Nvidia-ARM deal runs into security issues in the UK
By Peter Clarke, eeNews Europe (April 22, 2021)
The UK government has issued a public interest intervention notice instructing investigators to look into Nvidia's proposed $40 billion acquisition of ARM from SoftBank.
Nvidia's share price dropped a few percent on the news of the intervention, which has been invoked to give the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) time to report on multiple issues including jurisdictional, competition and national security issues.
The CMA had already announced an investigation of the deal back in January 2021, but that was only based on competition considerations alone. The government's invocation includes that but adds the aspect of national security considerations.
The next process starts with a repeated first look at the circumstances and implications of a merger and will include third-party views – which in the case of Nvidia-ARM have been consistently opposed to the deal. The CMA has until July 30, 2020, to return its phase one report at which point the politicians have a choice to either allow the transaction or invoke a more rigorous phase two investigation.
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