# MaxLinear to acquire Exar Corporation for $700 million

MaxLinear agreed to acquire Exar Corporation for approximately $700 million. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2017.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2017-03-29
- Where: United States
- Value: $700.0M
- Status: announced
- Products: analog mixed-signal ICs, sub-system solutions
- Sectors: [Semiconductors and Industrial Electronics](https://endata.com/sectors/semiconductors-electronics.md)

## Companies

- [MaxLinear](https://endata.com/companies/22478.md) (acquirer)
- [Exar Corporation](https://endata.com/companies/23155.md) (target)

## Sources

- [wsgr.com](https://www.wsgr.com/en/insights/maxlinear-to-acquire-exar-corporation.html), 2017-03-29: "The acquisition significantly furthers MaxLinear's strategic goals of increasing revenue scale, diversifying revenues by end customers and addressable markets."
- [investors.maxlinear.com](https://investors.maxlinear.com/press-releases/detail/260/maxlinear-to-acquire-exar-in-all-cash-transaction), 2017-03-29: "MaxLinear, Inc. and Exar Corporation announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which MaxLinear has agreed to acquire Exar for $13.00 per share in cash."
- [globenewswire.com](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2017/05/12/984420/34464/en/MaxLinear-Inc-Completes-Acquisition-of-Exar.html), 2017-05-12: "The acquisition significantly furthers MaxLinear’s strategic goals of increasing revenue scale, diversifying revenues by end customers and addressable markets."

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