Linear Technology Corporation (“Linear” or the “Company”) is an American semiconductor company that designs, manufactures and markets high performance analog integrated circuits.

According to the Complaint, on July 26, 2016, Linear and Analog Devices, Inc. (“Analog”) jointly announced that they had reached a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger under which Analog will acquire Linear in a cash and stock deal with a combined enterprise value of approximately $30 billion.

The Complaint alleges the Proxy Statement contains materially incomplete and misleading information concerning (i) the background of the Proposed Transaction; (ii) and the Company’s internal financial data forecasts used for the financial analyses of the Proposed Transaction performed by Qatalyst.

This case was voluntarily dismissed on October 21, 2016.