Analog Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADI) and Linear Technology Corporation (NASDAQ:LLTC) today announced that on October 19, 2016 the applicable waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act for the proposed combination of Analog Devices and Linear Technology expired. As a result, the transaction has been cleared for U.S. antitrust purposes. In addition, Analog Devices and Linear Technology received clearance for the transaction from the German Federal Cartel Office on October 11, 2016.

Analog Devices and Linear Technology currently expect the transaction to be completed during the first half of calendar year 2017, subject to receipt of the remaining required regulatory approvals and the satisfaction or waiver of the other conditions contained in the merger agreement. Linear Technology stockholders voted to approve the merger agreement at a meeting held on October 18, 2016.

About Analog Devices

Analog Devices (NASDAQ:ADI) designs and manufactures semiconductor products and solutions. ADI enables its customers to interpret the world around us by intelligently bridging the physical and digital with unmatched technologies that sense, measure and connect. Visit http://www.analog.com.

About Linear Technology

Linear Technology, a member of the S&P 500, has been designing, manufacturing and marketing a broad line of high performance analog integrated circuits for major companies worldwide for over three decades. The company’s products provide an essential bridge between our analog world and the digital electronics in communications, networking, industrial, automotive, computer, medical, instrumentation, consumer, and military and aerospace systems. Linear Technology produces power management, data conversion, signal conditioning, RF and interface ICs, µModule® subsystems, and wireless sensor network products. For more information, visit www.linear.com.