(Reuters) - Apple Inc has agreed to buy AuthenTec Inc for $8.00 per share, the maker of fingerprint sensor chips used in personal computers said, in a deal valued at about $356 million.
AuthenTec makes security software and chips for mobile phones that it licenses to companies such as Samsung Electronics Co Ltd . It also produces chips for fingerprint recognition and near-field communication (NFC).
Melbourne, Florida-based Authentec disclosed the deal in a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Based on Thursday's closing price $5.07, the offer represents a premium of 58 percent for AuthenTec's shares.
AuthenTec, which also counts Lenovo Group Ltd , Fujitsu Ltd and Dell Inc
Piper Jaffray advised in the deal, the company said.
(Reporting by Supantha Mukherjee and Himank Sharma in Bangalore; Editing by Ted Kerr)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/apple-buy-authentec-356-million-114653791--finance.html
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