韩国芯片制造商SK海力士周五表示，由于金融市场波动和近期股价走势，决定放弃其子公司Solidigm的美国首次公开募股（IPO）计划。
South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix said on Friday that it decided against a US initial public offering for its Solidigm subsidiary, citing financial market volatility and recent share price trends.
SK海力士在声明中表示，将继续探索为Solidigm的扩张提供资金并提升股东价值的方法，包括重新评估未来投资的时机、规模和融资方式。
SK Hynix said in a statement it would continue to explore ways to fund Solidigm’s expansion and enhance shareholder value, including reviewing the timing, scale and financing of future investments.
公司称，这一决定并不反映Solidigm的增长前景或投资需求的变化。
“This decision does not reflect any change in Solidigm’s growth prospects or investment needs,” the company said.
尽管SK海力士和Solidigm的业务表现强劲，但市场波动加剧以及半导体股票的整体调整促使该公司重新考虑上市事宜。
Despite strong business performance at both SK Hynix and Solidigm, the company said increased market volatility and a broader correction in semiconductor stocks had prompted it to reconsider the listing.
该决定是在SK海力士表示正在评估多种增强Solidigm竞争力的方案但尚未做出最终决定后的几周内作出的。
The decision comes just weeks after SK Hynix said it was reviewing various options to strengthen Solidigm’s competitiveness, but that no decisions had been made.
Solidigm总部位于加利福尼亚州兰乔科尔多瓦，是SK海力士在美国的子公司，专注于NAND闪存和固态硬盘业务。
Solidigm, based in Rancho Cordova, California, is SK Hynix’s US subsidiary specialising in NAND flash memory and solid-state drives.
SK海力士曾将IPO视为为Solidigm扩张提供资金的几种方式之一，尤其是在人工智能推动下对存储芯片需求不断增长的情况下。
SK Hynix had considered an IPO as one of several ways to finance Solidigm’s expansion amid growing demand for memory chips driven by artificial intelligence.
公司表示，通过上市筹集外部资金可以增加其合并现金流，用于新建生产设施，并通过股息、股票回购和股票注销等方式支持股东回报。
The company said raising external capital through a listing could have boosted its consolidated cash flow, helping fund new production facilities while supporting shareholder returns through dividends, share buybacks and share cancellations.
此外，SK海力士认为IPO有助于投资者更好地认识到Solidigm的增长潜力，而这在母公司估值中并未得到充分体现。
In addition, SK Hynix said an IPO could have helped investors better recognise Solidigm’s growth potential, which it said was not fully reflected in the parent company’s valuation.