Onto Innovation (ONTO) targets $1.1B convertible notes plus buybacks
Rhea-AI Filing Summary
Onto Innovation Inc. plans a private offering of $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2031, to be sold to qualified institutional buyers. The company may also grant initial purchasers an option for an additional $165,000,000 of notes.
Onto Innovation expects to use part of the net proceeds for capped call transactions tied to its stock and up to approximately $300,000,000 for concurrent share repurchases. Remaining proceeds are earmarked for general corporate purposes, which may include financing the previously announced acquisition of 27% of Rigaku Holdings Corporation. The notes will be senior unsecured obligations, maturing on June 1, 2031, with conversion obligations settled in cash and, at the company’s election, cash, stock, or both for any amount above principal.
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Insights
Onto Innovation plans a sizable convertible note raise with hedging and buybacks.
Onto Innovation intends to issue $1.1B in convertible senior notes due 2031, with an option for an extra $165M. These notes are senior unsecured and can convert into cash, stock, or both above principal, changing the capital mix toward more debt with potential future equity.
A portion of proceeds will fund capped call transactions that reference the company’s stock, designed to limit dilution or excess cash outlay upon conversion up to a cap. The company also plans up to about $300M of concurrent share repurchases and may allocate remaining funds toward acquiring 27% of Rigaku Holdings Corporation, alongside general corporate purposes.
The structure links future equity dilution to stock performance, noteholder conversion choices, and capped call economics. The filing highlights typical forward-looking risks around market conditions, semiconductor demand, and the ability to realize benefits from the notes, capped calls, share repurchases, and the potential Rigaku investment.
8-K Event Classification
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convertible senior notes financial
qualified institutional buyers financial
capped call transactions financial
senior unsecured obligations financial
general corporate purposes financial
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Item 8.01 Other Events
On May 18, 2026, Onto Innovation Inc. (the “Company”) issued a press release announcing that the Company plans to commence, subject to market conditions and other factors, a private offering (the “Offering”) of $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes due 2031 (the “Notes”) to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”). A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Current Report”) and is incorporated herein by reference.
Neither this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 constitutes an offer to sell, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, any securities.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report on Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”) which include statements relating to the Notes offering, statements regarding the timing, size and completion of the proposed Notes offering, the intended use of proceeds, including the concurrent share repurchases and the capped call transactions, the terms of the Notes being offered, the effect of the share repurchases and the anticipated terms of, and the effects of entering into, the capped call transactions and the actions of the option counterparties and their respective affiliates, as well as other matters that are not purely historical data. The Company wishes to take advantage of the “safe harbor” provided for by the Act and cautions that actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of various factors, including risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Company’s control. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to leverage its resources to improve its position in its core markets; its ability to weather difficult economic environments; its ability to open new market opportunities and target high-margin markets; the strength/weakness of the back-end and/or front-end semiconductor market segments; fluctuations in customer capital spending; the Company’s ability to effectively manage its supply chain and adequately source components from suppliers to meet customer demand; the effects of political, economic, legal, and regulatory changes, including tariffs and trade disputes, or conflicts on the Company’s global operations; its ability to adequately protect its intellectual property rights and maintain data security; its ability to effectively maneuver global trade issues and changes in trade and export regulations, tariffs and license policies; the Company’s ability to maintain relationships with its customers and manage appropriate levels of inventory to meet customer demands; the Company’s ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed Notes offering and the capped call transactions on the timing expected or at all; the Company’s timing and ability to repay its debt; and the Company’s ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies. Additional information and considerations regarding the risks faced by the Company are available in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2026, as filed with the SEC on February 24, 2026, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 as filed with the SEC on May 5, 2026. As the forward-looking statements are based on the Company’s current expectations, the Company cannot guarantee any related future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. The Company does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K, except as required by law. Neither future distribution of this Current Report on Form 8-K nor the continued availability of this Current Report on Form 8-K should be deemed to constitute an update or re-affirmation of these statements as of any future date.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ONTO INNOVATION INC. | ||||||
| Dated: May 18, 2026 | /s/ Brian K. Roberts | |||||
| Name: Brian K. Roberts Title: Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | ||||||
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Exhibit 99.1
Onto Innovation Announces Proposed Private Offering of
$1.1 Billion of Convertible Senior Notes Due 2031
Wilmington, Mass., May 18, 2026 – Onto Innovation Inc. (NYSE: ONTO) (“Onto Innovation” or the “Company”) today announced that it intends to offer, subject to market and other conditions, $1,100,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2031 (the “Notes”), to be sold only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Onto Innovation also expects to grant to the initial purchasers of the Notes an option to purchase up to an additional $165,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes, for settlement within a 13-day period beginning on, and including, the first date on which the Notes are issued.
