Deals
PMC-Sierra Reaches 9-Year High as Microsemi Offers $2.4 Billion
- Bid of $11.50 in cash and stock exceeds Skyworks offer
- Combination would help save $100 million in costs a year
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PMC-Sierra Inc. reached a nine-year high after Microsemi Corp. offered to buy the maker of semiconductors for network drives for $2.4 billion in cash and stock, topping a bid from Skyworks Solutions Inc.
The offer is $11.50 a share, about 50 percent above PMC-Sierra’s price on Oct. 5, before it agreed to the bid from Skyworks, Microsemi, which is based in Aliso Viejo, California, said in a statement Monday. The Skyworks offer valued PMC-Sierra at $10.50 a share in cash.