O2Micro Enters into Definitive Agreement for “Going Private” Transaction

GEORGE TOWN, Grand Cayman, Sept. 30, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- O₂Micro International Limited (NASDAQ Global Select Market: OIIM) (“O₂Micro” or the “Company”), a global leader in the design, development and marketing of high-performance integrated circuits and solutions, today announced that it has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with FNOF Precious Honour Limited (“Parent”) and Rim Peak Technology Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“Merger Sub”). Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company continuing as the surviving company and becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (the “Merger”), in a transaction implying an equity value of the Company of approximately US$145.9 million. As a result of the Merger, the Company will become an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Right Dynamic Investment Limited (“Holdco”), which will be owned by (a) Mr. Sterling Du, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company, and Mr. Perry Kuo, the Chief Financial Officer and a director of the Company (“Management Members”), (b) FNOF Dynamic Holdings Limited (the “Sponsor”, together with the Management Members, the “Consortium”), and (c) certain rollover shareholders and employees of the Company.