Qualcomm will reportedly reject Broadcom's offer

Qualcomm will reportedly reject Broadcom's offer

Inside sources claim that Qualcomms board of directors will reject to acquire the Snapdragon chip designer. The board has not made any official statements, but has allegedly met on Sunday to discuss the offer. Broadcoms offer was for $70 a share valuing Qualcomm at just north of $100 billion dollars (the deal would include $25 billion of debt). Qualcomms stock closed at $64.57 a share on Friday, however the board of directors believes Broadcoms offer undervalues their company. Meanwhile, Qualcomm is trying to acquire NXP for $38 billion but NXPs shareholders are reluctant. Its own board similarly thinks that the offer undervalues the company and NXPs shares were trading above Qualcomms offer. Broadcom doesnt care about the outcome of that deal it has stated that it wants to acquire Qualcomm with or without NXP. More importantly, Broadcoms CEO is allegedly willing to renegotiate the deal that Apple has with Qualcomm for modems used in iPhones and iPads. Apple is currently suing because it for those modems. Apple is already buying chips from Broadcom (e.g. for Wi-Fi connectivity).