Toyota’s biggest supplier, Denso, has proposed a takeover of Rohm that would value the automotive chipmaker at ¥1.3tn ($8.2bn) as it attempts to develop high-end semiconductors that are vital for electric vehicles and autonomous driving to compete with China.
Denso’s bid is at an 18 per cent premium to the current share price of the Kyoto-based maker of power semiconductors, according to people familiar with the deal terms.
Shares of Denso fell as much as 5.6 per cent on Friday on the news, which was first reported by Nikkei, while trading of Rohm’s shares was halted due to a glut of buy orders.
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