PLX Technology Inc. PLXT will be acquired for $309 million by Avago Technologies Ltd. AVGO.
Terms of the deal, approved by both companies' boards, call for Avago to launch a $6.50 a share tender offer for PLX, funded with Avago's available cash. The offer provides PLX shareholders with a 9.4 percent premium over Friday's closing price.
Sterne Agee's Vijay Rakesh said the deal will enable Avago to acquire market share, particularly in light of a trend toward cloud computing and so-called hyperscale data centers.
Rakesh maintainsa Buy rating and $90 target on Avago.
Srini Nandury of Summit Research said "the deal makes sense" given that PLX's core product, PCIe has become companies' de-facto standard to connect server-side flash" and PLX has a 70 percent market share.
PLX's largest shareholder, Potomac Capital, along with members of PLX's managment and all of its directors agreed to support the transaction. Together these holders account for a 14.7 percent stake in PLX.
Additionally, Discovery Group, the second-largest shareholder, supports the deal, according to PLX.
The transaction is expected to close in Avago's fiscal fourth quarter ending Nov. 3, and is valued at $293 million net of cash and acquired debt, the companies said.
PLX traded recently up 9.09 percent to $6.48. Avago was off 0.62 percent at $71.12.
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