UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): September 17, 2023
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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On September 17, 2023, FormFactor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“FormFactor”) and its wholly owned subsidiary FormFactor GmbH, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Germany (“FF GmbH”), entered into a Share Purchase Agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with CAMTEK Ltd., a public limited company organized under the laws of Israel (“Camtek IL”) and Citus 49, GmbH (to be renamed Camtek Germay Holding GmbH), a limited liability company organized under the laws of Germany (“Camtek GER”). The Purchase Agreement provides for, among other things, the purchase by Camtek GER of all of the outstanding capital stock of FRT GmbH, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Germany and a wholly owned subsidiary of FF GmbH engaged in the non-contact optical metrology systems for panel or semiconductor wafer business (“FRT”). FormFactor, FF GmbH and FRT are sometimes referred to as the “FormFactor Parties” and Camtek IL and Camtek GER are sometimes referred to as the “Camtek Parties.”
Each of the FormFactor Parties and the Camtek Parties has made customary representations and warranties in the Purchase Agreement, subject to various materiality and knowledge qualifiers. The Purchase Agreement also contains customary covenants, including, among others, (a) covenants of the FormFactor Parties relating to the conduct of FRT’s business in the ordinary course and to refrain from taking certain actions without the consent of the Camtek Parties during the period between signing of the Purchase Agreement and the closing (the “Closing”) of the transactions contemplated by the Purchase Agreement (the “Transactions”), (b) covenants of the FormFactor Parties not to solicit proposals relating to alternative transactions to the Transactions or engage in discussions or negotiations with respect thereto, (c) subject to certain exceptions, for a period of three years following the Closing, not to own or otherwise engage in a business that competes with FRT, nor solicit FRT employees and (d) covenants of the Camtek Parties relating to the FRT employees following the Closing. Camtek has arranged to purchase a representations and warranties insurance policy in connection with the Transactions. FormFactor and FF GmbH have also agreed to indemnify the Camtek Parties for any inaccuracies of representations and warranties and breaches of pre-closing and post-closing covenants, subject to certain caps, limitations and procedures. Except in the case of customary fundamental representations, pre-closing covenants, post-closing covenants and fraud, the Camtek Parties’ sole source of recovery for claims against the FormFactor Parties is coverage under the representations and warranties insurance policy.
Consummation of the Transactions is subject to customary closing conditions, including, among others, the receipt of certain regulatory approvals and the absence of any law or governmental order prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions. The parties have received clearance of the Transactions under the German Foreign Direct Investment laws. The obligation of the parties to consummate the Transaction is also conditioned upon, subject to certain materiality qualifications, the accuracy of the representations and warranties of each party and compliance by each party in all material respects with its covenants and obligations under the Purchase Agreement and, with respect to the Camtek Parties, no material adverse effect having occurred with respect to FRT’s business between the signing of the Purchase Agreement and the Closing and the continued employment by the FormFactor Parties of certain employees at Closing.
The Purchase Agreement contains customary termination rights permitting each party to terminate the Purchase Agreement under certain specified circumstances, including if the closing has not occurred on or before January 31, 2024.
The foregoing description of the Purchase Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Purchase Agreement, which will be filed as an exhibit to FormFactor’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2023. The foregoing summary has been included to provide FormFactor’s stockholders with information regarding the terms of the Purchase Agreement. It is not intended to provide any factual information about the FormFactor Parties or the Camtek Parties. The Purchase Agreement contains representations and warranties that the FormFactor Parties, on one hand, and the Camtek Parties, on the other hand, made to and solely for the benefit of each other as of specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties were made solely for purposes of the Purchase Agreement and may be subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the parties in connection with negotiating the terms of the Purchase Agreement or contained in confidential disclosure schedules. Some of those representations and warranties (i) may not be accurate or complete as of any specified date and may be modified, qualified and created in important part by the underlying disclosure schedules, (ii) may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from those generally applicable to stockholders or (iii) may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the parties to the Purchase Agreement rather than establishing matters as facts. For the foregoing reasons, the representations and warranties should not be relied upon as factual statements of information. Stockholders are not third-party beneficiaries under the Purchase Agreement and should not rely on the representations, warranties and covenants or any descriptions thereof as characterizations of the actual state of facts or conditions of FormFactor or Camtek IL. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Purchase Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in FormFactor’s public disclosures.
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including with respect to the anticipated timing, completion and effects of the proposed Transactions. These statements include but are not limited to any statement that may predict, forecast, indicate or imply future results, performance, achievements or events. Forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain, and investors must recognize that events could differ significantly from our expectations. These statements include, but may not be limited to, statements regarding the expectation that the sale of FRT will be consummated. In addition to the risks and uncertainties noted in this report, there are certain factors that could cause actual events to differ materially from those anticipated by some of the statements made, including those set forth in the most current Annual Report on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in FormFactor’s other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or in materials incorporated therein by reference. Unless required by law, FormFactor is under no obligation (and expressly disclaim any such obligation) to update or revise its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Item 8.01. Other Events
On September 18, 2023, FormFactor and Camtek issued a joint press release announcing entry into the Purchase Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit
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99.1 Press release dated September 18, 2023.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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| Date: | September 18, 2023 | By: | /s/ SHAI SHAHAR | |||||||||||
| Name: | Shai Shahar | |||||||||||||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||||
EXHIBIT 99.01
Camtek to Acquire FormFactor's FRT Metrology Business
To facilitate its next stage of growth, FRT will join Camtek, a leading supplier in inspection and metrology.
