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Surprise state-backed deal for JSR set to consolidate Japan’s chip sector

Chief Eric Johnson hopes take-private move will encourage other semiconductor groups to consider merger talks
JSR chief Eric Johnson. The company’s clients include the world’s biggest chipmakers, including Samsung, TSMC and Intel

JSR, the Tokyo-based company that controls a critical link in the global semiconductor supply chain, will use a $6.4bn government-backed take-private deal to strengthen Japan’s arsenal in the US-China chip wars.

The company last week accepted a surprise buyout offer from JIC — a fund overseen by Japan’s powerful Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and whose choice of buyout candidate is seen by three investors who spoke to the FT as primarily motivated by geopolitics.

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