NXP will try to raise $1bn
Dutch chipmaker NXP BV plans to raise at least $1bn (£670m) to cut debt. It has hired Morgan Stanley, Barclays, Credit Suisse Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs to help run the sale.
A consortium including KKR, Bain Capital and Apax Partners snapped up an 80 per cent stake in NXP BV in 2006 in a deal valuing the firm at £7.5bn. The investment in the firm that makes chips for companies including Nokia is now worth just a third of the original value.
NXP’s revenue fell to just £2.5bn last year.