MIGDAL HAEMEK, Israel and LIVERMORE, Calif. – September 18, 2023 – Camtek Ltd. (NASDAQ: CAMT; TASE: CAMT), together with FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), are pleased to announce that they have entered into an agreement for the acquisition by Camtek of FormFactor, Inc.’s FRT Metrology (“FRT”) business for $100 million in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
FRT, headquartered in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, is a leading supplier of high-precision metrology solutions for the Advanced Packaging and Silicon Carbide markets. Camtek is a market leader of inspection and 3D metrology in the semiconductor industry. This acquisition is expected to leverage Camtek’s and FRT’s advanced technologies of Advanced Packaging and Silicon Carbide that require new inspection and metrology steps in the semiconductor manufacturing processes. Camtek, with the addition of FRT’s unique hybrid multi-sensor SurfaceSens™ technology, will be able to provide customers with broader and more comprehensive solutions for inspection and metrology.
“We welcome FRT and its employees to the Camtek family,” said Mr. Rafi Amit, Camtek’s CEO. “We expect this acquisition to solidify Camtek’s leading market position and contribute over approximately 10% to the annual revenues in 2024 and be accretive within 12 months following the acquisition. Beyond the immediate financial contribution, we expect further synergies that will contribute to Camtek’s overall growth prospects in 2024 and beyond. We look forward to capturing a larger share of the unique growth opportunities ahead of us.”
Mike Slessor, FormFactor’s CEO, commented “I’m extremely proud of the FRT team’s innovation and growth since FormFactor’s acquisition of this business in 2019 and would like to thank the team for the strong results they have delivered as part of the FormFactor family. I’m also excited for the opportunity this team has to leverage Camtek’s established scale and expertise in inspection and metrology to deliver the next stage of growth from this business. FormFactor remains committed to developing and providing industry-leading test and measurement solutions for advanced packaging, helping enable the next phase of semiconductor innovation in applications like generative AI and co-packaged optics. We expect this transaction to maximize present and future FormFactor shareholder value by realizing a robust return on our investment while allowing us to focus our resources on strategic initiatives and industry-leading businesses where we have market leadership and significant scale.”
The transaction is expected to close in Q4 2023, subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.
ABOUT CAMTEK LTD.
Camtek is a developer and manufacturer of high-end inspection and metrology equipment for the semiconductor industry. Camtek’s systems inspect IC and measure IC features on wafers throughout the production process of semiconductor devices, covering the front and mid-end and up to the beginning of assembly (Post Dicing). Camtek’s systems inspect wafers for the most demanding semiconductor market segments, including Advanced Interconnect Packaging, Heterogenous Integration, Memory and HBM, CMOS Image Sensors, Compound Semiconductors, MEMS, and RF, serving numerous industry’s leading global IDMs, OSATs, and foundries.
With eight offices around the world, Camtek has best-in-class sales and customer support organization, providing tailor-made solutions in line with customers’ requirements.
CAMTEK LTD. Moshe Eisenberg, CFO Tel: +972 4 604 8308 Mobile: +972 54 900 7100 moshee@camtek.com | INTERNATIONAL INVESTOR RELATIONS EK Global Investor Relations Ehud Helft Tel: (US) 1 212 378 8040 camtek@ekgir.com | ||||
ABOUT FORMFACTOR
FormFactor, Inc. (NASDAQ: FORM), is a leading provider of essential test and measurement technologies along the full IC life cycle - from metrology and inspection, characterization, modeling, reliability, and design de-bug, to qualification and production test. Semiconductor companies rely upon FormFactor's products and services to accelerate profitability by optimizing device performance and advancing yield knowledge. FormFactor serves customers through its network of facilities in Asia, Europe, and North America. For more information, visit FormFactor's website at www.formfactor.com.
Investor Contact
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Forward-looking Statements:
This press release contains statements that may constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are based on Camtek’s and FormFactor current beliefs, expectations and assumptions about its business and industry, all of which may change. Forward-looking statements can be identified by the use of words including “believe,” “anticipate,” “should,” “intend,” “plan,” “will,” “may,” “expect,” “estimate,” “project,” “positioned,” “strategy,” and similar expressions that are intended to identify forward-looking statements, including expectations and statements relating to the proposed transaction between Camtek and FormFactor, including statements regarding the benefits and the timing of the transaction as well as statements regarding the companies’ products, prospects and results following the transaction and markets. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of both Camtek and FormFactor to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, among others, the risk that the transaction may not be completed in a timely manner or at all, which may adversely affect the companies’ businesses and the price of their securities; uncertainties as to the timing of the consummation of the transaction and the potential failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the transaction; delays, disruptions or increased costs in the integration of FRT’s business with Camtek; unanticipated restructuring costs may be incurred or undisclosed liabilities assumed; attempts to retain key personnel, customers, and vendors may not succeed; risks related to diverting management’s attention from Camtek’s ongoing business operations; exposure to inflation, currency rate and interest rate fluctuations and risks associated with doing business locally and internationally, as well as fluctuations in the market price of Camtek’s and FormFactor’s traded securities; the impact of general economic conditions on the on Camtek’s and FRT’s business; ongoing or potential litigations or disputes, incidental to the conduct of FRT’s ongoing business, with customers, suppliers, landlords, or other third parties; potential adverse reactions or changes to business relationships resulting from the announcement or completion of the transaction; potential negative changes in general economic conditions in the regions or the industries in which Camtek and Form Factor operate; and those other factors discussed in Camtek’s and FormFactor’s Annual Reports on Form 20-F and 10-K, respectively, and other documents filed by the Camtek and FormFactor with the SEC as well as other documents that may be subsequently filed by the companies from time to time with the SEC. We caution you not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Camtek and FormFactor do not assume any obligation to update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release unless required by law.
Source: FormFactor, Inc.
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