According to the report of MarketWatch on June 16, Beijing time, Qualcomm announced on Friday that it has extended its cash offer for NXP Semiconductors to wait for regulatory approval.
The offer was originally scheduled to expire at 5 pm Eastern time on June 15th (5 am Beijing time on June 16th) but has now been extended to 5 pm Eastern time on June 22nd.
Qualcomm and NXP initially reached an offer on October 27, 2016, and then experienced shareholder opposition, price increase, and extension of the deadline for acquisition of the offer.
In the field of semiconductors, NXP Semiconductors is one of the world's largest manufacturers. The acquisition of NXP is important to Qualcomm, which is seeking to diversify its user base and is increasingly becoming a leading chip supplier in the fast-growing automotive market. Qualcomm has now received approval from eight of the nine regulatory agencies worldwide to finalize the acquisition. The Chinese regulator is the only company that has not yet approved.
Analysts believe that before the Sino-U.S. trade and investment tensions are resolved, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce is unlikely to approve the transaction. Erik Robinson, an intellectual property agency executive, said: 'In Washington and Beijing Before resolving their differences, Qualcomm's acquisition transaction is difficult to proceed.
Andrew Gilholm, regional director of analysis for China and North Asia at consulting firm ControlRisks, said that China did not stop the deal and it just “pressed it without approval”.
On Thursday, the South China Morning Post quoted sources as saying that Chinese regulators had decided to approve Qualcomm and NXP’s $44 billion M&A transaction.
The South China Morning Post stated that this decision of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce cleared the obstacles caused by the months-long anti-monopoly investigation caused by the tight Sino-U.S. trade relations and allowed this merger and acquisition transaction to continue.
At present, Qualcomm’s core mobile phone chip business has already reached its peak. The acquisition of NXP is critical to its expansion of business scope and competitiveness. Qualcomm said that the acquisition of NXP will help the company to enter the neighboring industries, such as the Internet car. Qualcomm expects By 2020, the scale of neighboring industries such as Internet vehicles will reach 77 billion U.S. dollars. Qualcomm believes that in these areas, the company's investment in 5G technology is likely to be a huge return. Qualcomm also expects that the merger transaction will immediately increase the company. Adjusted earnings per share. If the transaction fails, Qualcomm will repurchase shares of the same size to increase earnings per share.