Completes Sale of Infrastructure and Automotive Business. Silicon Laboratories Inc.
  • Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (2020). Annual Report on Form 10-K. United States Securities and Exchange Commission.