M&A Deal Summary

NXP Semiconductors Acquires FreeScale Semiconductor

On March 2, 2015, NXP Semiconductors acquired semiconductors company FreeScale Semiconductor for 11.8B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is NXP Semiconductors’ 3rd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is NXP Semiconductors’ largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is NXP Semiconductors’ 3rd transaction in the United States.
  • This is NXP Semiconductors’ 1st transaction in Texas.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2015-03-02
Target FreeScale Semiconductor
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) NXP Semiconductors
Deal Type Merger
Deal Value 11.8B USD
Advisor(s) Morgan Stanley (Financial)
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Legal)

Target

FreeScale Semiconductor

Austin, Texas, United States
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. FreeScale designs, researches and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries.

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Buyer

NXP Semiconductors

Eindhoven, Netherlands
Category Company
Founded 2006
Sector Semiconductors
Employees34,200
Revenue 13.3B USD (2023)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to NXP Semiconductors' office in San Jose, California.
Entrance to NXP Semiconductors' office in San Jose, California.

NXP Semiconductors is a provider of semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media players, TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide range of other electronic devices. NXP Semiconductors was founded in 2006 and is based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 3 of 5
Sector (Semiconductors) 3 of 4
Type (Merger) 1 of 1
State (Texas) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 3 of 4
Year (2015) 1 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2011-07-05 NXP s Sound Solutions Business

Vienna, Austria

Sound Solutions a manufacturers of dynamic speakers and receivers for cell phones and other consumer electronics. It has manufacturing facilities in Vienna and Beijing.

Sell $855M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-03-10 Athena SCS

Tokyo, Japan

Athena SCS Ltd. is an independent UK-based developer of state-of-the art smart card solutions for Access, Enterprise, eGovernment, Transportation, Payment and Mobile Solutions, enabling its partners and clients to deliver cutting edge, cost effective digital security solutions.

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