M&A
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Lumentum Holdings Inc. (LITE): M&A transaction — Lumentum completes $750M Cloud Light acquisition; deals expected to be immediately accretive
Lumentum Holdings Inc.
- Transaction value ~$750M, paid in cash from balance sheet plus assumption of unvested Cloud Light options.
- Expected to be immediately accretive to non-GAAP EPS and more than double cloud data center revenue in 12 months.
- Over 90% of Cloud Light's >$200M revenue from 400G+ products; recent quarter >50% from 800G transceivers.
- HSR waiting period expired November 2, 2023; deal closed November 7, 2023.
- Combination expands Lumentum's served addressable opportunity in data center photonics by more than 5x.