Were going to begin with this years biggest ipo, arm pricing its offer at 51. Thats the high end of the projected range and valuing the softbankowned chip designer at 54. 5 billion, fully diluted. Arm, whose customers include apple and nvidia, looking to ride this a. I. Wave, listing on the nasdaq today under arm, and david has this exclusive with renee haas and masa son. My understanding is that they could have gone 52. Thats what i have been told by any number of people, but masa said, lets do 51 with the prospect that that will position it better for some sort of positive open, and thats important here, given the importance of arm to the overall ipo market given the size of the offering, the focus on it, and the fact that we are expecting more to follow. If it doesnt perform well, that might leave not a particularly good taste in investors mouths. The hedge funds been pared back, long only. Sovereign funds and stepped up and converted from what was interest to actual buying power. W
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