Activist hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. is fighting Dialog Semiconductor Plc’s planned $4.6 billion purchase of Atmel Corp., calling the acquisition too expensive and too great a risk ahead of a shareholder vote this month. Elliott, in a letter to shareholders Monday, urged investors to vote against the deal, which it said will destroy Dialog’s value. The hedge fund said it controls 2.9 percent of the voting rights of the Reading, England-based chipmaker. Atmel’s revenue declines will lower the value of Dialog in a combination and, since...
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