M&A news archive: page 11 of 31
Every deal story we have published, newest first, with value and status. Updated every morning.
- Blackstone agrees to take control of Korean actuator maker FUTRONICThe deal is a bet that automotive motion-control know-how can be adapted for humanoids and general robotics.
- Macquarie's take-private bid for Gabia collapsesActivist funds blocked the tender offer for the Korean web-hosting and data-centre group, which had partnered with Macquarie on hyperscale sites.
- Next Capital agrees to buy Fujitsu's Australian data centresThe carve-out returns the Sydney buyout firm to a sector where it made four times its money on iseek.
- Bain Capital agrees to buy SupplyOn from four German industrialsThe supplier-collaboration platform leaves its automotive owners as Bain targets growth in defence and aerospace.
- Guohai Securities wins CNY3.2bn auction for control of Datong SecuritiesThe Shenzhen-listed broker picks up a majority of a Dalian rival at a steep discount from the estate of collapsed Huaxin Trust.
- Uber agrees US$14.8bn takeover of Delivery HeroThe ride-hailing group will nearly double the number of markets where it offers both rides and delivery, while a New York investor takes 14 overlapping markets.
- ABB agrees £4.1bn cash takeover of RotorkThe Swiss group will add the UK actuator maker's field devices to its automation arm, recycling proceeds from its robotics sale.
- Lilly completes AtaiBeckley takeover worth up to US$3.8bnThe obesity-drug leader pays a 40% premium for a pipeline of fast-acting psychedelic-derived treatments for hard-to-treat depression.
- Omio buys Rail Europe to build a rail ticketing heavyweightThe Berlin booking platform adds a 90-year-old B2B distributor with links to some 250 European rail operators.
- LKCM Headwater agrees take-private of Distribution Solutions GroupThe controlling shareholder raised its March proposal by $5.50 a share to win the backing of independent directors.
- Bridgepoint agrees to buy majority of GBA Group from ArdianThe London-based mid-market investor is buying one of the largest laboratory-based testing, inspection and certification groups.
- TVS Holdings' Home Credit India agrees ₹967 crore deal for Varthana FinanceThe TVS group adds a secured, longer-tenure education lending book to its consumer finance businesses.
- Shinmente Holdings and Sanki Service agree share-exchange mergerTwo Japanese maintenance groups pool store and building service networks under a renamed holding company.
- Veritas Capital agrees to buy BGIS from CCMP and AIMCoThe technology-and-government investor is buying a facilities manager for mission-critical public and private sites.
- Cribl buys Israel's CardinalOps to take on legacy SIEM vendorsThe San Francisco telemetry company adds AI-driven detection engineering and its first Israeli office.
- Aditya Birla Renewables agrees US$1.8bn deal for Shell's Sprng EnergyGrasim's clean-power arm doubles its portfolio in one step as Shell continues to pull back from renewable generation.
- Warburg Pincus-led group agrees to buy control of PANTHERx RareThe sponsor-to-sponsor deal hands the leading independent US rare-disease pharmacy to a new investor group while keeping Nautic on the register.
- Morgan Stanley Infrastructure agrees to buy majority of NicollinThe French family business brings in an infrastructure investor to fund fleet renewal and decarbonisation.
- DEUTZ agrees €1.6bn deal for armoured vehicle maker FFGThe world's oldest engine company is making defence a fourth pillar, with FFG's founding families becoming anchor shareholders.
- S-Bank agrees €571m takeover of Oma Savings BankThe S Group-owned lender is paying a 47% premium to add Oma's small-business and agricultural customers and gain scale for digital investment.
- Apollo Micro Systems agrees ₹1,550 crore deal for control of Premier ExplosivesThe Hyderabad defence electronics group adds propellants and explosives, with a mandatory open offer that could take its stake to two-thirds.
- Warburg Pincus agrees to buy Australia's CreditorWatchThe growth investor is backing a proprietary credit-data platform as part of its Asia technology push.
- MDA Space makes €567m offer for France's CLSThe Canadian satellite maker wants to pair its radar constellations with CLS's analytics business, while CNES keeps a 30% stake.
- ADNOC Distribution agrees US$1bn deal for Shell's South African fuel networkThe Abu Dhabi fuel retailer gains a third-ranked national network and keeps the Shell brand under licence, making South Africa its fourth market.
- Sompo agrees deal for workers' comp insurer Service InsuranceThe Japanese-owned commercial insurer buys a monoline specialist to reach smaller employers through general agents.
- EQT agrees to buy TachoSil business from Corza MedicalThe Swedish investor plans to use the surgical patch as the base for a broader biosurgery group.
- Solstice and Element Solutions abandon US$14.5bn materials mergerA deal meant to create a scaled supplier to chipmakers and data centres collapsed within eight weeks as shareholders of both companies preferred independence.
- Vertex completes US$10bn takeover of CrineticsThe cystic fibrosis specialist pays its biggest price yet to add rare endocrine disease to its growth franchises.
- Thales agrees €3.9bn deal for Exail TechnologiesThe defence group is buying France's leader in mine-countermeasure drones and naval inertial navigation from the founding Gorgé family.
- Genesis Minerals wins Vault with A$5.6bn bid, ousting RegisA superior cash-and-share offer pulls Vault out of its May merger with Regis and builds a dominant producer in the Leonora-Laverton gold district.
