SoftBank could relist British chip designer ARM - Financial Times

Reuters

Published Mar 19, 2018 12:13

SoftBank could relist British chip designer ARM - Financial Times

(Reuters) - SoftBank Group Corp (T:9984) could relist ARM Holdings (LON:ARM), the British chip designer it bought two years ago, according to a senior executive at the Japanese conglomerate, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Yoshimitsu Goto, a senior corporate officer at SoftBank, suggested to investors that an initial public offering could be a potential exit strategy for an investment fund that SoftBank launched last year, the FT reported.

The $93 billion Vision Fund, backed by Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund and companies including Apple (O:AAPL) and Qualcomm (O:QCOM), is set to acquire a 25 percent stake in ARM, the report added.

SoftBank did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment.