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onsemi Acquires Catalyst Semiconductor

On September 17, 2008, onsemi acquired semiconductors company Catalyst Semiconductor for 115M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is onsemi’s 3rd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is onsemi’s 10th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is onsemi’s 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is onsemi’s 1st transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2008-09-17
Target Catalyst Semiconductor
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) onsemi
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 115M USD
Advisor(s) Houlihan Lokey (Financial)
O'Melveny & Myers (Legal)

Target

Catalyst Semiconductor

Santa Clara, California, United States
Catalyst Semiconductor, Inc. designs and markets analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory products, including Digitally Programmable Potentiometers (DPP™), white and color LED drivers, DC/DC converters, LDO regulators, voltage supervisors, bus expanders, serial and parallel EEPROMs, Flash and NVRAM.

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Buyer

onsemi

Phoenix, Arizona, United States
Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Semiconductors
Employees26,400
Revenue 7.1B USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
ON Semiconductor's corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.
ON Semiconductor's corporate headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona.

onsemi is a designer, developer, manufacturer, and marketer of semiconductor components that address the design needs of electronic systems and products. onsemi supplies power and data management semiconductors and standard semiconductor components worldwide. onsemi was founded in 1992 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 17
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 3 of 14
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 3 of 12
State: California M&A 1 of 8
Country: United States M&A 3 of 15
Year: 2008 M&A 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 10 of 15
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-12-13 AMI Semiconductor

Pocatello, Idaho, United States

AMI Semiconductor, Inc. (AMI) is a designer and manufacturer of application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs).

Buy $915M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-11-08 Analog Devices - CPU Voltage and PC Thermal Monitoring Business

Norwood, Massachusetts, United States

Analog Devices - CPU Voltage and PC Thermal Monitoring Business is a voltage regulation and thermal monitoring products for computing applications.

Buy $185M
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