SoftBank Group agreed to buy private equity firm DigitalBridge Group for about $3 billion in cash, part of the Japanese conglomerate’s push to invest in data centers and other digital infrastructure fueling the artificial intelligence boom.
SoftBank will pay $16 per share for New York-listed DigitalBridge, the companies said in statement Monday, confirming an earlier Bloomberg News report. The offer — valued at $4 billion, including debt — is a 65% premium to DigitalBridge’s closing share price on Dec. 4, the last trading day before talks between the two companies were reported.
The Japanese company’s share price dropped as much as 3.4% in early trading in Tokyo on Tuesday.
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