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The offer acceptance period will be extended in the event of the initiation of appraisal proceedings according to the German Act on Appraisal Proceedings. Each OSRAM shareholder has to decide whether or not to accept to offer by considering the overall circumstances and his or her personal assessment of the potential future performance of the value and the stock exchange price of OSRAM shares.
The shareholders should take into consideration particularly the exchange price of the OSRAM shares and its future development, transaction fees and the respective tax situation and, if necessary, seek expert advice. In the coming weeks, the consortium intends to conduct confirmatory due diligence before deciding on a binding offer. Advent and Bain intend their binding offer to be superior to that of ams AG in terms not only of the offer price but also the strategy and growth prospects for Osram.
Bain Capital has already submitted an initial offer together with Carlyle for EUR 35 euros per share. From a press release on September 25, The two new products offer a convincing performance of W per channel and an efficiency of up to 33 percent. With the world's first AEC-Q qualified four-channel and single-channel pulse laser, system developers can now choose from an even greater variety of infrared components from Osram.
The four-channel version features a chip with four emission areas that deliver an outstanding optical power at Watt. The laser enables a much longer detection range, at a size of just 3. Additionally, eye safe system designs can be achieved with these high power nm products. From a press release on September 24, The LED has a footprint of just 40 square millimeters. The individual light pixels are brought together to a pixel pitch of only 40 micrometers, creating a particularly space-saving component.
It will bring HD-quality projections onto the road. In the future, vehicles will be able to visually display warnings or symbols to vehicle occupants or other road users. At the beginning of , the first generation of Eviyos, featuring 1, individually controllable pixels will be launched to the market. The market launch of the second generation of Eviyos is planned for An essential feature of the Eviyos family is that only the pixels that are needed are illuminated for a particular situation.
This means that only the necessary energy is consumed - a crucial point, especially for electric vehicles. Depending on the application, customers will be able to combine several Eviyos with each other or other conventional LEDs. From a press release on September 20, Osram shareholders are from today able to tender their shares into the Offer at EUR Osram announced that the Managing Board of the company confirmed that ams AG has submitted a proposal to Osram for a voluntary public takeover offer for all outstanding Osram shares.
For this purpose, ams has submitted a documentation about a bridge financing of EUR 4. Part of this bridge loan shall later be refinanced by a capital increase at ams. The two investment banks have committed EUR 1. On this basis, Osram is valued at around EUR 4. In its preliminary assessment, Osram has decided to enter into negotiations with ams regarding the conclusion of a business combination agreement. In addition to the offer price and financing concept, a stable environment for further transformation into a semiconductor-based high-tech photonics company is important for the Osram Managing Board when assessing the offer.
From a press release on August 12, Osram announced that its shareholders and other stakeholders in the center of consideration the Managing Board and Supervisory Board have decided to support the binding transaction from Bain Capital and The Carlyle Group for the public takeover of all the shares of Osram.
The offer values Osram at an equity value of EUR 3. The ongoing transformation of Osram to a high-tech photonics company is the response to a profound change in the lighting industry. In the case of a successful takeover offer, Osram will have an ownership structure with which the company will be able to continue its necessary transformation even more consequently in these economically and geopolitically uncertain times.
The corporate headquarters will remain in Munich, and the rights to all patents will remain with Osram.
It was agreed that both investors will support all ongoing growth projects, possible acquisitions as well as investments in new product developments. From a press release on July 4, Osram Licht AG confirmed that it has received a binding offer from the financial consortium Bain Capital and The Carlyle Group to conclude an investor agreement and to make a public takeover offer to the shareholders of the company for an amount of EUR 35 Euro per share.
The responsible decision bodies will discuss and decide on this offer shortly. The company will inform in due course. From a press release on July 3, This allows the pixels - 1, pixels per chip — to be individually controlled by the electronics. The compact design above all offers advantages for the design of the headlamps and offers vehicle manufacturers far-reaching design options in the front of the vehicle. It is also equipped with a laser auxiliary high beam with a range of up to meters.
