MACOM announces definitive agreement to acquire the RF business of Wolfspeed

LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc., a supplier of semiconductor products, announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the radio frequency (RF) business of Wolfspeed Inc. The RF business includes a portfolio of Gallium Nitride (GaN) on Silicon Carbide (SiC) products used in high performance RF and microwave applications. The business services a broad customer base of aerospace, defense, industrial, and telecommunications customers and most recently generated annualized revenues of approximately $150 million. The acquisition is expected to be immediately accretive to MACOM’s non-GAAP earnings.

“We are excited to acquire Wolfspeed’s RF business and look forward to welcoming its employees to MACOM,” stated Stephen G. Daly, president and chief executive officer of MACOM. “The RF team’s engineering capabilities, technology, and products are a perfect fit with MACOM and our strategy.”

The acquisition includes a 100mm GaN wafer fabrication facility in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, with operations conveying to MACOM approximately two years following the closing and Wolfspeed’s relocation of certain production equipment. The acquisition also includes design teams and associated product development assets in Arizona, California and North Carolina, as well as back-end production capabilities in California and Malaysia. In addition, MACOM will be assigned or licensed a robust intellectual property portfolio including over 1,400 patents associated with the RF business.

The RF business will be acquired for $125 million, including $75 million cash paid at closing and $50 million of MACOM common stock issued with certain restrictions. A workforce of approximately 280 employees is expected to join MACOM at closing, with additional employees joining when the RTP fab conveys.

Closing of the transaction is subject to the expiration of a waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 and other closing conditions and is expected to occur in the second half of calendar year 2023.