Acacia Inventory Rises 30% Right after Cisco Agrees to Invest in It for $4.5 Billion

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Cisco Methods

stated it has attained a revised agreement to obtain the optical networking firm

Acacia Communications

for $4.5 billion, or about $115 a share in dollars, up from a beforehand agreed cost of $70 a share. Acacia shares ended up buying and selling extra than 30% larger Thursday morning.

Cisco (ticker: CSCO) expects the deal close in the present calendar quarter, subject to Acacia stockholder acceptance. When shut, Acacia (ACIA) CEO Raj Shanmugaraj and the rest of the company’s workforce will be a part of Cisco’s optical company.

“I am delighted that Cisco and Acacia have determined to appear alongside one another in this mutual offer,” Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins claimed in a statement. “We glimpse ahead to welcoming Raj and the Acacia crew to Cisco to supply our shoppers entire world-course coherent optical alternatives to electricity the Net for the long term.”

Shanmugaraj mentioned in a statement that he has “strong conviction in the strategic rewards of signing up for the Cisco relatives and think it will enable us to better aid our current customers, even though reaching an expanded footprint of new shoppers globally.”

Previous week, Acacia had explained it was pulling out of the deal, asserting that the transaction had not gained Chinese governing administration acceptance within just the time period of time proven in the first deal terms. Cisco disputed that claim, and explained that the deal really had been given Chinese approval. Cisco had filed match in Delaware Chancery Court docket to implement the first offer phrases. Analysts believed Acacia was basically attempting to negotiate improved terms—a technique which seems to have been prosperous.

Acacia shares have been up 31.8%, at $113.98, in recent buying and selling, though Cisco was up fractionally at $45.43. The

S&P 500

was up .3%.

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