$631 Billion Private Equity Firm Apollo Capital Management & Affiliates Buys 49% of Computing Giant Intel Equity Interest for $11 Billion in Ireland Joint Venture Entity Fab 34 with Intel Holding 51% Controlling Interest, Intel Had Invested $18.4 Billion in Fab 34, Joint Venture Will Have Rights to Manufacture Wafers at Fab 34
6th June 2024 | Hong Kong
Apollo Capital Management, one of the world’s top private equity & alternative asset manager with $631 billion (AUM), and affiliates have announced to buy 49% of computing giant Intel equity interest for $11 billion in Ireland joint venture entity Fab 34 with Intel holding 51% controlling interest after the transaction. Intel had invested $18.4 billion in Fab 34, and the joint venture will have rights to manufacture wafers at Fab 34. Apollo (4/6/24): “Intel Corporation (Nasdaq: INTC) and Apollo (NYSE: APO) today announced a definitive agreement under which Apollo-managed funds and affiliates will lead an investment of $11 billion to acquire from Intel a 49% equity interest in a joint venture entity related to Intel’s Fab 34. The transaction represents Intel’s second Semiconductor Co-Investment Program (SCIP) arrangement. SCIP is an element of Intel’s Smart Capital strategy, a funding approach designed to create financial flexibility to accelerate the company’s strategy, including investing in its global manufacturing operations, while maintaining a strong balance sheet. Located in Leixlip, Ireland, Fab 34 is Intel’s leading-edge high-volume manufacturing (HVM) facility designed for wafers using the Intel 4 and Intel 3 process technologies. To date, Intel has invested $18.4 billion in Fab 34. This transaction allows Intel to unlock and redeploy to other parts of its business a portion of this investment while continuing the build-out of Fab 34. As part of its transformation strategy, Intel has committed billions of dollars of investments to regaining process leadership and building out leading-edge wafer fabrication and advanced packaging capacity globally. Under the agreement, the joint venture will have rights to manufacture wafers at Fab 34 to support long-term demand for Intel’s products and provide capacity for Intel Foundry customers. Intel will have a 51% controlling interest in the joint venture. Intel will retain full ownership and operational control of Fab 34 and its assets. The transaction is designed to enhance the company’s strong balance sheet with capital at a cost below Intel’s cost of equity. The investment in the joint venture is expected to be treated as equity-like from a ratings perspective.” In 2024 April, Apollo raised $35 billion from Asia-Pacific (APAC) since 2022 led by Head of APAC Matthew Michelini (16 years at Apollo since 2006). In APAC, Apollo focused on raising capital from institutional investors with insurers investing $14 billion of the $35 billion raised since 2022. Apollo fund strategies (APAC) in private markets include private credit & hybrid financing, and had stopped Asia real estate equity fund.
“ $631 Billion Private Equity Firm Apollo Capital Management & Affiliates Buys 49% of Computing Giant Intel Equity Interest for $11 billion in Ireland Joint Venture Entity Fab 34 with Intel Holding 51% Controlling Interest, Intel Had Invested $18.4 Billion in Fab 34, Joint Venture Will Have Rights to Manufacture Wafers at Fab 34 “
David Zinsner, Intel CFO: “Intel’s agreement with Apollo gives us additional flexibility to execute our strategy as we invest to create the world’s most resilient and sustainable semiconductor supply chain. Our investments in leading-edge capacity in the U.S. and Europe will be critical to meet the growing demand for silicon, with the global semiconductor market poised to double over the next five years. This transaction allows us to share our investment with an established financial partner on attractive terms while maintaining our strong investment-grade credit rating.”
Apollo Partner Jamshid Ehsani: “Apollo is pleased to enter into this joint venture with Intel. This highly strategic capital transaction is among the largest private investments of its kind and showcases Apollo’s ability to provide creative, scaled capital solutions to leading corporations and infrastructure, and to contribute to supply chain resiliency. It also underscores our role as a trusted financing partner, leveraging private capital to help build the New Economy, including next generation AI technology which will require major investments in sustainable power generation, data centers, foundries and semiconductor capabilities.”
Transaction Details – Construction of Fab 34 is largely complete, and high-volume manufacturing of Intel® Core™ Ultra processors on Intel 4 technology began there in September 2023. The ramp of Granite Rapids, Intel’s next-generation data center product on Intel 3 technology, is also well underway. The joint venture will manufacture wafers for sale to Intel on a cost-plus-margin basis. Under the agreement, Intel is required to finish the build-out of Fab 34 and purchase wafers from the joint venture for itself and external customers, with minimum volume commitments for its wafer demand following the substantial completion of the facility. For financial reporting purposes, Intel expects to consolidate results of the joint venture through net income and account for income attributable to the 49% ownership interest in net income (loss) attributable to non-controlling interests. Intel expects net income attributable to such non-controlling interest to be limited in the first two years but to increase thereafter as the factory ramps to full capacity. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2024.
Intel’s Smart Capital Approach – Smart Capital provides financial guardrails and acceleration to return Intel to process technology and product leadership. In addition to SCIP, other elements of Smart Capital include: 1) government incentives to provide a level playing field for building a geographically diverse and resilient semiconductor supply chain; 2) build-out of shell space, which gives the company the flexibility to determine how and when to bring additional capacity online; 3) customer participation in internal capacity build-outs as Intel executes its foundry strategy; and 4) strategic and opportunistic use of external foundries. Intel’s SCIP program has supported the company’s period of accelerated manufacturing investment that commenced in early 2021. With the signing of this second SCIP agreement, the company is not contemplating further SCIP transactions in the near term.