The HD headlamp system can be coupled with the sensors of other driver assistance systems. From a press release on July 2, Suprajit Engineering entered into an asset purchase agreement to acquire the halogen bulb manufacturing facility near Chennai from Osram India, a subsidiary of Osram. Suprajit will emerge as one of top 3 manufacturers of halogen bulbs in the world. Through a separate agreement, Suprajit will become a part of the global supply chain to Osram and will start to supply halogen bulbs from its plants in India including the acquired plant.
Osram will continue to operate on its own, serving their customers in the OEM, other label and the aftermarket segments in India. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of September and will be funded by internal accruals. From a press release on June 3, Osram informed that after approval by the British Competitors and Market Authority CMA for the takeover of Ring Automotive by Osram, the partnership between the companies will now officially start on May 1, The acquisition of the British aftermarket specialist Ring will allow Osram to expand its product range in the automotive sector to include more automotive electronics and accessories.
Ring's product portfolio extends far beyond classic automotive lighting, and the company is particularly successful in the field of electronic car accessories. With employees, the British company achieved an annual turnover of GBP From a press release on May 2, Osram Opto Semiconductors announced it is part of a new project that is exploring the principles of high-resolution visualization solutions using micro LEDs.
The focus of this project is on automotive interior applications. The project is expected to complete in October when an initial demonstrator will be presented. The envisioned work packages will focus on three key technologies. First, the design of efficient micro LED light sources, second, their handling on sub-component level and third, the final assembly. The project will also conduct research addressing the component integration of micro LEDs using a novel approach for transparent and flexible image encoders.
From a press release on April 10, Osram Licht AG announced that it has lowered its forecast for fiscal year Amongst the reasons are the continued market weaknesses in the automotive industry.
This has led to significant inventory build ups, particularly in China. In addition, business development is facing an ongoing impact by the general economic slowdown. According to figures available so far, the second quarter of fiscal is expected to see a revenue decline of roughly 15 percent on a comparable basis when compared to previous year. The Managing Board now expects for continued operations in fiscal a revenue decline between 11 and 14 percent. The Managing Board has already pro-actively responded to the growing economic challenges in the past months.
Through various initiatives the annual cost base is expected to be structurally reduced by more than EUR million by fiscal year From a press release on March 28, Osram informed that the second generation of blue multi-mode laser diodes doubles the range compared to previous LED solutions to meters and simplifies the system design at the same time, when used in the auxiliary high beam of the car. TO90 package contains only two pins, which allows for much easier connection and heat dissipation.
Depending on the target application, developers can decide whether an LED or a laser solution is best. From a press release on January 29, Osram Opto Semiconductors announced that Osram and GaN Systems partnered to develop the breakthrough in laser driver technology that enables longer range and higher resolution LiDAR architectures. Osram worked with GaN Systems to develop a laser driver with a one nanosecond pulse rise time, while driving all four channels at 40 A each to deliver W peak power.
This peak power then can be modulated at low-duty cycles to produce high resolution 3D cloud points at long range for new LiDAR designs. Osram enables LiDAR technology for autonomous vehicles by not only developing high power, multi-channel SMT lasers that meet automotive quality standards, but also working with eco-system partners like GaN Systems to address the technological barriers that arise. From a press release on January 3, It emits infrared light with a wavelength of nm, which is best suitable for all different eye colours, and achieves an optical output of mW at 1 A.
The second product, the Synios SFH S A01, is particularly suitable for facial recognition and driver monitoring, among other things. Both these applications ideally require a wavelength of nm. The two power emitters are Lambertian emitters with flat encapsulation. They will be available from the spring of From a press release on December 17, Osram announced that it will display its mobility solutions at CES Osram is once again partnering with Rinspeed on its innovative concept car to provide visible and invisible light to increase safety, security and comfort in the cars of the future.
With the introduction of two new infrared LEDs, Osram enables biometric applications such as iris scan, driver monitoring, as well as facial and gesture recognition in vehicles. A uniform platform with four different light sources for brake, tail, backup, turn indicators, daytime running lights and fog lighting are now available.
The edge emitter scans the vicinity of the car with an infrared laser beam across a particular angle segment. The system uses the scans to create a high-resolution 3D map of the environment. The laser is suitably qualified for use in automotive applications and offers impressively long life and high efficiency.
