Consortium of Private Equity Firms Completes Acquisition of Freescale Semiconductor
02 December 2006 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Freescale Semiconductor announced today the completion of the
merger of the company with an entity controlled by a consortium of
private equity funds led by The Blackstone Group and including The
Carlyle Group, funds advised by Permira Advisers LLC and Texas
Pacific Group. Freescale stock will cease to trade on the New York
Stock Exchange at market close today and will be delisted. Under
the terms of the merger agreement entered into on September 15,
2006 and adopted by Freescale�s stockholders at a special meeting
on November 13, 2006, Freescale stockholders are entitled to
receive $40 in cash for each share of Freescale common stock that
they hold. As soon as practicable, a paying agent appointed by
Freescale will mail a letter of transmittal and instructions to all
stockholders of record. The letter of transmittal and instructions
will contain information on how to surrender Freescale common stock
in exchange for the merger consideration, without interest and less
any applicable withholding tax. Stockholders of record should be in
receipt of the letter of transmittal before surrendering their
shares. Stockholders who hold shares through a bank or broker will
not have to take any action to have their shares converted into
cash as such conversions will be handled by the bank or broker. In
addition, on December 1, 2006, Freescale completed its previously
announced tender offers and consent solicitations for its
outstanding $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.875%
senior notes due 2011 and its outstanding $500,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2014, pursuant to its
Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated October
23, 2006. The tender offers expired at 5:00 p.m. prevailing Eastern
time on November 29, 2006. On December 1, 2006, Freescale accepted
for payment all validly tendered Notes, consisting of $349,889,000
in aggregate principal amount of the 2011 Notes, representing
approximately 99.97% of the outstanding 2011 Notes, and
$499,935,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 2014 Notes,
representing 99.99% of the outstanding 2014 Notes. Upon acceptance,
the supplemental indenture executed in connection with the consent
solicitations became operative. About Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and
manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive,
consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The company
is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and
development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30
countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor
companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD). Additional
information is available at www.freescale.com. Freescale(TM) and
the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
All other product or service names are the property of their
respective owners. Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as
"expects," "anticipates," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "will"
or words of similar meaning and include statements regarding the
plans and expectations for the future. Forward-looking statements
are based on management�s current expectations and assumptions,
which are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in
circumstances that are difficult to predict and could cause actual
outcomes to differ materially from the expectations of Freescale
and its management. Freescale undertakes no obligation to publicly
update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future developments or otherwise, except as required
by law. Freescale Semiconductor announced today the completion of
the merger of the company with an entity controlled by a consortium
of private equity funds led by The Blackstone Group and including
The Carlyle Group, funds advised by Permira Advisers LLC and Texas
Pacific Group. Freescale stock will cease to trade on the New York
Stock Exchange at market close today and will be delisted. Under
the terms of the merger agreement entered into on September 15,
2006 and adopted by Freescale's stockholders at a special meeting
on November 13, 2006, Freescale stockholders are entitled to
receive $40 in cash for each share of Freescale common stock that
they hold. As soon as practicable, a paying agent appointed by
Freescale will mail a letter of transmittal and instructions to all
stockholders of record. The letter of transmittal and instructions
will contain information on how to surrender Freescale common stock
in exchange for the merger consideration, without interest and less
any applicable withholding tax. Stockholders of record should be in
receipt of the letter of transmittal before surrendering their
shares. Stockholders who hold shares through a bank or broker will
not have to take any action to have their shares converted into
cash as such conversions will be handled by the bank or broker. In
addition, on December 1, 2006, Freescale completed its previously
announced tender offers and consent solicitations for its
outstanding $350,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.875%
senior notes due 2011 and its outstanding $500,000,000 aggregate
principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2014, pursuant to its
Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated October
23, 2006. The tender offers expired at 5:00 p.m. prevailing Eastern
time on November 29, 2006. On December 1, 2006, Freescale accepted
for payment all validly tendered Notes, consisting of $349,889,000
in aggregate principal amount of the 2011 Notes, representing
approximately 99.97% of the outstanding 2011 Notes, and
$499,935,000 in aggregate principal amount of the 2014 Notes,
representing 99.99% of the outstanding 2014 Notes. Upon acceptance,
the supplemental indenture executed in connection with the consent
solicitations became operative. About Freescale Semiconductor
Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is a global leader in the design and
manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive,
consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. The company
is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and
development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30
countries. Freescale is one of the world's largest semiconductor
companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD). Additional
information is available at www.freescale.com. Freescale(TM) and
the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
All other product or service names are the property of their
respective owners. Caution Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the
meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements may be identified by words such as
"expects," "anticipates," "plans," "believes," "estimates," "will"
or words of similar meaning and include statements regarding the
plans and expectations for the future. Forward-looking statements
are based on management's current expectations and assumptions,
which are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in
circumstances that are difficult to predict and could cause actual
outcomes to differ materially from the expectations of Freescale
and its management. Freescale undertakes no obligation to publicly
update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future developments or otherwise, except as required
by law.
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