Broadcom Extends Tender Offer for Emulex to July 1, 2009
June 18 2009 - 7:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
IRVINE, Calif., June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Broadcom
Corporation (NASDAQ:BRCM) announced today that Fiji Acquisition
Corporation has extended its tender offer for all of the currently
outstanding shares of common stock (including the associated
preferred stock purchase rights) of Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX)
to 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on July 1, 2009, unless further
extended. The tender offer was previously set to expire at 11:59
p.m., New York City time, on June 17, 2009. "Broadcom's highly
certain, all-cash offer represents a 40 percent premium over the
Emulex stock price on the day before we made our offer. Emulex
stockholders should have a chance to evaluate the fairness of our
offer - they deserve better than the barriers and delaying tactics
that the Emulex Board has put in place," said Scott A. McGregor,
President and Chief Executive Officer of Broadcom. "While this is
only one of several paths toward the network convergence
opportunities that are over the horizon, we continue to believe a
combination with Emulex would give everyone - customers, employees
and stockholders of both companies - the best way to accelerate
network convergence over the long term and deliver meaningful value
in the near term." As of 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
Wednesday, June 17, 2009, approximately 2,253,814 shares of Emulex
had been tendered in and not withdrawn from the tender offer. The
complete terms and conditions of the tender offer are set forth in
the Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal, copies of
which are available by contacting the Information Agent for the
tender offer, Innisfree M&A Incorporated. Stockholders may call
toll-free: (877) 687-1875. Banks and Brokers may call collect:
(212) 750-5833. About Broadcom Broadcom Corporation is a major
technology innovator and global leader in semiconductors for wired
and wireless communications. Broadcom(R) products enable the
delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia to and throughout the
home, the office and the mobile environment. We provide the
industry's broadest portfolio of state-of-the-art system-on-a-chip
and software solutions to manufacturers of computing and networking
equipment, digital entertainment and broadband access products, and
mobile devices. These solutions support our core mission:
Connecting everything(R). Broadcom is one of the world's largest
fabless semiconductor companies, with 2008 revenue of $4.66
billion, holds over 3,300 U.S. and over 1,300 foreign patents, and
has more than 7,500 additional pending patent applications, and one
of the broadest intellectual property portfolios addressing both
wired and wireless transmission of voice, video, data and
multimedia. Broadcom is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and has
offices and research facilities in North America, Asia and Europe.
Broadcom may be contacted at +1.949.926.5000 or at
http://www.broadcom.com/. This press release does not constitute an
offer to buy or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities.
Broadcom has filed a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") containing an offer
to purchase all of the outstanding shares of common stock of Emulex
Corporation ("Emulex") for $9.25 per share. The tender offer is
being made solely by means of the offer to purchase, and the
exhibits filed with respect thereto (including the letter of
transmittal), which contain the full terms and conditions of the
tender offer. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF EMULEX ARE URGED TO
READ THESE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC, AS WELL AS ANY
AMENDMENTS OR SUPPLEMENTS TO THOSE DOCUMENTS, CAREFULLY IN THEIR
ENTIRETY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE
PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders may obtain
free copies of these documents and other documents filed with the
SEC by Broadcom Corporation through the Web site maintained by the
SEC at http://www.sec.gov/ or by directing a request by mail to
Innisfree M&A Incorporated at 501 Madison Avenue 20th Floor,
New York, NY 10022, or by calling toll-free at (877) 687-1875 or
collect at (212) 750-5833. All statements included or incorporated
by reference in this press release other than statements or
characterizations of historical fact, are forward-looking
statements. These forward-looking statements are based on our
current expectations, estimates and projections about our business
and industry, management's beliefs, and certain assumptions made by
us, all of which are subject to change. Forward-looking statements
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contribute to such differences or otherwise affect our business,
results of operations and financial condition include the
possibility that Broadcom will not pursue a transaction with Emulex
and the risk factors discussed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K,
subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, recent Current Reports
on Form 8-K, and other Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
The forward-looking statements in this release speak only as of
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