On July 26, Analog Devices, Inc. and Linear Technology Corporation entered into a definitive agreement under which Analog Devices will acquire Linear Technology in a cash and stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at approximately $30 billion. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the first half of calendar year 2017.
Together, Analog Devices and Linear Technology will be the premier global high-performance analog industry leader. The combination brings together the companies’ world-class engineering teams and complementary product portfolios to create an unparalleled innovation and growth engine, able to address customers’ most complex analog and mixed signal challenges today and tomorrow. |