M&A news archive: page 5 of 31
Every deal story we have published, newest first, with value and status. Updated every morning.
- Landsec buys Metrocentre for £516mThe REIT doubles down on prime retail with the UK's biggest mall deal since Liverpool ONE.
- SoftBank completes $3.1bn DigitalBridge takeoverThe Japanese group now owns a dedicated digital-infrastructure investment manager as it bets on AI build-out.
- Harrison Street agrees $2.92bn deal for control of Vicinity EnergyAntin sells down the largest US district-energy provider at almost triple its entry valuation.
- Jamieson Wellness holders approve C$2.5bn sale to KirinThe Japanese drinks and health group moves closer to owning Canada's largest vitamin brand.
- Hormel agrees $1.06bn deal for chicken processor BrakebushThe Spam maker bulks up in value-added poultry for foodservice.
- Peoples Bancorp agrees $728m all-stock deal for Capital BancorpThe Ohio lender expands into the DC-Baltimore corridor.
- EQT sells Korea's Acuon to Hanwha Life consortiumThe Swedish buyout firm exits a savings-bank platform it nearly doubled in size.
- Stripe agrees to buy embedded lender ParafinThe payments group bulks up its small-business credit offer for platforms.
- Long Lake completes $6.3bn takeover of Amex GBTThe self-styled AI holding company takes the corporate-travel giant private.
- Capitolis buys eSecLending for US$200mThe capital-markets fintech adds securities lending and raises US$220m to fund the deal.
- RHI Magnesita in advanced talks over 549p-a-share Vesuvius bidThe refractories group returns with a richer cash-and-share proposal backed by Cevian.
- Jenzabar gatecrashes Main Capital's £231m Tribal dealA US campus-software group circles after the Dutch buyer sweetens terms.
- Northern Star rebuffs Gold Fields' $27bn takeover approachAustralia's biggest gold miner says the cash-and-share proposal falls well short of its fundamental value.
- Evonik rejects BASF's EUR10.3bn takeover approach as too lowGermany's largest chemicals group has signalled interest in its Essen-based rival, but the price fell short.
- AMD agrees $8.2bn all-stock deal for Fei-Fei Li's World LabsAMD will buy Fei-Fei Li's spatial-intelligence startup World Labs in an all-stock deal worth $8.2bn.
- Brixmor and Everview agree $2.3bn takeover of Slate Grocery REITA split-the-portfolio deal ends a strategic review sparked by the REIT's own manager.
- AAR agrees $1.8bn deal for control of MRO HoldingsThe aviation services group pays up for airframe maintenance capacity at a $4bn valuation.
- REDLattice to list via $1.25bn Bold Eagle SPAC dealA government cyber-intelligence vendor taps the revived SPAC market.
- Rexel agrees $1.4bn purchase of US distributor GCGThe French group pushes deeper into engineered infrastructure products in America.
- Genel tops DNO with £330m Capricorn offerA revised cash bid ends a short contest for the North Africa-focused explorer.
- Select Water agrees $700m deal for Pilot WaterPermian water infrastructure keeps consolidating.
- Schneider Electric to bid EUR1.2bn for ShellySchneider Electric plans a €70-a-share cash bid for Frankfurt- and Sofia-listed smart-device maker Shelly.
- Cartel office clears Holtzbrinck's full takeover of Die ZeitThe publishing group buys out family co-owner Dieter von Holtzbrinck.
- Bio-Techne shareholders back $11.3bn sale to Merck KGaAThe German group's largest deal in over a decade clears two key hurdles in one week.
- Royal Caribbean buys half of Sandals for $3bnRoyal Caribbean will pay about $3bn for half of Caribbean all-inclusive operator Sandals, its biggest deal ever.
- Regulator keeps Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern review on trackThe STB declines to throw out the transcontinental rail merger before a full hearing.
- Cognex agrees $500m deal for RealSenseThe machine-vision leader buys into 3D perception for robots.
- IDP Education rebuffs Blackstone's A$695m approachIDP Education rejected Blackstone's A$2.50-a-share buyout proposal as highly opportunistic.
- Priority Technology agrees $1.6bn CEO-led buyoutActivist pressure lifted the price by more than 30% before the board signed.
- Artemis Gold agrees US$427m all-share takeover of Vista GoldThe Canadian producer adds Australia's Mt Todd project as a second growth leg behind Blackwater.
