US semiconductor group Qualcomm has agreed a $2.4bn deal to buy chip designer Alphawave, marking the latest tech company departure from the London market.
The companies’ boards said Qualcomm’s cash offer represented a price of 183p per Alphawave share, a 96 per cent premium to the closing price on March 31, the last trading day before Qualcomm announced its bid. They said the deal valued Alphawave at $2.4bn, less than half the valuation at which it went public just over four years ago.
The deal comes less than a week after UK fintech Wise said it would switch its primary listing to New York from London, where it went public in 2021.
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