M&A Deal Summary

SoftBank Acquires ARM

On July 18, 2016, SoftBank acquired semiconductors company ARM for 24.3B GBP

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is SoftBank’s 2nd transaction in the Semiconductors sector.
  • This is SoftBank’s 0th largest (disclosed) transaction.
  • This is SoftBank’s 2nd transaction in the United Kingdom.
Investment Fate
  • ARM went public in 2023.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2016-07-18
Target ARM
Sector Semiconductors
Buyer(s) SoftBank
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition
Deal Value 24.3B GBP
Advisor(s) Goldman Sachs
Lazard Ltd. (Financial)

Target

ARM

Cambridge, United Kingdom
ARM is a semiconductor chips designer that offers 32-bit RISC microprocessors, graphics processors, enabling software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed connectivity products, peripherals, and development tools. Combined with comprehensive design services, training, support, and maintenance, the company's broad Partner community provides a total system solution to market for electronics companies. ARM was formed in 1990 and is based in Cambridge, England.

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Buyer

SoftBank

Tokyo, Japan
Category Company
Founded 1981
Sector Diversified
Employees80,909
Revenue 6.57T JPY (2023)
DESCRIPTION

SoftBank is a diversified telecommunications and internet corporation, with operations in broadband, fixed-line telecommunications, e-commerce, Internet, broadmedia, technology services, finance, media and marketing, and other businesses. SoftBank was founded in 1981 and is based in Tokyo, Japan.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 16 of 26
Sector (Semiconductors) 2 of 2
Type (Add-on Acquisition) 10 of 14
Country (United Kingdom) 2 of 4
Year (2016) 3 of 3
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2016-07-18 Arm

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Arm produces energy-efficient processor designs and software that enables advanced computing in more than 200 billion chips and its technologies powers products from the sensor to the smartphone and the supercomputer. Arm was founded in 1990 and is based in Cambridge, England.

Buy £24.3B
FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2017-05-31 OSIsoft

San Leandro, California, United States

OSIsoft, Inc. is a provider of real-time industrial data software and services. OSIsoft was founded in 1980 and is based in San Leandro, California.

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