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Kyocera Reaches Definitive Agreement to Acquire Mobile Phone Business of SANYO
04 февраля 2008 |
The acquisition is forecasted to grow worldwide annual revenues from Kyocera’s global telecommunications equipment business to approximately 400 billion Japanese yen (approximately US$3.7 billion).
Kyocera’s goal for
the acquisition is to strengthen its global telecommunications
equipment business. Under the agreement, Kyocera acquires a
comprehensive set of assets from SANYO relating to the research,
development, design, materials procurement, manufacture, sales and
marketing of CDMA handsets; PHS handsets; PHS base stations; and
wireless communications systems; as well as a range of related
technologies, intellectual property and patents.
"This transaction will yield great synergies and economies of scale in
areas such as technology portfolios, R&D, procurement, design,
marketing and sales,” said Makoto Kawamura, president of Kyocera
Corporation, the group's global parent. “Furthermore, the Kyocera and
SANYO product portfolios are highly complementary, and will allow us to
offer a broader lineup of handsets and data devices to all of our
carrier customers.”
To ensure a smooth transition in the market, Kyocera plans to offer both Kyocera- and SANYO-branded products in Japan
and abroad for the foreseeable future. Kyocera also plans to offer
continued employment to all affected SANYO employees, totaling
approximately 2,000 workers.
Kyocera will pay cash for the unit. The
acquisition price will be determined through finalizing processes after
April 1, 2008, based on the unit’s total business value of 50 billion
Japanese yen (approximately US$467 million) as agreed upon by Kyocera
and SANYO, before subtracting the unit’s notional business cash
equivalent on hand and adding/deducting interest-bearing transfer debt
and transfer cash equivalents as of April 1, 2008, as well as
adjustment items agreed to separately, which could result in a final
acquisition price approximating 40 billion Japanese yen (about US$375
million).
In North America,
the acquisition will result in the creation of a new wholly-owned
Kyocera subsidiary on April 1, 2008 that will assume the operations of
the U.S.-based SANYO business units and will commence operations
separate from San Diego-based Kyocera Wireless Corp., in order to
maintain immediate continuity with its existing distribution network.
Источник: FierceWireless
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