M&A Deal Summary

Semtech Acquires Gennum

On March 20, 2012, Semtech acquired semiconductors company Gennum for 500M CAD

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Semtech’s 7th transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is Semtech’s 2nd largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is Semtech’s 1st transaction in Canada.
  • This is Semtech’s 1st transaction in Ontario.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2012-03-20
Target Gennum
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) Semtech
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 500M CAD
Advisor(s) Canaccord Genuity Corp. (Financial)
Blake, Cassels & Graydon
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (Legal)

Target

Gennum

Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Gennum Corporation designs semiconductor solutions and intellectual property (IP) cores designed to be the world's most advanced consumer connectivity, enterprise, video broadcast and data communications products.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Semtech

Camarillo, California, United States
Category Company
Founded 1960
Sector Semiconductors
Employees1,917
Revenue 869M USD (2024)
DESCRIPTION
Entrance to Semtech's corporate headquarters in Camarillo, California.
Entrance to Semtech's corporate headquarters in Camarillo, California.

Semtech is a provider of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors for high-end consumer, computing, communications and industrial equipment. Semtech was founded in 1960 and is based in Camarillo, California.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 12
Sector (Semiconductors) 7 of 10
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 6 of 11
State (Ontario) 1 of 1
Country (Canada) 1 of 3
Year (2012) 2 of 2
Size (of disclosed) 2 of 9
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2012-03-08 Cycleo SAS

Saint-Ismier, France

Cycleo is a provider of wireless solutions offering long-range machine-to-machine communication to the wireless world. Based upon patented technology, Cycleo's solutions enable range without raising emission power at a very low cost. Cycleo operates worldwide and provides Intellectual property and design solutions to the electronic and semiconductor industry.

Buy $5M
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-01-14 EnVerv

Milpitas, California, United States

EnVerv, Inc. is a supplier of Power Line Communications and Smart Grid solutions targeted at advanced metering infrastructure, home energy management systems and Internet of Things applications.

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