Since Carl Icahn’s stake is below the 5% limit, which warrants public disclosure of the stake amount, it isn’t clear as to what his agenda might be for taking this position. However, VMWare/Dell IPO is looming on the horizon. Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has acquired a stake below 5%, in VMware Inc, a cloud computing…
With a market capitalization of around $4 billion, Czech Republic headquartered Avast is aiming to a listing at the the London Stock Exchange in May 2018 where it expects to $200 million in primary proceeds. On Thursday, cyber security software firm Avast stated it plans on applying to the London Stock Exchange to list its…
The music streaming giant will use Citadel Securities, as a market maker, and Morgan Stanley to set its opening price on the NYSE on Tuesday. The New York Stock Exchange has set the reference price for Spotify Technology SA’s shares at $132. Its shares are expected to start trading on Tuesday. Incidentally, Spotify is pursuing…
According to sources Dropbox Inc’s IPO, set to close on Wednesdsday, has been oversubscribed. As per two sources familiar with the matter at hand, Dropbox Inc’s initial public offering (IPO) has been oversubscribed, indicating a healthy demand for big tech IPOs. Dropbox’s shares expected to start trading on the Nasdaq on Friday. “It is early…
While its revenues have jumped by 55% to $2.7 billion (17.38 billion yuan), iQiyi reported a net loss of 3.74 billion yuan. iQiyi Inc, a unit of Chinese search engine firm Baidu Inc, has launched its initial public offering in New York, worth up to $2.4 billion, as it seeks to expand its range of…
Competing with Alphabet’s Google, Microsoft Corp, Box Inc and Amazon.com Inc, in the cloud storage space, Dropbox Inc reported its 2017 revenue at $1.11 billion. Dropbox Inc has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of 36 million shares thus valuing the firm at more than $7 billion. Its filing information shows that it expects…
Nio has hired 8 banks for the planned U.S. IPO. According to sources with knowledge of the matter, Nio, a Chinese electric vehicle startup has hired 8 banks, including Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley for its planned U.S. stock market listing this year, worth up to $2 billion. The eight banks are, JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs,…
The projects it plans on funding will focus on building 5G solutions, smart manufacturing platforms and cloud computing services. On Monday, Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics, stated it plans on using the proceeds of one of its subsidiaries, which got listed in Shanghai, to fund 8 projects totaling to $4 billion (27.3…
Dell is exploring options vis-a-vis VMWare which includes asset divestitures, VMWare’s IPO as well as a merger. Sources familiar with the matter at hand have disclosed, VMWare Inc, a business software provider and Dell Technologies Inc, a U.S. computer maker, have decided to explore options that could include a potential merger of both companies. Dell…
Dell’s board is set to meet later this month to discuss these options. As per a source familiar with the matter at hand, Dell Technologies Inc is weighing its strategic options which includes merging with its majority-owned VMware Inc which is listed in the New York Stock Exchange as well as an initial public offering…
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