Press Release - Magna to Acquire Veoneer, Positioning Magna’s ADAS Business as a Global Leader in a Fast-Growing Industry
- Veoneer’s complementary products and capabilities strengthen and broaden Magna’s ADAS portfolio and industry position
- Transaction adds significant engineering and software expertise, including in sensor perception and drive policy software
- Enhances Magna’s ADAS systems capabilities and feature functionality
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The acquisition builds on Magna’s strengths and positions the company’s advanced driver assistance systems (“ADAS”) business as a global leader with comprehensive capabilities. The acquisition also expands Magna’s ADAS business with major customers and provides access to new customers and regions, including in Asia. Magna expects to operate Veoneer’s Arriver™ sensor perception and drive policy software platform as an independent business unit, consistent with Veoneer’s current practice. In addition, Magna will acquire Veoneer’s leading global position in restraint control systems.
“Veoneer’s complementary technology offerings, customer base, and geographic footprint make it an excellent fit with our ADAS business, and the acquisition strengthens our global engineering and software development talent base,” said Magna CEO Swamy Kotagiri. “We expect the combined entity to be an industry leader in active safety solutions, to enhance its position in complete ADAS systems, and to be well-positioned for the transition towards higher levels of autonomy. The acquisition is also consistent with our go-forward strategy to accelerate investment in high-growth areas.”
Following the closing of the transaction,
Jan Carlson, Veoneer’s Chairman, President & CEO said: “This is a compelling transaction for all stakeholders. It will deliver significant and immediate value to
Mr. Kotagiri added, “We have a great deal of respect for Veoneer’s team around the world and their culture of innovation and creativity. We look forward to welcoming Veoneer’s employees into our global Magna family and are confident that together we will be able to achieve great results and move faster to address the growing ADAS market.”
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TRANSACTION
- Creates a global leader in ADAS with pro forma 2020 ADAS sales of
$1.2 billion and capabilities across:- Key component categories, including camera, radar, LiDAR and domain controllers; and
- Software features/functions, including perception and drive policy.
- Enhances Magna’s ADAS systems capabilities and adds significant engineering and software competency, including Arriver™ sensor perception and drive policy software.
- The complementary nature of the two businesses is expected to result in greater ADAS content per vehicle for Magna driven by the opportunity to offer more complete and integrated ADAS systems, inclusive of software.
- Strengthens Magna’s customer and geographic diversification in ADAS. The combined entity will have a well-diversified customer base. In addition, Veoneer’s business and footprint in Asia builds on Magna‘s customer and geographic bases in this important region.
- Expect to realize annual run-rate synergies of approximately
$100 million by 2024. These savings are incremental to Veoneer’s previously announced market adjustment initiatives. - The all-cash transaction will allow Magna to maintain a strong balance sheet with an expected adjusted debt to adjusted EBITDA ratio slightly above the high end of Magna’s 1.0 to 1.5 target range at closing.
TRANSACTION DETAILS AND TIMING
The transaction has been unanimously approved by the
Citi serves as financial advisor and
TRANSACTION CONFERENCE CALL
Magna will hold a conference call for interested analysts and Magna shareholders to review the acquisition Friday morning, July 23, 2021 at 7:00 a.m. EDT. The number to use for this call is 1-800-582-0984. The number for overseas callers is 1-416-981-9007. Please call in 10 minutes prior to the call. Magna will also webcast the conference call at www.magna.com.
A slide presentation accompanying the conference call will be available on www.magna.com prior to the call.
For anyone unable to listen to the scheduled call, the rebroadcast numbers are: North America 1-800-558-5253 and overseas 1-416-626-4100 (reservation number is 21996365) and will be available until July 30, 2021.
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MAGNA CONTACTS
Investor
Louis Tonelli, Vice President, Investor Relations
louis.tonelli@magna.com, (+1) 905.726.7035
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Tracy Fuerst, Vice President,
tracy.fuerst@magna.com, (+1) 248.761.7004
VEONEER CONTACT
Thomas Jönsson,
thomas.jonsson@veoneer.com, +46.(0)8.527.762.27
ABOUT MAGNA
Magna is more than one of the world’s largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team of 158,000 employees and an organizational structure designed to innovate like a startup. With 60+ years of expertise, and a systems approach to design, engineering and manufacturing that touches nearly every aspect of the vehicle, we are positioned to support advancing mobility in a transforming industry. Our global network includes 347 manufacturing operations and 84 product development, engineering and sales centres spanning 28 countries.
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