Freescale Semiconductor can once again change owners. Freescale broad audience is known as the former supplier of processors for computer systems Apple, however for its rich history it has had time to participate in space exploration and modernization of individual nodes racing cars.
As reported by Reuters, the new owner will be the company Freescale Semiconductor NXP Semiconductors NV, to pay for the first assets of about $ 11.8 billion. Given the debt of the acquired company, the total amount of the transaction is $ 16.7 billion. Union NXP and Freescale will create the largest player in the segment industrial and automotive semiconductor products with the level of capitalization of about $ 40 billion.
The deal should be completed in the second half. Freescale shareholders will receive about 32% in the capital of the united company. Financial advice parties have Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley. In the segment of consumer electronics products Freescale also used - for example, devices for reading electronic books family Amazon Kindle.