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BUZZ-ARM Holdings: soars on $32 bln deal with SoftBank

** British chip designer ARM Holdings (LSE: ARM.L - news) up 45 pct at a record high

** Japan's SoftBank Group Corp (Xetra: 891624 - news) to buy co for 24.3 bln stg ($32 bln)

** SoftBank will pay 1700p in cash for each ARM share, representing a premium of >40% to Friday's close

** 40 pct of co's 30-day avg vols gone through in the first ten minutes of trade

** Peers Infineon, Dialog, STMicroelectronics (LSE: 0INB.L - news) up 2-4.4 pct

** Up to Friday's close, ARM shares had risen 14.4 pct YTD vs a 6.5 pct fall in the STOXX 600 Technology index (RM (LSE: RM.L - news) :sanjeeban.sarkar.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net)