M&A news archive: page 10 of 31
Every deal story we have published, newest first, with value and status. Updated every morning.
- KKR and ECP agree £5.75bn take-private of DCC EnergyThe infrastructure investors won the board over after an April approach was rejected, and shareholders backed the scheme in September.
- argenx completes US$2.2bn Forte Biosciences acquisitionThe Dutch-Belgian immunology group moves from minority investor to owner after FB102 showed benefit in vitiligo.
- Expand Energy completes US$1.25bn Twin Eagle dealNorth America's largest natural gas producer adds a marketing platform to sell its gas directly into US and Canadian demand centres.
- TransDigm completes US$1.07bn Prince & Izant dealThe aerospace parts roll-up adds proprietary precious-metal brazing alloys with a heavy aftermarket mix.
- Central Garden & Pet agrees up to €400m deal for TRIXIEThe Californian pet and garden group is buying a majority of the German pet supplies maker as a base for consolidating Europe's fragmented pet specialty market.
- Evolution Mining agrees A$213m deal for Carnaby ResourcesThe gold producer buys a copper-rich deposit next door to Ernest Henry to fill latent mill capacity.
- Wynnchurch agrees to take Luxfer private at US$17.37 a shareThe buyout ends a three-month strategic review at the aerospace, defence and industrial materials group.
- Serica bids £146m for Pharos Energy, then walks awayThe North Sea producer briefly won the Pharos board with a richer offer before Ratio Petroleum edged it out by 0.15p a share.
- Ohmnia bids €244.5m for Spain's AzkoyenA Basque consortium led by Sidenor chairman José Antonio Jainaga is offering cash for the Navarre technology group, whose board has called the approach friendly.
- Microchip buys Israeli edge AI chipmaker HailoThe US embedded-chip group adds AI accelerators and vision processors from a start-up that once looked set to be one of Israel's biggest chip companies.
- Iyogin Holdings to absorb Ehime Bank in Shikoku banking tie-upThe two Matsuyama-based lenders will form a two-bank group with more than ¥12tn of assets as rising rates sharpen competition for deposits.
- Bain Capital agrees to buy UK vitamin maker VitabioticsBain's Asia team will lead the deal, aiming to push the Pregnacare and Wellman brands into India, China and the Middle East.
- Dassault Systèmes agrees US$1.8bn deal for ArisGlobalThe French software group adds pharmacovigilance and regulatory data to its life sciences platform, giving Nordic Capital a full exit.
- Mapfre agrees US$1.54bn takeover of Safety InsuranceThe Spanish insurer pays a 44% premium to become the dominant personal and commercial auto carrier in Massachusetts.
- Matador completes US$1.3bn Paloma Permian purchaseThe Dallas producer deepens its Delaware Basin inventory with its latest deal with an EnCap-backed company.
- Equals agrees terms for A$247m cash takeover of OFXOFX's strategic review ends in a recommended-in-principle offer at more than double its undisturbed share price, but financing still has to be locked in.
- Wipro Consumer Care buys EVA and Good Home brands from TTK HealthcareThe FMCG arm of Wipro Enterprises adds a deodorant label and a home-care range for ₹256 crore as it builds out personal and home care.
- WDP agrees all-share merger with ArganThe Belgian REIT will absorb France's leading logistics landlord, creating a €13bn-plus platform across eight countries.
- Enilive agrees to buy OIL! service stations from PraxThe Eni unit adds about 320 forecourts across four countries and gains its first foothold in Denmark.
- Repligen completes US$1.5bn BioLife Solutions acquisitionThe bioprocessing supplier adds the CryoStor freezing media embedded in most US cell therapy trials.
- TE Connectivity agrees US$1.4bn deal for Astrodyne TDIThe connector maker adds custom power supplies and filters as AI-driven demand lifts its industrial orders.
- Progress completes US$400m purchase of Domo's businessThe software consolidator takes Domo's platform and 2,400 customers while the listed shell keeps its tax losses.
- Iberdrola buys 80% of Finland's Caruna at €5bn valuationThe Spanish utility enters Finland by taking control of a network serving more than a fifth of the population, giving KKR and Ontario Teachers' a full exit.
- OCS agrees £3.1bn takeover of MitieThe CD&R-owned outsourcer will combine with its listed rival to form one of the UK's largest facilities-management groups.
- Intersnack agrees US$2.9bn take-private of Utz BrandsThe German crisp maker enters the US snack market by teaming up with Utz's founding families at nearly double the share price.
- Vår Energi agrees to merge with BlueNordThe Eni-controlled producer takes its first big step outside Norway by buying into the Danish Tyra hub.
- Brookfield and CPP agree US$5.2bn take-private of LXP IndustrialThe pair are paying a modest premium for a portfolio of modern Sunbelt and Midwest warehouses, with no financing condition attached.
- Magnolia completes US$4.06bn WildFire Energy dealThe Houston producer more than doubles its Giddings acreage and gains a captive sand mine in its biggest acquisition.
- Tempus agrees US$1.5bn deal for PersonalisThe AI-driven precision oncology group buys out the partner whose minimal residual disease test it already sells.
- Dubai Investments takes full ownership of Clemenceau Medical Center DubaiThe listed investment group moves from a minority stake to sole control of a tertiary hospital in Dubai Healthcare City.
