M&A news archive: page 43 of 43
Every deal story we have published, newest first, with value and status. Updated every morning.
- Tosei funds' ¥58bn bid for Sankei Real Estate failsThe take-private of the Fuji Media-sponsored office REIT, launched at a 21% premium, fell short of its 53% minimum after a four-month offer period.
- Accenture buys UK AI specialist FacultyThe consultancy takes on Faculty's 400-strong team and makes its chief executive group CTO as it deepens its applied-AI bench.
- SGH and Steel Dynamics make A$13.2bn break-up bid for BlueScopeThe plan would have split Australia's largest steelmaker between Ryan Stokes's industrial group and a US rival, but BlueScope's board refused to engage on price.
- Jacobs takes full control of PA Consulting in £1.2bn dealThe US engineering group values the London consultancy at about £3bn as it pushes further into advisory, AI and life-sciences work.
- Universal Music takes 30% of Bollywood studio ExcelThe record company is buying into a film producer to get its hands on Indian soundtracks, the genre that dominates the country's music market, from the earliest stage of production.
- Benteler buys Deutsche Bahn's ioki for autonomous mobility pushThe metal-processing group pairs ioki's routing software with its HOLON shuttles to sell cities a single package for driverless public transport.
- Apax buys into India's iD Fresh FoodThe buyout firm takes a secondary stake from Premji Invest and TPG NewQuest in the country's largest ready-to-cook fresh-food brand.
- Bridgepoint buys control of Interpath from H.I.G.The London-listed investor backs the KPMG restructuring spin-off's international expansion, handing H.I.G. a full exit after five years.
