Monday, September 25, 2017

Imagination shares buoyed by £550m Canyon Bridge takeover

Shares in British chip designer Imagination Technologies climb 40% after sale to China-backed private equity firm

Shares in Imagination Technologies have jumped more than 40% after the UK chipmaker announced a takeover by a China-backed private equity firm that was blocked by Donald Trump from buying a US rival over national security concerns.

Imagination has agreed to a 182p-a-share takeover by Canyon Bridge, which is based in Palo Alto in California and backed by state-owned Chinese fund Yitai Capital. The deal values the Hertfordshire-based company at £550m; at its peak in 2012, Imagination had a stock market value of nearly £2bn.

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from Mergers and acquisitions | The Guardian http://ift.tt/2xtdE4V

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