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Broadcom and CA sink after Sen. Rand Paul calls for review of merger
- Broadcom and CA shares slid Wednesday after Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) called for a federal national security review of their merger.
- Broadcom announced an $18.9 billion deal to acquire CA in July.
- That deal came after President Donald Trump, in March, blocked Broadcom’s attempted purchase of the chipmaker Qualcomm, citing national security concerns.
- Broadcom, a semiconductor company which was previously based in Singapore, registered itself as a US corporation in April. CA is an American software company.
- Watch Broadcom and CA trade in real time here.
Broadcom and CA shares are taking a hit Wednesday after Axios reported Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.), during a Senate hearing on homeland security, called for a federal national security review of their merger. Broadcom’s stock was down 3.4% and CA’s was lower by 4%.
Neither Broadcom nor CA asked for a review of their transaction by the Committee on Foreign Investment (CFIUS) in the US, but Paul, along with other leaders within the defense and energy communities, has been pushing for a CFIUS review anyway, Axios says, citing sources familiar with the matter.
“We will send you a letter advocating that CFIUS looks at this…,” Paul said in a statement published by Axios.
He added that a combination of the two companies could cause national security concerns as CA’s network systems are “deeply embedded in many of our critical infrastructure facilities and national security agencies.”
This is not the first time that Broadcom has faced strong backlash from political leaders who have national security concerns. In March, President Donald Trump blocked Broadcom’s attempted purchase of the chipmaker Qualcomm, saying “there is credible evidence” leading him to believe that Broadcom, a limited company organized under the laws of Singapore, through control of San Diego-based Qualcomm “might take action that threatens to impair the national security of the United States.”
Trump’s decision led Broadcom to register itself as a US corporation in April, but Paul doesn’t favor Broadcom’s new American identity and still demands a national-security review of any potential acquisitions it tries to make.
“Just because Broadcom has changed its domicile to [the U.S.] doesn’t mean we shouldn’t look at Broadcom,” Paul said.
Broadcom was down 12% and CA was lower by 27%.
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