Intel’s Manufacturing Footprint in Ireland – Intel celebrated the opening of Fab 34 in Ireland in September 2023, marking the first use of extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) in high-volume manufacturing in Europe. Fab 34 is designed to support high-volume production of Intel 3 and Intel 4 technologies. In addition to Fab 34, Intel maintains a second manufacturing facility in Leixlip, Fab 24, which has been a key location for production of Intel’s 14-nanometer silicon microprocessors, while also preparing to support Intel Foundry customers. The transaction with Apollo only pertains to Fab 34.
$631 Billion Private Equity Firm Apollo Capital Management Raised $35 Billion from APAC Since 2022 Led by Head of APAC Matthew Michelini, Focused on Raising Capital from Institutional Investors with Insurers Investing $14 Billion, Fund Strategies in Private Markets Include Private Credit & Hybrid Financing, Stopped Asia Real Estate Equity Fund
20th April 2024 – Apollo Capital Management, one of the world’s top private equity & alternative asset manager with $631 billion (AUM), has raised $35 billion from Asia-Pacific (APAC) since 2022 led by Head of APAC Matthew Michelini (16 years at Apollo since 2006). In APAC, Apollo focused on raising capital from institutional investors with insurers investing $14 billion of the $35 billion raised since 2022. Apollo fund strategies (APAC) in private markets include private credit & hybrid financing, and had stopped Asia real estate equity fund. In 2023 December, Apollo appointed Edward Moon as Partner, 2 years after joining Apollo from HSBC Private Bank. Edward Moon is Apollo Head of Asia-Pacific Global Wealth and had joined in 2022 from HSBC Private Bank (Managing Director & Head of Alternative Investments, APAC). Edward Moon has more than 30 years of financial industry experience including at Citigroup, Credit Suisse & Bank of Singapore (Private Bank). In 2021, Apollo Capital Management had implemented major strategic growth plan on offering alternative investment solutions to both individual investors and to wealth advisors. On 2nd December 2021, Apollo Capital Management announced the plan to buy the United States wealth distribution and asset management businesses of Griffin Capital ($5 billion AUM).
$631 Billion Private Equity Firm Apollo Capital Management Appoints Edward Moon as Partner, Edward Moon is Apollo Head of Asia-Pacific Global Wealth & Joined in 2022 from HSBC Private Bank, More than 30 Years of Financial Industry Experience Including Citigroup, Credit Suisse & Bank of Singapore
23rd December 2023 – Apollo Capital Management, one of the world’s top private equity & alternative asset manager with $631 billion (AUM), has appointed Edward Moon as Partner, 2 years after joining Apollo from HSBC Private Bank. Edward Moon is Apollo Head of Asia-Pacific Global Wealth and had joined in 2022 from HSBC Private Bank (Managing Director & Head of Alternative Investments, APAC). Edward Moon has more than 30 years of financial industry experience including at Citigroup, Credit Suisse & Bank of Singapore (Private Bank). In 2021, Apollo Capital Management had implemented major strategic growth plan on offering alternative investment solutions to both individual investors and to wealth advisors. On 2nd December 2021, Apollo Capital Management announced the plan to buy the United States wealth distribution and asset management businesses of Griffin Capital ($5 billion AUM).
Edward Moon, Apollo Managing Director & Head of Asia Pacific Global Wealth – Edward Moon is Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific Global Wealth in the Client and Product Solutions group at Apollo. Prior to joining in 2022, Edward was Managing Director and Head of Alternative Investments, Asia Pacific at HSBC Global Private Banking. Previously, he was Executive Director and Head of Hedge Funds and Liquid Alternatives at Bank of Singapore and served as CIO of Woori Absolute Partners before that. Earlier in his career, Edward served as Co-CIO and Managing Partner at EDGE Holdings Ltd.; as VP and Head of Equity Capital Markets (Korea) at Citigroup, and co-established Credit Suisse’s representative office in Korea.
$481 Billion Apollo Capital Management Hires HSBC Private Bank Edward Moon as Head of Asia-Pacific Global Wealth
3rd December 2021 – Apollo Capital Management, one of the world’s top private equity & alternative asset manager with $481 billion AUM, has hired HSBC Private Bank Managing Director Edward Moon as Head of Asia-Pacific Global Wealth. Joining in January 2022, Edward Moon was HSBC Private Bank Managing Director and Regional Head of Alternatives (Asia). Apollo Capital Management has implemented major strategic growth plan on offering alternative investment solutions to both individual investors and to wealth advisors. On 2nd December 2021, Apollo Capital Management announced the plan to buy the United States wealth distribution and asset management businesses of Griffin Capital ($5 billion AUM). (Assets under Management)
Edward Moon, Private Banking to Private Equity & Alternatives
Edward Moon has more than 20 years of of financial industry experience across alternatives, investment management and investment banking. He was HSBC Private Bank Managing Director and Regional Head of Alternatives (Asia), and earlier in his career was responsible for all hedge fund and liquid alternative investments at Bank of Singapore, held various roles at Lighthouse Canton (Managing Director), Woori Financial Group (Chief Investment Officer for alternative investments platform), Citigroup (VP) and Credit Suisse.
About Apollo
Apollo is a high-growth, global alternative asset manager. We seek to provide our clients excess return at every point along the risk-reward spectrum from investment grade to private equity with a focus on three business strategies: yield, hybrid and equity. Through our investment activity across our fully integrated platform, we serve the retirement income and financial return needs of our clients, and we offer innovative capital solutions to businesses. Our patient, creative, knowledgeable approach to investing aligns our clients, businesses we invest in, our employees and the communities we impact, to expand opportunity and achieve positive outcomes. As of September 30, 2021, Apollo had approximately $481 billion of assets under management. To learn more, please visit www.apollo.com.
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