Onto Innovation intends to use (i) a portion of the net proceeds from the offering to fund the cost of entering into the capped call transactions described below, (ii) up to approximately $300,000,000 of the net proceeds to repurchase shares of its common stock concurrently with the pricing of the offering in privately negotiated transactions effected with or through one of the initial purchasers or one or more of its affiliates and (iii) the remaining net proceeds for general corporate purposes, which may include financing the previously announced acquisition of 27% of the issued and outstanding shares of the common stock of Rigaku Holdings Corporation.
The Notes will be Onto Innovation’s senior unsecured obligations and will mature on June 1, 2031, unless earlier converted, redeemed or repurchased.
Onto Innovation will satisfy its conversion obligations by paying cash up to the aggregate principal amount of Notes to be converted and paying or delivering, as the case may be, cash, shares of its common stock or a combination of cash and shares of its common stock, at its election, in respect of the remainder, if any, of its conversion obligation in excess of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes being converted. The interest rate, the initial conversion rate and the other terms of the Notes will be determined upon pricing of the offering.
Capped Call
In connection with the pricing of the Notes, Onto Innovation expects to enter into privately negotiated capped call transactions with one or more of the initial purchasers and/or their respective affiliates and/or other financial institutions (the “option counterparties”). The capped call transactions will cover, subject to anti-dilution adjustments substantially similar to those applicable to the Notes, the number of shares of Onto Innovation’s common stock initially underlying the Notes. If the initial purchasers exercise their option to purchase additional Notes, then Onto Innovation expects to enter into additional capped call transactions with the option counterparties. The capped call transactions are expected generally to reduce the potential dilution to Onto Innovation’s common stock upon any conversion of the Notes and/or offset any potential cash payments Onto Innovation is required to make in excess of the principal amount of converted Notes, as the case may be, with such reduction and/or offset subject to a cap. The cap price of the capped call transactions and the premium payable will be determined at the time of pricing of the offering.
Onto Innovation has been advised that, in connection with establishing their initial hedges of the capped call transactions, the option counterparties or their respective affiliates expect to purchase shares of Onto Innovation’s common stock and/or enter into various derivative transactions with respect to Onto Innovation’s common stock concurrently with or shortly after the pricing of the Notes. This activity could increase (or reduce the size of any decrease in) the market price of Onto Innovation’s common stock or the Notes at that time. In addition, the option counterparties or their respective affiliates may modify their hedge positions by entering into or unwinding various derivatives with respect to Onto Innovation’s common stock and/or purchasing or selling Onto Innovation’s common stock or other securities issued by Onto Innovation in secondary market transactions following the pricing of the Notes and prior to the maturity of the Notes (and (x) are likely to do so during any averaging period related to a conversion of the Notes, following any redemption of the Notes by Onto Innovation or following any repurchase of the Notes by Onto Innovation in connection with any fundamental change and (y) are likely to do so following any repurchase of the Notes by Onto Innovation other than in connection with any such redemption or any such fundamental change if Onto Innovation elects to unwind a corresponding portion of the capped call transactions in connection with such repurchase). This activity could also cause or avoid an increase or a decrease in the market price of Onto Innovation’s common stock or the Notes, which could affect a noteholder’s ability to convert the Notes and, to the extent the activity occurs during any averaging period related to a conversion of the Notes, it could affect the number of shares of Onto Innovation’s common stock and value of the consideration that a noteholder will receive upon conversion of the Notes.
