Penguin Solutions Divests Remaining Interest in Brazil Memory Module Business
Penguin Solutions Divests Remaining Interest in Brazil Memory Module Business
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FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Penguin Solutions, Inc. (“Penguin Solutions” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: PENG) today announced that SMART Modular Technologies (LX) S.à r.l. (“Seller”), a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, closed the transaction contemplated by that certain Stock Transfer Agreement (the “Stock Transfer Agreement”) entered into on December 29, 2025, by and among Seller, Lexar Europe B.V. (“Buyer”), Zilia Technologies Indústria e Comércio de Componentes Eletrônicos Ltda. (“Zilia Technologies”) (formerly SMART Modular Technologies do Brasil - Indústria e Comércio de Componentes Ltda.), Shenzhen Longsys Electronics Co., Ltd., and Shanghai Intelligent Memory Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (上海慧忆半导体有限公司).
On March 30, 2026, pursuant to the Stock Transfer Agreement, Seller sold to Buyer Seller’s remaining 19% interest in Zilia Technologies for a purchase price of $46.08 million (the “Transaction”). As of the closing of the Transaction, Seller no longer holds any interest in Zilia Technologies.
The Buyer previously purchased eighty-one percent (81%) of Seller’s interest in the issued and outstanding quotas of Zilia Technologies pursuant to a stock purchase agreement in November 2023.
Zilia Technologies assembles and tests standards-based, commodity memory modules for electronics manufacturers that sell devices to Brazilian consumers.
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