M&A Deal Summary

STMicroelectronics Acquires ams AG - NFC and RFID Reader Assets

On July 29, 2016, STMicroelectronics acquired semiconductors company ams AG - NFC and RFID Reader Assets from ams for 79M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is STMicroelectronics’ 5th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is STMicroelectronics’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is STMicroelectronics’ 1st transaction in Austria.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-07-29
Target ams AG - NFC and RFID Reader Assets
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) STMicroelectronics
Sellers(s) ams
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 79M USD

Target

ams AG - NFC and RFID Reader Assets

Unterpremstaetten, Austria
ams AG - NFC and RFID Reader Assets is a provider of sensor solutions, NFC/RFID tags business and relevant design capabilities to create wireless IoT sensor solutions and support upcoming sensor nodes.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

STMicroelectronics

Geneva, Switzerland

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Category Company
Founded 1987
Sector Semiconductors
Employees48,254
Revenue 12.8B USD (2021)
DESCRIPTION

STMicroelectronics is a semiconductor provider delivering intelligent and energy-efficient products and solutions that power the electronics at the heart of everyday life. STMicroelectronics was founded in 1987 and is based in Geneva, Switzerland.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 9
Sector (Semiconductors) 5 of 5
Type (Divestiture) 2 of 2
Country (Austria) 1 of 1
Year (2016) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-12-28 Semiconductor Business - Arkados

United States

Semiconductor Business of Arkados.

Buy $11M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-12-12 Atollic AB

Jönköping, Sweden

Atollic AB is a provider of software development tools. Atollic is a supplier of TrueSTUDIO ® ,a professionally-recognized and highly regarded Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the embedded development community focusing on Arm® Cortex® -M microcontrollers, like ST’s market-leading STM32 family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). Atollic AB was established in 2003 and is based in Jönköping, Sweden.

Buy $7M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

ams

Premstaetten, Austria

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Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Semiconductors
Employees29,753
Revenue 3.5B EUR (2020)
DESCRIPTION

ams is a worldwide manufacturer of high performance sensor and analog solutions. ams was incorporated in 1981 and is based in Premstaetten, Austria.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 2
Sector (Semiconductors) 1 of 2
Type (Divestiture) 1 of 2
Country (Austria) 1 of 2
Year (2016) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-26 MAZeT

Thuringia, Germany

MAZeT GmbH is a provider of color and spectral sensing systems specialist. MAZeT offers very strong system and application know-how in advanced color and spectral sensing and outstanding optical engineering expertise.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-10-24 Heptagon Micro Optics Pte

Singapore, Singapore

Heptagon Micro Optics Pte Ltd. is a provider of complete 3D/imaging, illumination and optical sensing solutions for smart devices and the internet of things.

Buy -
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