Softbank announced that Arm will be listed on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in New York, USA at a price of US$47 to US$51 per share, and it is expected to issue 9500 million American depositary shares.
If there's significant investment demand, Arm may raise its share price before its official IPO. Furthermore, potential investors currently include Apple, NVIDIA, Alphabet, AMD, Intel, and others. The market believes that Arm's re-listing will help drive growth in the technology industry and attract more investment capital.
After Arm resumes its listing, its market valuation will increase to US$500 billion to US$540 billion, and it is expected to become the company with the highest market value listed in New York since Rivian, an electric vehicle startup invested by Amazon, went public.
Arm's recent financial report shows that its current revenue has reached US$26.8 billion and its net profit has reached US$5.24 million. At the same time, more than 2023 billion processors shipped by global companies in fiscal year 300 include those using technology licenses provided by Arm.
After Softbank has obtained 100% control of Arm, it is expected that Softbank will be able to reduce the proportion of shares it sells, thereby maintaining a higher level of control over Arm. At the same time, it can also prevent Intel, Qualcomm, Amazon and other companies from increasing their voice by acquiring more Arm shares, thereby excessively interfering with Arm's future development.
