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FormFactor to sell 2.23M shares to Teradyne for $300M in private placement tied to test collaboration
FORMFACTOR INC
- Securities Purchase Agreement dated Oct 6, 2026: Teradyne (TER) buys 2,234,887 FORM shares for ~$300.0M, an implied ~$134.24/share, in a private placement exempt under Section 4(a)(2).
- Transaction expected to close in Q4 fiscal 2026, subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.
- Companies announced broad technology collaboration combining FormFactor probe, interface, test-engineering and characterization expertise with Teradyne automated test platforms.
- Target applications named: high-performance compute, advanced packaging, high-bandwidth memory (HBM) and silicon photonics, from wafer to data center.
- FormFactor CEO Mike Slessor cited test performance and time-to-market as competitive advantages; Teradyne CEO Gregory Smith framed it as an 'open, interoperable ecosystem' for shared customers.