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News Release from: Bookham
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 08 July 2003
Bookham to acquire Cierra Photonics
Bookham Technology has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the business and assets of Cierra Photonics.
Bookham Technology has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the business and assets of Cierra Photonics, a company based in Santa Rosa, California, employing approximately 39 people Cierra Photonics designs and manufactures thin-film filters and other components for the fibre-optic telecommunications industry
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 Feb 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Under the terms of the agreement, Bookham Technology will acquire substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of Cierra Photonics.
The consideration for the acquisition will comprise the issue to Cierra Photonics of 3,071,484 new ordinary shares in Bookham Technology.
These shares will be issued on completion, which is expected to take place later today or shortly thereafter.
Based on the closing price of the ordinary shares of Bookham on 3rd July 2003, the consideration for the acquisition is valued at approximately GBP 2.25 million.
In addition and subject to the satisfactory fulfilment of specific sales milestones over the next two years, a potential further 4,200,000 ordinary shares in Bookham Technology could be issued to Cierra Photonics.
Application has been made to admit the new ordinary shares in Bookham Technology to the official list of the UK listing authority and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's market for listed securities.
Admission of the new shares is expected to take place following completion of the acquisition.
"We believe that our acquisition of the business and assets of Cierra Photonics opens up to us a large market area where we have not been present to date, and that it should help fuel our growth in this area.
This acquisition, though small in scale, underscores our commitment to expand our position in the marketplace", said Giorgio Anania, Bookham Technology's President and CEO.
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