In addition, if any such capped call transaction fails to become effective, whether or not the offering of the Notes is completed, the option counterparty party thereto may unwind its hedge positions with respect to Onto Innovation’s common stock, which could adversely affect the value of Onto Innovation’s common stock and, if the Notes have been issued, the value of the Notes.
Share Repurchases
The concurrent repurchases of up to approximately $300,000,000 of shares of Onto Innovation’s common stock described above may result in the common stock trading at prices that are higher than would be the case in the absence of these repurchases, which may result in a higher initial conversion price for the Notes.
Notices
The Notes will be offered and sold only to persons reasonably believed to be qualified institutional buyers pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act. The Notes and any shares of Onto Innovation’s common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act, or under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction, and the Notes and any such shares may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act and the applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction.
This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes or any shares of Onto Innovation’s common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of any Notes or any such shares of Onto Innovation’s common stock issuable upon conversion of the Notes in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
About Onto Innovation Inc.
Onto Innovation is a leader in process control, combining global scale with an expanded portfolio of leading-edge technologies that includes un-patterned wafer quality, 3D metrology spanning chip features from nanometer scale transistors to large die interconnects, macro defect inspection of wafers and packages, metal interconnect composition, factory analytics, and lithography for advanced semiconductor packaging.
Our breadth of offerings across the entire semiconductor value chain helps our customers solve their most difficult yield, device performance, quality, and reliability issues. Onto Innovation strives to optimize customers’ critical path of progress by making them smarter, faster and more efficient.
Headquartered in Wilmington, Massachusetts, Onto Innovation supports customers with a worldwide sales and service organization.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “Act”) which include statements relating to the timing, size and completion of the proposed Notes offering, the intended use of proceeds, including the capped call transactions and the share repurchase, the terms of the Notes being offered and the anticipated terms of, and the effects of entering into, the share repurchase and the capped call transactions and the actions of the option counterparties and their respective affiliates, as well as other matters that are not purely historical data. Onto Innovation wishes to take advantage of the “safe harbor” provided for by the Act and cautions that actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of various factors, including risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond Onto Innovation’s control. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the Company’s ability to leverage its resources to improve its position in its core markets; its ability to weather difficult economic environments; its ability to open new market opportunities and target high-margin markets; the strength/weakness of the back-end and/or front-end semiconductor market segments; fluctuations in customer capital spending; the Company’s ability to effectively manage its supply chain and adequately source components from suppliers to meet customer demand; the effects of political, economic, legal, and regulatory changes, including tariffs and trade disputes, or conflicts on the Company’s global operations; its ability to adequately protect its intellectual property rights and maintain data security; the effects of natural disasters or public health emergencies on the global economy and on the Company’s customers, suppliers, employees, and
business; its ability to effectively maneuver global trade issues and changes in trade and export regulations, tariffs and license policies; the Company’s ability to maintain relationships with its customers and manage appropriate levels of inventory to meet customer demands; the Company’s ability to realize the anticipated benefits of the proposed Notes offering and the capped call transactions on the timing expected or at all; and the Company’s ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and technologies. You should be aware that these statements and any other forward-looking statements in this press release reflect only Onto Innovation’s expectations and are not guarantees of performance or any particular outcome. Additional information and considerations regarding the risks faced by Onto Innovation are available in Onto Innovation’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2026, as filed with the SEC on February 24, 2026, and its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2026 as filed with the SEC on May 5, 2026. As the forward-looking statements are based on Onto Innovation’s current expectations, the Company cannot guarantee any related future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Onto Innovation does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release, except as required by law.
| Investor Relations: |
| Sidney Ho |
| 408-376-9163 |
| sidney.ho@ontoinnovation.com |