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Allegro MicroSystems to acquire Crocus Technology for $420M cash to boost TMR sensing
ALLEGRO MICROSYSTEMS, INC.
- Purchase price: $420 million in cash; funded from existing cash and new debt issuance.
- Crocus is a leader in Tunnel Magnetoresistance (TMR) sensor technology with over 200 patents.
- TMR sensor market expected to approach $1B by 2030, growing at ~30% CAGR in auto and industrial.
- Transaction expected to close by end of calendar year 2023 subject to customary regulatory approvals.
- Allegro stockholders' approval not required; boards of both companies have approved.