Strengthens MACOM's Leading Position in High-Performance RF and Microwave Diodes

--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- (: MTSI) (MACOM), a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave, millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products, today announced that it has acquired 100% of Aeroflex's diode business for in cash. The business had approximately in revenue for the fiscal year ended .

Expected highlights of the transaction include:

  • Extending MACOM's leadership position in RF and microwave diodes;
  • Complementing existing product portfolio with addition of JAN-certified diodes and transistors;
  • Increasing scale and opportunity to drive COGS efficiencies; and
  • Accretion to MACOM's earnings per share once fully integrated.

Commenting on the transaction, , President and Chief Executive Officer of MACOM, stated, 'We expect that Areoflex's business will be extremely complementary to our existing product portfolio and further extend MACOM's leading position in high-performance diodes. We believe that the transaction will provide meaningful scale advantages for our diode business, and that once their facilities are fully integrated, MACOM will be able to drive beneficial COGS efficiencies that will make the transaction accretive to MACOM's non-GAAP operating margins and earnings per share.'

MACOM funded the purchase price of the acquisition with available cash.

acted as legal counsel to MACOM. acted as legal advisor to Cobham.

A presentation with further information on the transaction is available on MACOM's investor relations website at: http://ir.macom.com/

About MACOM:
(www.macom.com) is a leading supplier of high-performance analog RF, microwave, millimeterwave and photonic semiconductor products that enable next-generation and modern battlefield applications. Recognized for its broad catalog portfolio of technologies and products, MACOM serves diverse markets, including high speed optical, satellite, radar, wired and wireless networks, automotive, industrial, medical and mobile devices. A pillar of the semiconductor industry, we thrive on more than 60 years of solving our customers' most complex problems, serving as a true partner for applications ranging from RF to Light.

Headquartered in , MACOM is certified to the ISO9001 international quality standard and ISO14001 environmental management standard. MACOM has design centers and sales offices throughout , , and .

MACOM, M/, , M/A-COM Tech, Partners in RF & Microwave, Partners from RF to Light, The First Name in Microwave and related logos are trademarks of MACOM. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements:

This press release contains forward-looking statements based on MACOM management's beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements concerning the Metelics transaction, including those regarding any potential benefits and synergies, efficiencies, future operating results, perceived customer feedback, market position, strategic plans, and financial and business expectations associated with the acquisition, as well as any other statements regarding MACOM's plans, beliefs or expectations regarding the transaction or its future business or financial results. Forward-looking statements include all statements that are not historical facts and generally may be identified by terms such as 'anticipates,' 'believes,' 'could,' 'estimates,' 'expects,' 'intends,' 'may,' 'plans,' 'potential,' 'predicts,' 'projects,' 'seeks,' 'should,' 'will,' 'would' or similar expressions and the negatives of those terms.

Forward-looking statements contained in this press release reflect MACOM's current views about future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties, assumptions and changes in circumstances that may cause those events or our actual activities or results to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement. Although MACOM believes that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot and does not guarantee future events, results, actions, levels of activity, performance or achievements, including the successful integration of the Metelics business or realization of any of the projected benefits of the transaction. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements, including, among others, costs associated with the acquisition, failure to achieve expected synergies, accretion and other anticipated benefits of the transaction or to successfully integrate the Metelics business, adverse reactions to the acquisition by employees, customers, suppliers or competitors of either MACOM or Metelics, greater than expected dilutive effect on earnings from the transaction or failure to comply with applicable covenants related to MACOM's outstanding indebtedness, lower than expected demand in any or all of our primary end markets or from any of our large OEM customers based on the acquisition, macro-economic weakness or otherwise, failures or delays by any customer in winning business or to make purchases from us in support of such business, lack of adoption or delayed adoption by customers and industries we serve of GaN, Indium Phosphide lasers, or other solutions offered by us, failures or delays in porting and qualifying GaN or Indium Phosphide laser process technology to our Lowell, MA fabrication facility or third party facilities, lower than expected utilization and absorption in our manufacturing facilities, lack of success or slower than expected success in our new product development efforts, loss of business due to competitive factors, product or technology obsolescence, customer program shifts or otherwise, lower than anticipated or slower than expected customer acceptance of our new product introductions, the potential for increased pricing pressure based on competitive factors, technology shifts or otherwise, the impact of any executed or abandoned acquisition, divestiture or restructuring activity, the impact of supply shortages or other disruptions in our internal or outsourced supply chain, the relative success of our cost-savings initiatives, the potential for inventory obsolescence and related write-offs, the expense, business disruption or other impact of any current or future investigations, administrative actions, litigation or enforcement proceedings we may be involved in, and the impact of any claims of intellectual property infringement or misappropriation, which could require us to pay substantial damages for infringement, expend significant resources in prosecuting or defending such matters or developing non-infringing technology, incur material liability for royalty or license payments or prevent us from selling certain of our products, as well as those factors described in 'Risk Factors' in MACOM's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended October 2, 2015 as filed with the SEC on November 24, 2015. MACOM undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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