Arm Holding Ltd. is expected to price its initial public offering above expectations late Wednesday following intense interest.
Following reports that Arm was pricing its initial public offering at $52 a share, a source close to the deal confirmed to MarketWatch that $52 was the expected price.
That puts the chip designer at a $55.5 billion valuation. Previously, Arm had stated a targeted range of $47 to $51.
Over the weekend, several outlets reported that the offering was more than five times oversubscribed.
That followed confirmation by the company recently that Intel Corp.
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Nvidia Corp.
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
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Apple Inc.
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Cadence Design Systems Inc.
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Alphabet Inc.’s
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Google International LLC, affiliates of MediaTek Inc.
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Samsung Electronics Co.
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Synopsys Inc.
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and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s
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TSMC Partners Ltd., which it referred to as “cornerstone investors,” have indicated total interest of about $735 million in ADSs at the same terms as other purchasers.
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Shares are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “ARM” on Thursday.