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Cavium to buy QLogic for USD 1 billion

2016-06-16 08:32:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Cavium has agreed to acquire QLogic for USD 1.36 billion. The agreed bid is worth USD 15.50 per share, comprised of USD 11.00 in cash and 0.098 of a share of Cavium stock for each share of QLogic. The gives QLogic an equity value of USD 1.36 billion, including the USD 355 million in cash it holds, and has been unanimously approved by the boards of directors of both companies. Cavium said the merger will create a "diversified pure-play infrastructure semiconductor leader", with QLogic bringing a leading portfolio of advanced connectivity and storage solutions alongside Cavium's range of networking, compute and security products. The companies will target the enterprise, cloud, data centre, storage, telco and networking markets and generate annual revenue of nearly USD 1 billion.

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