Marvell issues Google warrant for 58,970,907 shares tied to custom chip revenue
Marvell Technology entered a commercial agreement with Google on July 29, 2026, covering custom semiconductor products that attach to Google's TPU ecosystem. On August 18, 2026, Marvell issued Google a warrant to buy up to 58,970,907 shares at $206.58 per share, with most shares vesting as Google's purchases of custom products grow. For shareholders, the deal links a large customer relationship to potential share issuance that could dilute existing holders.
Key points
- July 29, 2026: Marvell and Google signed a commercial agreement covering AI inference accelerators, storage controllers, network interface controllers, memory interface controllers and near-memory compute.
- August 18, 2026: Marvell issued Google a warrant to purchase up to 58,970,907 shares of common stock at $206.58 per share, exercisable until August 18, 2033.
- 1,360,867 warrant shares vest in equal quarterly installments during the first year; the remaining shares vest in 240 tranches, one for each $500 million in Custom Products revenue from Google and its affiliates.
- The warrant was issued under the Section 4(a)(2) registration exemption; Google has customary registration rights for the warrant shares.
The filing
Written by AI (Anthropic Claude, claude-haiku-5-5) on Nov 8, 2026, 2:16 AM ET, from the text of the filing and its press-release exhibits only. Written later: this filing was briefed after the fact, when past filings were added to the site, so the brief may be read with hindsight; the filing itself is the record of what was known on August 19, 2026.
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