Samsung Electronics to buy Harman for $8 billion in car electronics push

Samsung said in a statement it will acquire Harman for $112.00 per share in cash


Reuters November 14, 2016
Samsung Electronics to buy Harman PHOTO: AFP

Samsung Electronics said on Monday it had agreed to buy Harman International Industries, a leader in connected car solutions, for about $8 billion, marking a major push into the auto-related technology.

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Samsung said in a statement it will acquire Harman for $112.00 per share in cash, which represents a premium of 28 per cent to Harman's Friday closing price. It said the deal would "give Samsung a significant presence in the large and rapidly growing market for connected technologies, particularly automotive electronics, which has been a strategic priority."

The deal comes at a time when Samsung's mobile phone business has been hit hard by the disastrous withdrawal of the fire-prone Galaxy Note 7.

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Underscoring Samsung's interest in the auto sector, the electronics giant has had talks with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) over a potential sale or partnership for its Magneti Marelli auto parts maker, sources have said.

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