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Acquisition and Divestiture
9 Months Ended
Oct. 30, 2022
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Acquisition and Divestiture Divestiture
Proposed Transaction with Sierra Wireless, Inc.
Arrangement Agreement
On August 2, 2022, the Company entered into an Arrangement Agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) with Sierra Wireless, Inc., a corporation existing under the Canada Business Corporations Act (“Sierra Wireless”), and 13548597 Canada Inc., a corporation formed under the Canada Business Corporations Act and the Company's wholly owned subsidiary (“Purchaser”), pursuant to which, among other things, Purchaser will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Sierra Wireless (the “Arrangement”). The Arrangement will be implemented by way of a plan of arrangement (the “Plan of Arrangement”) in accordance with the Canada Business Corporations Act. On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement, at the effective date of the Arrangement (the “Effective Date”), each common share of Sierra Wireless that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Date will be transferred to the Purchaser in consideration for the right to receive $31.00 USD per share of Sierra Wireless’ common shares, in an all-cash transaction representing total purchase consideration of approximately $1.2 billion.
On September 27, 2022, the securityholders of Sierra Wireless approved the Arrangement and on September 29, 2022, the Supreme Court of British Columbia issued its final order approving the Arrangement. In addition, on October 3, 2022, the Company received a no action letter from the Canadian Competition Bureau satisfying the Competition Act approval condition to closing. The closing of the Arrangement remains subject to customary closing conditions, including: (i) receipt of regulatory approvals under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “HSR Act”), from the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”); (ii) the absence of any law, injunction or other governmental order that prohibits the consummation of the Arrangement; and (iii) other customary closing conditions, including the accuracy of the other party’s representations and warranties (subject to certain materiality qualifications), and each party’s compliance with its covenants and agreements contained in the Arrangement Agreement.
On October 17, 2022, each of the Company and Sierra Wireless received a request for additional information and documentary material (commonly known as a “second request”) from the DOJ in connection with the proposed transaction. The second requests were issued under notification requirements of the HSR Act. Issuance of the second requests extends the waiting period under the HSR Act until 30 days after the Company and Sierra Wireless have substantially complied with the second requests, unless that period is extended voluntarily by the parties or otherwise terminated by the DOJ. The parties are working to close the transaction as expeditiously as possible, within the timeframe initially provided under the Arrangement Agreement, which (inclusive of extensions) ends no later than March 3, 2023, unless extended further by mutual agreement of the parties. Until closing of the Arrangement, the Company and Sierra Wireless will remain separate independent companies.
Divestiture
On May 3, 2022, the Company completed the divestiture of its high reliability discrete diodes and assemblies business (the “Disposal Group”) to Micross Components, Inc. for $26.3 million, net of cash disposed, in an all-cash transaction. The divestiture resulted in a gain of $0.3 million and $18.3 million for the three and nine months ended October 30, 2022, respectively, which was recorded in "Gain on sale of business" in the Statements of Income. The $0.3 million gain in the third quarter of fiscal year 2023 was due to a working capital adjustment resulting from the finalization of the purchase price that had been previously estimated at the time of the transaction. As a result of the transaction, the Company disposed of $0.8 million of goodwill based on the relative fair value of the Disposal Group and the portion of the Wireless and Sensing reporting unit that will be retained. The estimated fair value of the Disposal Group less estimated costs to sell exceeded its carrying amount as of the transaction date. As the sale of the Disposal Group is not considered a strategic shift that will have a major effect on the Company’s operations or financial results, it is not reported as discontinued operations.