Dialog Semiconductor plc ("Dialog") (XETRA: DLG) hereby announces that, today, its board of directors has determined not to revise its proposal to acquire Atmel Corporation ("Atmel") (Nasdaq: ATML). On January 13, 2016, Atmel published that it had determined that the unsolicited acquisition proposal received from Microchip Technology Inc. constitutes a "Company Superior Proposal" and that it intends to terminate its merger agreement with Dialog to accept Microchip’s proposal. Dialog will inform Atmel that it will waive the remainder of the four business day notice period to which Dialog is entitled under its merger agreement with Atmel.
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