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UK’s Arm Plans to Transfer China JV Shares – FT

Arm’s inability to audit the financials of the unit, which contributed about one-fifth of revenue last year, is a big sticking point for a blockbuster public offering.


The share transfer to SoftBank, if successfully completed, will leave the China joint venture tied to Arm headquarters through a licensing agreement. Photo: Reuters.

 

British software company Arm is planning to transfer shares in its unwieldy China joint venture to a SoftBank special purpose vehicle in a bid to speed up the path to a New York flotation, the Financial Times reported.

The UK company has struggled to regain control of its China business for almost two years and its inability to audit the financials of the unit, which contributed about one-fifth of revenue last year, is a big sticking point for a blockbuster public offering.

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George Russell is a freelance writer and editor based in Hong Kong who has lived in Asia since 1996. His work has been published in the Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, New York Post, Variety, Forbes and the South China Morning Post.