M&A news archive: page 13 of 31
Every deal story we have published, newest first, with value and status. Updated every morning.
- SBI agrees ¥46.7bn takeover of crypto exchange BitbankThe Japanese financial group consolidates the domestic crypto market, pairing Bitbank with SBI VC Trade to lead on customer assets.
- Advent buys Japan Wellbeing from MBK in first Japan dealThe US buyout firm enters Japan with a bet on home care for the world's oldest population, weeks after opening a Tokyo office.
- Prologis goes public with £12.6bn proposal for SEGROThe world's largest logistics landlord took its all-share approach to SEGRO's shareholders after a private rejection, opening a two-month contest that ended in an agreed £14bn deal.
- Bain Capital to take control of VW's Everllence in €7.4bn dealVolkswagen keeps 49% of the former MAN Energy Solutions as it trims non-core holdings to shore up its finances.
- Qualcomm agrees to buy AI software firm ModularThe smartphone chip designer buys a hardware-agnostic AI software layer as it pushes into data centre inference.
- Sawiris vehicle NNS plans €4.10-a-share cash offer for OCIThe controlling shareholder wants to give minorities a cash exit and clear the way for OCI's stalled combination with Orascom Construction.
- Energy Fuels agrees US$1.9bn deal for German magnet maker VACThe US miner wants to join its rare earth mining and separation with one of the few large permanent magnet producers outside China, giving Ara Partners a 19.9% stake.
- FirstCash agrees £206m takeover of RamsdensThe US pawn lender is adding a second British chain to H&T, and had to lift its price by 12.5% to win over Ramsdens investors.
- Rashi Peripherals buys control of VDA Infosolutions for ₹368.5 croreOne of India's largest technology distributors moves up the value chain into enterprise IT and digital-infrastructure services.
- AbbVie agrees US$10.9bn deal for Apogee TherapeuticsThe Humira and Skyrizi maker buys a pipeline of long-acting antibodies that could be dosed as little as twice a year in eczema and asthma.
- CRH agrees US$8.5bn deal for ArcosaThe building materials group adds 35m tonnes of aggregates and a transmission-tower business riding demand from grid upgrades and data centres.
- RWE agrees €3.6bn deal to take control of AmprionGermany's largest power producer is turning transmission grids into a third investment pillar, funding the purchase with a heavily subscribed share sale.
- Booz Allen agrees US$720m deal for Ultra Mission SolutionsThe consulting group adds battlefield software and encryption products as it builds a defence technology products arm.
- EQT agrees £9.5bn take-private of IntertekThe Swedish investor won the testing group's board over with its fourth and final proposal, in one of the largest UK public-to-private deals on record.
- Accenture agrees US$4.2bn industrial cybersecurity deal led by DragosThe consulting group buys control of the best-known OT security specialist and two smaller firms to build a single platform for critical infrastructure.
- Obayashi agrees US$650m deal to buy Multiplex from BrookfieldThe Japanese contractor gains a builder of landmark projects in Australia, Britain and Canada, while Brookfield exits after almost two decades.
- Deluxe agrees US$625m deal for Celero CommerceThe Minneapolis payments and data group lifts those businesses to 57% of revenue with a merchant-services acquisition.
- Itoham Yonekyu buys New Zealand beef processor Greenlea for about NZ$800mJapan's biggest ham maker pairs the Waikato processor with its ANZCO Foods unit to build one of New Zealand's largest meat exporters.
- L'Oréal agrees to take majority stake in India's InnovistThe French beauty group adds a fast-growing direct-to-consumer house of brands in one of the world's quickest-expanding beauty markets.
- EQT makes first space deal with Exolaunch purchaseThe Swedish investor buys a German rideshare integrator that has deployed nearly 800 satellites on SpaceX missions.
- Arcline takes AstroNova private at triple the undisturbed priceThe growth-oriented buyout firm pays US$29 a share for the aerospace printing and labelling specialist after a strategic review.
- Biogen agrees up to US$1bn deal for RayTheraThe neuroscience group adds early-stage oral immunology drugs as it widens its pipeline beyond the brain.
- TTM Technologies to buy Swiss Technology Group and ILFAThe Nasdaq-listed board maker is paying cash for two medical and defence-focused specialists to establish its first plants in Europe.
- Accenture agrees to buy Alfahealth and IndX from EngineeringThe consultancy is buying a leading Italian digital health platform and a Siemens industrial software partner as Engineering sheds non-core units to cut debt.
- Blackstone-led lenders take over Medallia from Thoma BravoA US$6.4bn 2021 buyout ends in a creditor takeover as the software company's private credit lenders swap debt for ownership.
- SpaceX agrees US$60bn all-stock deal for Cursor maker AnysphereMusk's rocket and AI group exercised an option struck in April, giving its xAI unit an established coding product days after a record listing.
- LongRange Capital buys Pizza Hut outside China for US$1.5bnYum! Brands splits the world's second-largest pizza chain between a private equity buyer and its former China spin-off to focus on KFC and Taco Bell.
- Yum China buys Pizza Hut's mainland brand from Yum! Brands for US$1.2bnChina's largest restaurant operator moves from licensee to owner of the country's biggest casual-dining chain, ending licence fees that had weighed on margins.
- Norwegian agrees SEK7.94bn deal for Ving owner NLTGThe low-cost airline is buying the Nordics' biggest package-holiday group to sell whole trips rather than seats, with the private equity sellers rolling into its shares.
- Altaris to take Simulations Plus private for US$375mThe healthcare investor plans to merge the biosimulation group with its molecular design software business.
