# Court sounds out investors for stake in Nexperia

> The Dutch court that oversees Nexperia has imposed extra measures on its Chinese owner Wingtech. The officials it appointed will now sound out investors for a stake in the chipmaker.

Economy · published 2026-11-12 18:46 · https://nlnow.nl/a/court-officials-probe-investor-interest-in-chipmaker-nexperia/

The Dutch Enterprise Chamber (Ondernemingskamer) has imposed extra measures on Wingtech, the Chinese owner of chipmaker Nexperia. The court acted at Nexperia's request. The officials the court appointed announced the step on Thursday.

The court-appointed director and the share administrator of Nexperia now want to find out how much interest investors have in the company. They are looking at interest in a majority stake as well as a minority stake.

Nexperia is based in Nijmegen. The company is at the centre of a long-running dispute with its current Chinese owner, Wingtech. The inquiry into outside investors is a separate step from the extra measures the court has now placed on Wingtech.

A crisis began at Nexperia in autumn 2025, when the Dutch government barred the company from making major changes. The government feared that Wingtech would move parts of the business from Europe to China.

The Enterprise Chamber is the Amsterdam court that handles disputes over how companies are run. The director and the share administrator it appointed are the officials who run the company's affairs and hold its shares while the dispute continues.

## Background

- **Ondernemingskamer**: The Enterprise Chamber (Ondernemingskamer) is a specialised chamber of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal that hears disputes about company law. It can order investigations into how a company is run and can take protective measures, such as appointing temporary custodians with powers over a company's management. It matters here because Dutch companies and their shareholders, including foreign owners, can be subject to its rulings.
- **Nexperia**: Nexperia is a semiconductor company headquartered in Nijmegen, in the Netherlands. It makes discrete semiconductors and standard logic chips, which are used in products such as cars and consumer electronics. It is a Dutch-registered company, so Dutch courts and corporate law can apply to its governance.

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