On the Record · ARM Holdings
ARM Holdings acquisitions, on the record
The businesses ARM Holdings bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.
Deals its annual reports describe
| Business | Deal | When | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
AmpereWord for word“We expect to receive approximately $140 million in gross proceeds for our equity interest in Ampere, which resulted in a $246.4 million fair value loss, and full repayment of the outstanding balance of our convertible promissory note with Ampere.” 20-F for 2025 | agreed divestiture | — | approximately $140 million |
Artisan foundation IP businessWord for word“On August 26, 2025, the Company completed the sale of its Artisan foundation IP business, consisting of standard cell libraries, memory compilers, and general-purpose I/Os to Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (“Cadence”) pursuant to the terms of the definitive agreement entered into in April 2025.” 20-F for 2026 | divestiture | August 26, 2025 | — |
DreamBig Semiconductor, Inc.Word for word“In October 2025, the Company entered into a definitive agreement to acquire all of the outstanding equity interests of DreamBig Semiconductor, Inc. (“DreamBig”) for approximately $265.0 million in cash, subject to purchase price adjustments.” 20-F for 2026 | agreed acquisition | October 2025 | approximately $265.0 million in cash |
| Fiscal year ended | Cash received from selling businesses |
|---|---|
| 2024-03-31 | $0 |
| 2025-03-31 | $0 |
| 2026-03-31 | $127 million |
Read from ARM Holdings’s annual reports (20-F for 2026, 20-F for 2025, 20-F for 2024) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-05-26. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.