Marvell buys Lumentum: a deal worth about $115 billion, all in stock

L’opération est entièrement en actions : chaque action Lumentum est échangée contre 4,5 actions ordinaires Marvell, ratio que confirment aussi les documents déposés auprès de la SEC.

Être in the present is est for a singular subject and sont for a plural one. It describes nature, state or place (“is”, “is located”). If what follows (the attribute) is a noun, adjective or prepositional phrase, it is not a passive. If a past participle follows, it is a passive (est annoncé). Headlines and summaries often use the present to describe the current situation.

Marvell rachète Lumentum : une opération d’environ 115 milliards de dollars, tout en actions

The imparfait describes states, background, habits and actions in progress in the past (il était, elle avait, ils pensaient). Take the nous form of the present, drop -ons, and add -ais / -ais / -ait / -ions / -iez / -aient. If the passé composé gives “the event itself”, the imparfait paints “the situation at the time”.

Marvell, concepteur de puces, va acquérir Lumentum, spécialiste des composants optiques.

The futur proche expresses what is about to happen: aller in the present (je vais, il va, ils vont) + an infinitive (il va annoncer). It is common in speech and in the news for an imminent event or one that has already been decided. Negation: ne … pas goes around aller (il ne va pas partir).

Les chiffres varient selon les sources ; voici ce qui est confirmé.

The passive means “is done” or “is being done”. It is formed with être + past participle, which agrees with the subject in gender and number (la mesure est adoptée / les mesures sont adoptées). The agent is introduced by par (or de). In the news it is common when the event, rather than the actor, is the focus (est prévu / est annoncé / est connu).

La réaction boursière, l’examen antitrust attendu, les éventuelles indemnités de rupture et les plans d’intégration ne figurent pas dans les articles consultés.

Normally ne and pas wrap the verb. Before a vowel, ne becomes n’. Check which part of the sentence the negation covers. Ne … plus means “no longer”.

Les chiffres varient selon les sources ; voici ce qui est confirmé.

Selon means “according to”. Put a person or organisation after it as the source. It separates facts the writer checked directly from what another body or report said. Citing a source does not turn a forecast into an accomplished fact.

Selon TechCrunch, Marvell, qui conçoit des puces sur mesure, a accepté d’acquérir Lumentum, fabricant de puces optiques et d’équipements réseau, pour une valeur d’entreprise d’environ 115 milliards de dollars dette comprise (environ 80 milliards pour les fonds propres, d’après le Wall Street Journal).

Qui continues a description of the person or thing just mentioned (“the one that does…”). Because qui is itself the subject of the next verb, do not repeat the subject. The verb agrees with the noun qui refers to.

TechCrunch rappelle que Nvidia est un actionnaire important des deux sociétés, avec 2 milliards de dollars investis dans chacune en mars.

Million and milliard are nouns, so use de before what is counted. Before a vowel it becomes d’. Mille works differently: look at the quantity as a whole instead of applying the same form.

TechCrunch rappelle que Nvidia est un actionnaire important des deux sociétés, avec 2 milliards de dollars investis dans chacune en mars.

Dans means “in, inside” for places, but also for a scope such as a system or period. With future time, dans deux jours means “in two days”. In the article’s example, check what it is “inside” and which scope it marks. Identify the value of dans in the passage.

TechCrunchによると、カスタム半導体を設計するMarvellが、光半導体やネットワーク機器のLumentumを買収することで合意しました。

As in “LCPによると”, it shows where the information comes from. What that source reported follows. It is used differently from “私にとって”, which gives one’s own opinion.

完了は2028年の前半を見込み、両社の株主と規制当局の承認が必要です。

予定 is a plan, 見込み a forecast and 方針 a course of action or intention. None of them asserts that something has already been carried out. Note the difference from expressions such as “決まりました”.

これは投資の助言ではありません。

They negate a noun and similar content. “ではありません” is the polite form and “ではない” the plain form. “成立ではありません” shows that it cannot be said to have been concluded.

数字は出典によって見方が違うため、分かれる点も書きます。

ため is used for both reason and purpose. “成立ではないため” is a reason and “運転手を守るため” a purpose. Decide from the whole sentence whether what precedes is a cause or a goal.

半導体のMarvell（マーベル）が、光通信部品のLumentum（ルメンタム）を買収すると発表しました。

In “発表しました”, ました makes a verb polite past. The negative is “ませんでした”. Read the actual date together with the date and time in the text.

Marvellは、この統合で、AIのためのデータ通信（チップからデータセンター向け製品まで）の有力企業になると説明しています。

と takes the content that is reported or explained. In “改定する方針だと報じました”, “改定する方針だ” is what the report said. Separating the content from who said it and how makes long sentences easier to read.