Qualcomm Bids $4.6 Billion for Veoneer in Bid to Trump Magna Deal -- Update
August 05 2021 - 9:45AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
Qualcomm Inc. on Thursday said it has offered to buy Veoneer
Inc. for $4.6 billion in cash in a bid to upend the safety
supplier's deal to be acquired by auto-parts giant Magna
International Inc.
The San Diego chip maker's $37-a-share bid represents an 18.4%
premium to the $31.25 a share Magna last month agreed to pay for
Stockholm-based Veoneer and an 85.6% premium to Veoneer's July 22
closing price of $19.93, before the Magna deal was announced.
But Veoneer shares surged more than 24% to $38.83 in early
trading Thursday, an indication that investors think a bidding war
may be underway.
A Magna spokeswoman said the Aurora, Ontario, company had no
comment on the Qualcomm bid, while Veoneer representatives weren't
immediately available for comment.
Magna in July had said its planned acquisition of Veoneer would
bolster its position in advanced driver assistance systems, or
ADAS, which includes features such as adaptive cruise control and
lane-keeping assistance.
Qualcomm on Thursday said the proposed combination of its
Snapdragon Ride platform with Veoneer's Arriver sensor perception
and drive policy software platform "will enable us to transform the
ADAS segment." The companies had previously struck a deal to
collaborate on autonomous driving technologies.
Qualcomm said its offer has no financing conditions, noting that
it would fund the transaction with existing cash resources. The
company said it is ready to begin a focused due-diligence process
that it expects to be able to complete in short order.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 05, 2021 10:31 ET (14:31 GMT)
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