M&A news archive: page 17 of 31
Every deal story we have published, newest first, with value and status. Updated every morning.
- EQT bids ¥594bn to take Kakaku.com private, sparking contestThe Swedish buyout group's tender offer for the owner of Tabelog drew a rival proposal from LY Corp and Bain Capital and has been raised six times since May.
- Verdane takes half of Telenor Connexion at SEK 7.5bn valueThe Norwegian operator keeps joint control of its IoT arm while bringing in a growth investor to fund acquisitions.
- NSK and NTN agree to merge Japan's bearing makersTwo century-old rivals plan a joint holding company to defend their position against European competitors amid weak demand in China and Europe.
- Saica agrees to buy German packaging maker ThimmTwo family-owned partners of nearly three decades combine, taking Saica into Germany and Central and Eastern Europe.
- MBK buys Japanese can maker Altemira from ApolloThe Asian buyout firm won Tokyo's foreign-investment clearance weeks after abandoning its bid for Makino Milling.
- Apollo takes majority stake in Noble EnvironmentalThe buyout firm is betting on scarce permitted landfill capacity and landfill-gas fuel in the eastern US.
- Goldman Sachs Alternatives buys commercial lender FGIGoldman's private equity arm becomes the first institutional investor in a 25-year-old asset-based lender and credit insurer.
- Apollo takes Emerald private in US$1.5bn events roll-upThe buyout firm is pairing Onex-controlled Emerald with Questex to create a 160-event B2B platform it plans to grow through further acquisitions.
- Medipal takes PALTAC private in ¥192bn buyoutJapan's drug wholesaler is folding its listed daily-goods distribution arm fully into the group to share data and logistics.
- Cimpress agrees to buy SAXOPRINT and viaprinto from CEWEThe tuck-in gives Cimpress's PrintBrothers unit a large German print plant, while CEWE refocuses on photofinishing.
- Dubai Holding takes ICD's Emaar stake to become top shareholderA transfer between two Dubai government-owned investors reshapes the register of the emirate's biggest developer.
- Stonepeak buys BMO's C$14.5bn truck finance armThe infrastructure investor takes one of North America's largest truck and trailer lenders as banks shed capital-heavy portfolios.
- Blackstone buys control of Greek marketplace Skroutz from CVCThe deal bets on low e-commerce penetration in Greece and south-east Europe.
- Tenaris agrees €86m deal for Romania's Artrom Steel TubesThe pipe maker adds a European steel and seamless tube base aimed at industrial customers.
- Angelini Pharma agrees US$4.1bn deal for Catalyst PharmaceuticalsThe family-controlled Italian drugmaker is buying its way into the US with a profitable rare-disease portfolio.
- Roche agrees deal worth up to US$1.05bn for PathAIThe Swiss group is buying its long-time digital pathology partner to scale AI image analysis across its diagnostics business.
- Centrica buys Severn gas plant for about £370mThe British Gas owner is betting that flexible gas generation will grow more valuable as older plants close and new capacity struggles to connect.
- Artivion exercises option to buy Endospan after NEXUS approvalFDA clearance of the Israeli company's aortic arch device triggered a purchase Artivion had lined up since 2019.
- ISS agrees to buy Norway's TomagruppenThe bolt-on brings more than 4,000 employees and strengthens ISS's integrated facility services offer in Norway and Denmark.
- AMETEK agrees US$5bn deal for Indicor instrumentation businessesThe industrial technology group is adding about US$1.1bn of sales, much of it recurring revenue from consumables and service.
- Western Midstream agrees US$1.6bn deal for Brazos DelawareThe midstream partnership is adding gas processing capacity and nearly half as much again in dedicated Delaware Basin acreage.
- Carlyle and Diversified agree US$1.2bn Camino asset dealCarlyle's credit platform takes majority control of a securitisation vehicle holding the Oklahoma wells, with Diversified running them.
- Knox Lane takes Cross Country Healthcare private for US$437mThe healthcare workforce group will leave Nasdaq and become a platform company in Knox Lane's portfolio.
- Polpharma agrees €270m takeover of Romania's BiofarmPoland's largest drugmaker secures 88% of the Bucharest-listed group up front, one of the biggest public deals on the Romanian market in years.
- Bayer agrees deal worth up to US$2.45bn for Perfuse TherapeuticsThe German group is betting on a potential disease-modifying treatment for glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy to bolster its ophthalmology franchise.
- KPIT agrees staged buyout of Israel's CymotiveThe Pune-based automotive software group is buying into vehicle cybersecurity with payments tied to the target's earnings.
- Cinven backs Swedish warehouse software maker OngoingThe deal is the third from Cinven's new mid-market strategy, targeting sticky vertical software.
- Vodafone agrees £4.3bn buyout of CK Hutchison's VodafoneThree stakeThe deal ends the UK mobile joint venture barely a year after the merger closed, and adds to CK Hutchison's run of asset sales.
- Bullish agrees US$4.2bn deal for transfer agent EquinitiThe NYSE-listed digital asset platform wants a regulated share registry to anchor its push into tokenised equities, giving Siris a part-exit in stock.
- Regis and Vault agree A$10.7bn gold merger, then Genesis cuts inThe all-share combination of two Western Australian miners was overtaken two months later by a richer cash-and-shares offer from Genesis Minerals.
