SANTA CLARA, Calif. & SAN JOSE, Calif., November 2, 2026 -- Marvell Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MRVL) and Lumentum (NASDAQ: LITE) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for Marvell to acquire Lumentum in an all-stock transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Lumentum stockholders will receive a fixed exchange ratio of 4.500 shares of Marvell common stock for each share of Lumentum common stock they own. The transaction has an implied enterprise value of $115 billion for Lumentum, representing approximately $1,132 per share of Lumentum common stock and a premium of approximately 23.9% based on each company’s unaffected closing share price as of October 28, 2026, the last trading day before market speculation regarding a potential transaction began. Post-closing, current Marvell stockholders will own approximately 67% of the combined company on a fully diluted basis, while Lumentum stockholders will own approximately 33%.
The AI infrastructure industry is at an inflection point. Rapidly growing bandwidth requirements and the physical limitations of copper-based connectivity are accelerating the transition toward optical technologies. As AI infrastructure scales to increasingly complex architectures, particularly scale-up and scale-in, the industry is shifting from discrete, modular components toward highly integrated optical solutions that require much closer co-design of electrical and optical technologies to deliver greater bandwidth, performance and energy efficiency.
The combination brings together best-in-breed technology to meet this need, joining Marvell's strengths in electrical and optical interconnect, network switching, custom XPU and XPU attach and advanced semiconductor technologies with Lumentum's expertise in high-performance lasers, optical transceivers, optical circuit switching (OCS) and specialized compound semiconductor manufacturing. Following closing, the combined company is expected to offer a highly complementary portfolio spanning leading-edge CMOS, silicon photonics, compound semiconductors, advanced packaging and manufacturing capabilities. The combination is intended to enable deeper integration and co-design across the electrical and optical signal chain, positioning Marvell to deliver highly optimized connectivity solutions across a wide range of distances, from distributed data centers to connections within advanced semiconductor packages.
“AI infrastructure is undergoing a fundamental architectural shift toward optical connectivity, creating an opportunity that comes along once in a generation,” said Matt Murphy, Chairman and CEO of Marvell. “The companies that move first and help define this transition will set the standard for decades to come. By bringing together two leaders with highly complementary technologies, exceptional talent and specialized manufacturing capabilities, we intend to help shape the next era of AI connectivity and create exceptional stockholder value.”
“Joining Marvell creates a company uniquely positioned to capitalize on a market opportunity of $550 billion and generate significant, sustainable stockholder value,” said Michael Hurlston, President and CEO of Lumentum. “Surging AI data traffic requires rapid hardware innovation, and this combination enhances our ability to deliver next-generation solutions at scale. Together with Marvell, we will meet our customers' complete interconnect needs, spanning scale-across and scale-out today to scale-up and scale-in domains tomorrow. By offering extreme co-design around our customers' demanding requirements, we will help them achieve faster time to market, accelerated innovation cycles and category-defining performance.”
About Marvell
To deliver the data infrastructure technology that connects the world, we're building solutions on the most powerful foundation: our partnerships with our customers. Trusted by the world's leading technology companies for over 30 years, we move, store, process and secure the world's data with semiconductor solutions designed for our customers' current needs and future ambitions. Through a process of deep collaboration and transparency, we're ultimately changing the way tomorrow's enterprise, cloud and carrier architectures transform—for the better.
About Lumentum
Lumentum is a global leader in optical and photonic technologies that power the networks and infrastructure behind AI, cloud computing and next-generation communications. Built on decades of photonics innovation, Lumentum delivers high-performance lasers, modules and optical subsystems that enable scalable, energy-efficient data center connectivity, advanced telecom networks, industrial manufacturing and sensing applications. Headquartered in San Jose, California, the company operates R&D, manufacturing and sales facilities worldwide. Learn more at www.lumentum.com.
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