M&A Deal Summary

onsemi Acquires Fairchild Semiconductor International

On November 18, 2015, onsemi acquired semiconductors company Fairchild Semiconductor International for 2.4B USD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is onsemi’s 11th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is onsemi’s largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is onsemi’s 10th transaction in the United States.
  • This is onsemi’s 6th transaction in California.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2015-11-18
Target Fairchild Semiconductor International
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) onsemi
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 2.4B USD
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs (Financial)
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (Legal)

Target

Fairchild Semiconductor International

San Jose, California, United States
Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. is a designer, developer and manufacturer of logic, discrete, analog and non-volatile memory semiconductors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

onsemi

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Category Company
Founded 1992
Sector Semiconductors
Employees31,000
Revenue 8.3B USD (2023)
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 addresses 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 12 of 15
Sector (Semiconductors) 11 of 12
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 9 of 12
State (California) 6 of 7
Country (United States) 10 of 13
Year (2015) 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 1 of 14
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-06-09 Aptina Imaging

San Jose, California, United States

Aptina Imaging Corp. is a provider of complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) imaging solutions with a growing portfolio of products that can be found in all the leading mobile phone and notebook computer brands.

Buy $400M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-08-25 ON Semiconductor - Select Product Portfolio

Phoenix, Arizona, United States

ON Semiconductor Corp. - Select Product Portfolio includes transient voltage suppression (“TVS”) diodes, switching thyristors and insulated gate bipolar transistors (“IGBT”) for automotive ignition applications.

Sell $104M