CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
13 May 2010
Acquisitions
Cadence to Acquire Denali
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. and Denali Software, Inc., a leading provider of electronic design automation (EDA) software and intellectual property (IP), announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which Cadence will acquire Denali for $315 million in cash. Denali is expected to have approximately $45 million in cash at closing. In alignment with its EDA360 strategy, this transaction expands Cadence’s solution portfolio to deliver efficient and cost-effective system component modeling and IP integration. The transaction was unanimously approved by the Cadence and Denali Boards of Directors.
“Denali’s strengths in Memory Models, Design IP, and Verification IP accelerate the execution of Cadence’s recently announced EDA360 vision, creating new opportunities for the company,” said Lip-Bu Tan, president and chief executive officer of Cadence. “We are excited to welcome Denali’s talented employees and look forward to delivering the value inherent in this combination.”
EDA360 centers on three components: (1) System Realization - the development of a complete hardware/software platform with all of the capabilities needed to begin applications development and deployment; (2) SoC Realization - the development of a single system on chip (SoC), including silicon IP and “bare-metal” software; and (3) Silicon Realization - everything required to get a design into silicon, including the creation and integration of large digital, analog, and mixed-signal IP blocks.
The merger will accelerate the delivery of the solutions outlined in this vision:
Denali’s memory models provide system component modeling and verification capabilities required in System Realization.
Denali’s Design IP products enhance the Cadence Open Integration Platform required in SoC Realization.
Denali’s well-established support of third-party simulators by its Verification IP (VIP), coupled with the focus on metric-driven and compliance management of Cadence’s VIP, make this combination highly complementary and necessary for SoC Realization, and enable Cadence to expand its third-party simulation support.
Cadence intends to finance the transaction with available cash. The transaction is expected to be accretive to Cadence’s fiscal year 2011 earnings per share.
For more information, see the Question and Answer document on the Cadence website at http://www.cadence.com/cadence/investor_relations/Documents/DenaliQA.pdf.
Audio Webcast Scheduled
Lip-Bu Tan, Cadence’s president and chief executive officer, and Kevin S. Palatnik, Cadence’s senior vice president and chief financial officer, will host an audio webcast to discuss the merger on May 13, 2010, at 5:30 a.m. (Pacific) / 8:30 a.m. (Eastern). An archive of the webcast will be available starting May 13, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. (Pacific) and ending May 20, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. (Pacific). Webcast access is available at http://www.cadence.com/company/investor_relations.
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