ON Semiconductor rises after switching its Synaptics bid to an all-cash deal
+6.01% to $84.89 from $80.08
What moved ON
- ON Semiconductor amended its merger agreement with Synaptics to an all-cash acquisition at $123 per share, valuing Synaptics at about $5.7 billion, down from roughly $7 billion under the prior stock-and-cash structure.
- The revised terms came after Synaptics received an unsolicited competing proposal; the deal is partly financed with a $2.45 billion committed term loan from Morgan Stanley.
- Shares rose as much as 8% as investors welcomed the cash structure, which shields ON’s share count from dilution.
- The companies said the amended transaction is expected to be immediately earnings-accretive for ON, with about $200 million in synergies targeted within 18 months of closing.
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