Its compact dimensions allow for flexible system design within the vehicle. From a press release on November 12, Osram informed that it has installed a serial control driver from Inova Semiconductors in the new Ei product from the Osire family in addition to the three-color chips red, blue and green.
In the lighting solution it is now possible for a large number of separate LEDs to be controlled via a serial bus system either individually or in groups. This provides simple implementation of uniform color rendering across the entire color space as well as dynamic light cases. Control of the desired color and brightness has been simplified because the Ei is precalibrated and can automatically correct color shifts in the red range caused by fluctuations in temperature.
From a press release on October 9, For the first time, a uniform platform with three different light versions can cover all the important signal applications in vehicles. A uniform, standardized platform for signal lamps reduces the number of different lighting solutions in cars. This considerably reduces overall costs for car manufacturers in a number of areas, including the supply chain, development, and quality control.
From a press release on October 8, Osram announced that the new Oslon Boost HX achieves a resolution of more than one million pixels. Its 2 mm2 chip emits at least 1, lm at a current of 6 A. The package has been optimized in order to make use of the high current capability of the chips. An electrically insulated thermal pad and special internal design structures ensure that heat is reliably removed from the component.
The 4 mm x 4 mm ceramic package is very robust so it is easy to handle. From a press release on September 27, With the help of ambient light sensors, however, the backlighting of car interior displays can be regulated in such a way that they are easy to read in all weather conditions and brightness levels. The ambient light sensor ALS is an active component in which the IC is powered by the signal current and is therefore not reliant on an external power supply. The high dynamic range and high sensitivity at low illuminance of 0.
From a press release on September 6, Following the successful completion of all negotiations the joint venture has been launched as planned in the second half of Osram Continental will initially employ around 1, people at 16 locations worldwide, basing its headquarters in Munich Germany. The plan is to move the headquarters to Garching Germany. The joint venture aims to generate annual sales in the mid-triple-digit-million-euro range. Osram Continental is planning growth rates of up to double digits annually for the next five years.
This is based on strong growth in the market for LED as well as laser-based lighting modules and solutions and associated electronics. The first products to be developed by the joint venture are expected to be ready for series production by The yellow LY5 with lumen and a life of up to 4, hours is used for turn indicators.
LW5 is a white signal lamp for reversing and DRL lights with lumen and a life of up to 5, hours. The two other members of the XLS product family currently in planning are a red brake, rear and fog light LR5 and a white high-precision fog light L1.
Series production of the lamps in the Automotive plant in Herbrechtingen, Germany guarantees premium quality and is an important milestone in the further development of standardized automotive light sources. From a press release on June 6, Osram announced that it has added to its expertise in semiconductor-based optical security technology by acquiring US-based Vixar Inc.
Approximately 20 employees of the company, which is based in Plymouth, Minnesota, will transfer to Osram as a result of the acquisition. The way in which VCSEL technology captures 3D environmental data has applications in everything from gesture recognition, augmented reality, robotics, and proximity sensors to autonomous driving.
VCSEL stands for vertical cavity surface emitting laser and is a special type of laser diode in which the light is emitted perpendicular to the surface of the semiconductor chip.
The nm versions are intended for exterior applications such as night vision, pedestrian protection, pre-field recognition and lane detection. The new nm versions are suitable above all for interior automotive applications such as driver monitoring, seat occupancy detection and gesture recognition. Thanks to different wavelengths and lenses these products cover a wide range of customer requirements and can be operated at up to 5 A in pulsed mode. From a press release on April 11, Osram announced that Osram and Continental have successfully concluded their negotiations on the Osram Continental GmbH joint venture.
It is scheduled to start in the second half of The joint venture will be based within the region of Munich but will operate globally to ensure rapid development cycles with customers in their local areas. The product portfolio will feature semiconductor-based lighting modules such as LED modules for front and rear headlights, laser modules and light control units. From a press release on April 3, In addition to coordinating the project, Osram Opto Semiconductors is responsible for the system concept and for the design of two application-based demonstrators and is also researching installation and testing concepts.
Continental is designing and developing two compact head-up displays with different projection light sources. From a press release on March 27, Osram informed that Audi uses the expertise of Osram Opto Semiconductors in the front lighting of its new flagship A8.
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