SoftBank Buyout Nears as DigitalBridge Expands Global Platforms
SoftBank Buyout Nears Completion DigitalBridge is being acquired by SoftBank for $16.00 per share in cash, a deal shareholders approved in April 2026. The stock trades near that price, so the main driver now is deal completion, not business performance. The CEO's warning about an AI infrastructure bubble is a real caution, but the cash buyout caps the downside for shareholders.
The buyout is the single biggest force setting DBRG's price right now, pinning it near $16.
Preferred Shares Delisted Ahead of Merger DigitalBridge will delist its Series H, I, and J preferred shares from the NYSE as the SoftBank merger nears. After the deal, holders can convert their preferred shares into cash. Delisting cuts liquidity for those shares and signals the company is winding down as a standalone public entity, a negative for preferred holders.
This shows concrete steps toward the merger closing and affects preferred shareholders directly.
Switch IPO Could Unlock Big Value Switch, the data center operator majority-owned by DigitalBridge, filed confidentially for a US IPO that could value it near $50 billion including debt. DigitalBridge led the group that bought Switch for $11 billion in 2022, so a listing at that level would be a lucrative exit and a strong valuation marker for its portfolio.
A potential $50 billion IPO of a majority-owned asset is a major value catalyst for DBRG.
Global Platform Expansion Continues DigitalBridge agreed to buy Australian smart meter provider PLUS ES, opened a Tokyo office to originate Japanese investments, and combined its ZEmobility electric bus platform with Aberdeen's VGMobility in Latin America. These deals grow its digital and sustainable infrastructure footprint, though the SoftBank buyout limits how much near-term share price benefit they can deliver.
These deals show the underlying business is still expanding even as the buyout dominates the stock.