LOWELL, Mass. — (BUSINESS WIRE) — December 9, 2015 — M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: MTSI) (MACOM), a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave, millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products, today announced that it has successfully completed its previously announced acquisition of FiBest Limited (FiBest), a Japan-based merchant market component supplier of optical sub assemblies, in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $60 million.
John Croteau, President and Chief Executive Officer of MACOM stated, “With the close on our acquisition of FiBest, we believe we are now better positioned to enhance the strategic value we deliver to customers by providing all of the technology, products and packaging to further extend MACOM’s preeminent position as a leading supplier of optical networking components. This transaction also significantly expands our addressable market in data centers for 100G data rates and beyond, while further unlocking a robust sales channel for MACOM in an estimated $500 million RF and microwave component market in Japan.”
MACOM funded the purchase price of the FiBest acquisition with cash on hand.
About MACOM:
M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc. (
www.macom.com)
is a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave,
millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products that enable
next-generation Internet and modern battlefield applications. Recognized
for its broad catalog portfolio of technologies and products, MACOM
serves diverse markets, including high speed optical, satellite, radar,
wired and wireless networks, automotive, industrial, medical and mobile
devices. A pillar of the semiconductor industry, we thrive on more than
60 years of solving our customers' most complex problems, serving as a
true partner for applications ranging from RF to Light.
Headquartered in Lowell, Massachusetts, MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard. MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout North America, Europe, Asia and Australia.
MACOM, M/A-COM, M/A-COM Technology Solutions, M/A-COM Tech, Partners in RF & Microwave, Partners from RF to Light, The First Name in Microwave and related logos are trademarks of MACOM. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on MACOM management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements concerning the FiBest transaction, including those regarding any potential benefits and synergies, perceived customer feedback, strategic plans, expansion of SAM in Japan or elsewhere, accretion and financial and business expectations associated with the acquisition, as well as any other statements regarding MACOM's plans, beliefs or expectations regarding the transaction or its future business or financial results. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and generally may be identified by terms such as "anticipates," "believes," "could," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "may," "plans," "potential," "predicts," "projects," "seeks," "should," "will," "would" or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.
Forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect
MACOM's current views about future events and are subject to risks,
uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause
those events or our actual activities or results to differ materially
from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Although MACOM
believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking
statements are reasonable, it cannot and does not guarantee future
events, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or
achievements, including the successful integration of the FiBest
business or realization of any of the projected benefits of the
transaction. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause
actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the
forward-looking statements, including, among others, costs associated
with the acquisition, failure to achieve expected synergies, accretion
and other anticipated benefits of the transaction or to successfully
integrate the FiBest business, adverse reactions to the acquisition by
employees, customers, suppliers or competitors of either MACOM or
FiBest, greater than expected dilutive effect on earnings from the
transaction or failure to comply with applicable covenants related to
MACOM's outstanding indebtedness, lower than expected demand in any or
all of our primary end markets or from any of our large OEM customers
based on the acquisition, macro-economic weakness or otherwise, failures
or delays by any customer in winning business or to make purchases from
us in support of such business, lack of adoption or delayed adoption by
customers and industries we serve of GaN, Indium Phosphide lasers, or
other solutions offered by us, failures or delays in porting and
qualifying GaN or Indium Phosphide laser process technology to
our Lowell, MA fabrication facility or third party facilities, lower
than expected utilization and absorption in our manufacturing
facilities, lack of success or slower than expected success in our new
product development efforts, loss of business due to competitive
factors, product or technology obsolescence, customer program shifts or
otherwise, lower than anticipated or slower than expected customer
acceptance of our new product introductions, the potential for increased
pricing pressure based on competitive factors, technology shifts or
otherwise, the impact of any executed or abandoned acquisition,
divestiture or restructuring activity, the impact of supply shortages or
other disruptions in our internal or outsourced supply chain, the
relative success of our cost-savings initiatives, the potential for
inventory obsolescence and related write-offs, the expense, business
disruption or other impact of any current or future investigations,
administrative actions, litigation or enforcement proceedings we may be
involved in, and the impact of any claims of intellectual property
infringement or misappropriation, which could require us to pay
substantial damages for infringement, expend significant resources in
prosecuting or defending such matters or developing non-infringing
technology, incur material liability for royalty or license payments or
prevent us from selling certain of our products, as well as those
factors described in "Risk Factors" in MACOM's filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including its Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2015 as filed
with the SEC on November 24, 2015. MACOM undertakes no obligation to
publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a
result of new information, future events or otherwise.