Microsemi Finally Clinches Zarlink - Analyst Blog
September 28 2011 - 9:45AM
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Microsemi Corp. (MSCC) has amended its tender
offer to acquire all of the outstanding shares and debentures of
Canada’s Zarlink Semiconductor Inc. for a total transaction value
of about $525 million, net of Zarlink's US$107 million cash
balance.
Over the past several months, Zarlink had rejected three of
Microsemi’s takeover attempts. In May, Microsemi had made its first
$3.00 per share bid for Zarlink. Barely a month later, the company
raised its proposal to between $3.25 and $3.55. A third takeover
attempt was made in mid July at $3.35 per share.
The price was finally fixed at $3.98 a share in cash for each of
Zarlink’s outstanding shares, 19% above the previous offer after
clearance from its financial advisors, RBC Capital Markets and
Canaccord Genuity Corp.
Zarlink is a provider of mixed-signal chip technologies for a
broad range of communications and medical applications. It counts
on the communications sector for about 80% of its business and the
medical sector for most of the rest. The company has seen an
impressive turnaround with strong profits in its most recent fiscal
year.
Microsemi’s acquisition of Zarlink is a big positive. Not only
will it enhance Microsemi’s product line, it will also be
immediately accretive to the company’s earnings. Management has
stated that the addition of Zarlink would be 24–26 cents accretive
to its non-GAAP earnings per share in the first full fiscal year
ending 2012. Microsemi also estimates that net sales for its
September quarter would increase 3% to 5%.
Microsemi is an OEM with a broad range of high-reliability and
analog/mixed signal integrated circuits. The company has spent more
than $1.1 billion in 14 buyouts over the past five years. These
acquisitions have greatly helped Microsemi to expand its portfolio,
enhance the product line and generate incremental growth. However,
Microsemi’s broad product line-up brings with it competition from a
large number of companies. The most significant competition comes
from Texas Instruments (TXN) and Vishay
Intertechnology.
As Zarlink’s line of work complements Microsemi’s business
greatly, we foresee less integration issues and greater value for
the combined entity’s customers and shareholders.
Currently, Microsemi carries a Zacks #3 Rank, indicating a
short-term Hold recommendation.
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