It was announced on Saturday that Samsung had acquired Harman International Industries （Harman International Industries）， Proposed price US $8 billion (about 54.9 billion yuan), 100% cash delivery.

In addition, the merger process of this acquisition was completed by the third quarter of this year at the latest. Before that, some people worried that the trial of Li Zairong, the head of Samsung, would not lead to changes in the shareholders' voting of Harman International, but it was amazing that the voting results did not seem to be affected at all.

It is understood that 70.78% of the ordinary shares of Harman International or 49460322 shares of 69883605 of the total share capital were represented at this shareholders' meeting. The voting result was 46921832 in favor, 2107178 against and 431312 abstaining, Finally, it passed the acquisition of Samsung by 22:1. However, this transaction still needs the approval of the commercial departments of the United States, China, South Korea and the European Union, and is expected to be completed as soon as the middle of this year.

Does this mean that the sound equipment effect of Samsung mobile phones will go to a higher level in the future? Unfortunately, it seems that the Galaxy S8 cannot wait.