Monday, February 5th 2018

Broadcom Makes Final $121 Billion Offer for Qualcomm

Taking an if-you-can't-beat-them-buy-them approach, Broadcom attempted to buy rival chipmaker Qualcomm last year for $105 billion. However, Qualcomm considered that Broadcom undervalued the company and shot down Broadcom's bid in a heartbeat. Fast forward to present day, Broadcom today announced that they've increased their bid to $121 billion. The company also stated that this was their "best and final" offer. In this new deal, Qualcomm stockholders would receive $82 per share which consists of $60 in cash and $22 in Broadcom shares. If the purchase is completed, it would go down as the biggest tech deal in history surpassing Dell's acquisition of EMC in 2015 for $67 billion. But more importantly, Broadcom would have the assets to compete against rivals in the likes of Intel and Samsung. Qualcomm confirmed that they've received Broadcom's offer and will review it with their Board of Directors.
Sources: Broadcom, Qualcomm
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9 Comments on Broadcom Makes Final $121 Billion Offer for Qualcomm

#1
DRDNA
Wow that's more capital than the capital...lol
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#3
erek
Broadcom is still low balling QCOM because they're currently worth 63.67 a share ...
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#4
m4dn355
Real value of Qualcomm is around 400 billion USD, so nothing to worry about
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#5
_JP_
Qualcomm confirmed that they've received Broadcom's offer and will review it with their Board of Directors.
Qualcomm board: Men, is there a disney bomb equivalent of saying "no"? 'cause these guys are thick...
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#6
dj-electric
If i was QCOM, i would politely suggest Broadcom to find something else to do.
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#7
Prima.Vera
121 billion USD?? Some countries have less GDP than that...
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#8
R-T-B
Prima.Vera121 billion USD?? Some countries have less GDP than that...
And yes, some companies are effectively richer than some countries.
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#9
RoutedScripter
Hope it fails, ludicrus centralization, not going to waste time redaing their explanations.
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