CAMARILLO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC), a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and cloud connectivity service provider (“Semtech” or “Company”), today announced the closing of its underwritten public offering of 10,496,032 shares of its common stock, which includes the full exercise of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 1,369,047 shares of its common stock, at a public offering price of $63.00 per share. The gross proceeds to the Company, before deducting the underwriting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, were approximately $661 million.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for the repayment of certain indebtedness under the Company’s Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated September 26, 2022, with the lenders party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent (“Credit Agreement”).
Morgan Stanley and UBS Investment Bank acted as joint book-running managers for the offering.
“This transaction aligns with a key objective of balance sheet improvement and facilitates each of the three CEO near-term priorities to focus our strategy and rationalize our portfolio, accelerate revenue growth and drive margin expansion and promote a high-performance culture through our Semtech Rising initiative,” said Hong Hou, Semtech’s president and chief executive officer. “Semtech’s execution and performance, supported by our employees, suppliers and partners, were foundational to the success of this transaction.”
“We are pleased with investor support of this public offering, which facilitated an increase in transaction size and full exercise of the greenshoe,” said Mark Lin, Semtech’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. “Net proceeds are expected to reduce long-term debt to less than half of the principal outstanding as of the end of our fiscal third quarter of 2025. Based on current interest rates on our Credit Agreement, we expect net proceeds from the offering will result in annual cash interest savings of approximately $48 million.”
The offering was made pursuant to the prospectus included in the Company’s automatically effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 4, 2024, and related prospectus supplement. Copies of the prospectus and prospectus supplement related to the offering may be obtained from Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, or by telephone at (866) 718-1649, or by e-mail at prospectus@morganstanley.com; or UBS Securities LLC, Attention: Prospectus Department, 1285 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, or by telephone at (888) 827-7275.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, these securities, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
Forward-Looking and Cautionary Statements
This press release contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, as amended, based on the Company’s current expectations, estimates and projections about its operations, industry, financial condition, performance, results of operations, and liquidity. Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical information or statements of current condition and include statements regarding the anticipated use of proceeds from the offering; and expected annual cash interest savings. Statements containing words such as “may,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “expects,” “intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “estimates,” “should,” “could,” “will,” “designed to,” “projections,” or “business outlook,” or other similar expressions constitute forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from those projected. Potential factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the anticipated use of proceeds from the offering; the estimated cash interest savings realized from the anticipated use of the net proceeds from the offering; the Company’s ability to comply with, or pursue business strategies due to the covenants under the agreements governing its indebtedness; the Company’s ability to forecast and achieve anticipated net sales and earnings estimates in light of periodic economic uncertainty; downturns in the business cycle; and decreasing average selling prices of the Company’s products. Additionally, forward-looking statements should be considered in conjunction with the cautionary statements contained in the risk factors disclosed in the Company’s filings with the SEC, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 28, 2024, which was filed with the SEC on March 28, 2024, as such risk factors may be amended, supplemented or superseded from time to time by subsequent reports the Company files with the SEC. There may be other factors not presently known to the Company or which it currently considers to be immaterial that could cause the Company’s actual results to differ materially from those projected in any forward-looking statements the Company makes. In light of the significant risks and uncertainties inherent in the forward-looking information included herein that may cause actual performance and results to differ materially from those predicted, any such forward-looking information should not be regarded as representations or guarantees by the Company of future performance or results, or that its objectives or plans will be achieved or that any of its operating expectations or financial forecasts will be realized. Reported results should not be considered an indication of future performance. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking information contained herein, which reflect management’s analysis only as of the date hereof. Except as required by law, the Company assumes no obligation to publicly release the results of any update or revision to any forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect new information, events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated or future events, or otherwise.
About Semtech
Semtech Corporation (Nasdaq: SMTC) is a high-performance semiconductor, IoT systems and cloud connectivity service provider dedicated to delivering high-quality technology solutions that enable a smarter, more connected and sustainable planet. Our global teams are committed to empowering solution architects and application developers to develop breakthrough products for the infrastructure, industrial and consumer markets. To learn more about Semtech technology, visit us at Semtech.com or follow us on LinkedIn or X.
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