SoftBank Group Corp. (TSE:9984) agreed to acquire 91.92% stake in Ampere Computing LLC from The Carlyle Group Inc. (NasdaqGS:CG) and Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) in an all-cash transaction valued at $6.5 billion on March 19, 2025. The consideration payable in the Transaction is expected to be financed through borrowings from Mizuho Bank, Ltd., among other financial institutions. As of December 31, 2024, $16.46 million in net revenues, approximately $0.34 million in total assets, approximately ($0.51) million in EBIT, ($1.51) million in total common equity and approximately ($0.59) million in Net Income. The Transaction has been approved by SBG?s Board of Directors but remains subject to customary regulatory approvals including United States antitrust clearance and approval by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), as well as the satisfaction or waiver of other closing conditions, such as the compliance in all material respects with covenants, failure of a material adverse effect on Ampere to occur and certain employment related matters. As of November 12, 2025, the transaction was approved by the US Federal Trade Commission. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025. Raine Securities LLC acting as the financial adviser and fairness opinion provider to SBG. Evercore acted as the financial advisor to Ampere. Ken Siegel (Tokyo), Lauren Bellerjeau, Eric T. McCrath, Matthew O'Donnell, Michael Santos, Marie-Claire Strawbridge (London), Kerry Jones, Jeff Jaeckel, Michael Miller, Tessa Schwartz, Josh Lerner, Charles Capito, James Brower, Anthony J. Carbone, David Sturgeon, Felix Helmstädter (Berlin) and Michael Schulman of Morrison & Foerster acted as legal advisors for SoftBank. Robert G Day, Todd Cleary, Brendan Ripley Mahan, Kristen Kercher, and Eleanor Bleecker of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C. acted as a legal advisor to Ampere Computing LLC. Rohan Ghosh Roy, Anu tiwari, Kunal S Savani, Rashmi Pradeep, Sindhushri Badarinath, Swati Sharma and Kaustav Kundu of Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas acted as legal adviser and due diligence providers to SoftBank Group Corp. Pallavi Kanakagiri and Anantha Krishnan Iyer of Argus Partners acted as legal advisor to Ampere Computing. Katarzyna Wojcik-Bakowska and Krzysztof Libiszewski of Wolf Theiss acted as legal advisor to SoftBank Group.

SoftBank Group Corp. (TSE:9984) completed the acquisition of 91.92% stake in Ampere Computing LLC from The Carlyle Group Inc. (NasdaqGS:CG) and Oracle Corporation (NYSE:ORCL) on November 25, 2025. As a result, Ampere has become a wholly owned subsidiary of SBG and it's affiliates.