PLAINVIEW, NY and SAN JOSE, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/02/17 --
- Creates a leading equipment supplier to the growing Advanced Packaging industry
- Increases scale and revenue diversification to improve profitability through industry cycles
- Transaction valued at approximately $815 million, expected to be immediately accretive to non-GAAP EPS
- Conference Call at 5:00pm ET today
Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO), a global leader of advanced thin film etch and deposition process equipment, and Ultratech, Inc. (NASDAQ: UTEK),
a leading supplier of lithography, laser-processing and inspection
systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and LEDs, today
announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for Veeco
Instruments Inc. ("Veeco") to acquire Ultratech, Inc. ("Ultratech"). The
Boards of Directors of both Veeco and Ultratech have unanimously
approved the transaction.
Ultratech
shareholders will receive (i) $21.75 per share in cash and (ii) 0.2675
of a share of Veeco common stock for each Ultratech common share
outstanding. Based on Veeco's closing stock price on February 1, 2017,
the transaction consideration is valued at approximately $28.64 per
Ultratech share. The implied total transaction value is approximately
$815 million and the implied enterprise value is approximately $550
million, net of Ultratech's net cash balance as of December 31, 2016.
Post transaction it is projected that
Ultratech shareholders will own approximately 15 percent of the combined
company.
Ultratech
is a recognized leader of lithography products for Advanced Packaging
applications and for LEDs and is a pioneer for laser spike anneal
technology used for the production of semiconductor devices. In
addition, the company offers wafer inspection solutions leveraging its
proprietary coherent gradient sensing (CGS) technology which address a
wide variety of semiconductor applications.
"The strategic combination will establish Veeco as a leading
equipment supplier in the high growth Advanced Packaging industry. Ultratech's
leadership in lithography together with Veeco's Precision Surface
Processing (PSP) solutions form a strong technology portfolio to address
the most critical Advanced Packaging applications. We believe our
complementary end market exposure and customer relationships will create
the ideal platform to accelerate growth," said John R. Peeler, Veeco's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. "Ultratech
is a great fit with our strategy to profitably grow our business and
diversify our revenue. We expect this transaction to be immediately
accretive to adjusted EBITDA and non-GAAP EPS."
Ultratech Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Arthur W. Zafiropoulo
said, "Both companies have a strong heritage of developing innovative
and cutting-edge technologies. The combined company will create a
formidable team to execute against growth opportunities and deliver
significant value to customers and shareholders."
Veeco expects to realize approximately $15 million
in annualized run rate synergies within 24 months after closing, to be
achieved through increased efficiencies and leveraging the scale of the
combined businesses. The combined company is expected to have an
efficient balance sheet, benefiting from the deployment of excess cash.
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The
transaction is expected to close in the second calendar quarter of
2017, subject to approval by Ultratech shareholders, regulatory
approvals in the U.S. and other customary closing conditions.