Transaction|October 28, 2008
Broadcom completes C$141.5 million acquisition of Advanced Micro Devices' DTV business
Torys acted as counsel to Broadcom with a team that included Sharon Geraghty, Joris Hogan, Michael Akkawi and Andrew Prodanyk (corporate), Omar Wakil and Sue-Anne Fox (competition and foreign investment), Mitch Frazer and Stacey Parker-Yull (pension and employment), David Dell (real estate) and Grace Pereira (tax).
On October 28, 2008, Broadcom Corp. (Broadcom) announced that it has completed the acquisition of Advanced Micro Devices' digital TV business (NYSE: AMD) for C$141.5 million in cash.
Broadcom, headquartered in Irvine, California, is an international provider of semiconductors for wired and wireless communications.
Advanced Micro Devices, headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, is a global semiconductor company with facilities around the world.
Further information is found on Broadcom's website.