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RF Micro Devices Acquires Filtronic Compound Semiconductors

On December 20, 2007, RF Micro Devices acquired semiconductors company Filtronic Compound Semiconductors from Filtronic for 13M GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is RF Micro Devices’ 3rd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is RF Micro Devices’ 3rd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is RF Micro Devices’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2007-12-20
Target Filtronic Compound Semiconductors
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) RF Micro Devices
Sellers(s) Filtronic
Deal Type Divestiture
Deal Value 13M GBP

Target

Filtronic Compound Semiconductors

Theale,, United Kingdom
Filtronic Compound Semiconductors Ltd, manufactures products for wireless infrastructure backhaul, mobile wireless communication terminal semiconductor products, and merchant compound semiconductors.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

RF Micro Devices

Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
Category Company
Founded 1991
Sector Semiconductors
Employees3,482
Revenue 1.1B USD (2014)
DESCRIPTION

RF Micro Devices, Inc. is a designer and manufacturer of high-performance semiconductor components. RFMD's products enable worldwide mobility, provide enhanced connectivity and support advanced functionality in the cellular handset, wireless infrastructure, wireless local area network (WLAN), CATV/broadband and aerospace and defense markets.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 4 of 6
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 3 of 5
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2007 M&A 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2007-11-13 Sirenza Microdevices

Broomfield, Colorado, United States

Sirenza Microdevices, Inc. is a designer and supplier of high performance radio frequency components for communications equipment.

Buy -
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-04-26 Universal Microwave

Brooksville,, Florida, United States

Universal Microwave Corp. designs and manufactures high performance RF oscillators and synthesizers primarily for point-to-point radios, CATV head-end equipment and military communications radio markets.

Buy $24M

Seller(S) 1

SELLER

Filtronic

Sedgefield, United Kingdom
Category Company
Founded 1977
Sector Technology Hardware
Employees133
Revenue 25M GBP (2024)
DESCRIPTION

Filtronic is a provider of the design and manufacture of a broad range of customized RF, microwave, and millimetre wave components and subsystems. Filtronic was founded in 1977 and is based in Sedgefield, England.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 2 of 3
Sector: Semiconductors M&A 1 of 1
Type: Divestiture M&A Deals 2 of 3
Country: United Kingdom M&A 2 of 3
Year: 2007 M&A 1 of 1
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2003-12-17 Filtronic - Solid State Business

Yeadon, United Kingdom

Filtronic - Solid State Business designs and manufactures customized microwave subassemblies for electronic warfare, radar and other military applications.

Sell $12M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2008-08-15 Filtronic s Defence Electronics business

Yeadon, United Kingdom

Filtronic’s Defense Electronics business designs and manufactures a range of microwave products for radar, electronic support measures and electronic counter measures systems used to protect modern military platforms from hostile threats.

Sell £13M
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