M&A Deal Summary

Diodes Acquires Lite-On Semiconductor

On August 8, 2019, Diodes acquired semiconductors company Lite-On Semiconductor for 428M USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Diodes’ 8th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Diodes’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Diodes’ 2nd transaction in Taiwan.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2019-08-08
Target Lite-On Semiconductor
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Diodes
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 428M USD

Target

Lite-On Semiconductor

Neihu, Taiwan
Lite-On Semiconductor Corp. is a designer, developer , package and test a wide series of green power related semiconductor components that are mainly applied on communications, information, consumer electronics products' switching power supply and system power supply. Lite-On Semiconductor Corp. was founded in 1990 and is based in Neihu, Taiwan.

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Buyer

Diodes

Plano, Texas, United States
Category Company
Founded 1959
Sector Semiconductors
Employees7,980
Revenue 1.7B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION

Diodes is a manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic and analog semiconductor markets. Diodes was founded in 1959 and is based in Plano, Texas.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 8 of 9
Sector (Semiconductors) 8 of 9
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 7 of 7
Country (Taiwan) 2 of 2
Year (2019) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 6
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2019-02-04 Texas Instruments - Wafer Fabrication Facility and Operation

Dallas, Texas, United States

Texas Instruments, Inc. - Wafer Fabrication Facility and Operation is a manufacturer of TI’s Analog products.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2022-02-28 ON Semiconductor - Wafer fabrication facility and Operations

South Portland, Maine, United States

ON Semiconductor's Wafer fabrication facility and Operations offer Diodes 200mm wafer fab capacity for analog products to accelerate its growth initiatives in the automotive and industrial end markets. ON Semiconductor's Wafer fabrication facility and Operations is based in South Portland, Maine.

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