Cypress and Spansion to Merge in $4 Billion All-Stock Transaction
The combined company will:
- Be a $2 billion global leader in microcontrollers and specialized memories for embedded systems
- Be No. 1 worldwide in NOR Flash memories
- Be No. 1 worldwide in SRAM memories
- Provide significant EPS accretion with $135 million in annual synergies
- Provide ~50% ownership each for Cypress and Spansion shareholders
- Pay an $0.11 per share quarterly dividend to all shareholders
- Have T.J. Rodgers of Cypress as CEO and Ray Bingham of Spansion as non-executive chairman
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 1, 2014 -- Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (CY) and Spansion, Inc. (CODE) today announced a definitive agreement to merge in an all-stock, tax-free transaction valued at approximately $4 billion. The post-merger company will generate more than $2 billion in revenue annually and create a leading global provider of microcontrollers and specialized memories needed in today's embedded systems.
- Published: 02 December 2014
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