M&A news archive: page 9 of 31
Every deal story we have published, newest first, with value and status. Updated every morning.
- NIC fund launches ¥26.2bn take-private of CE HoldingsThe healthcare-focused Japanese investor is buying the maker of the MI・RA・Is electronic medical records system in a multi-step deal.
- Visana buys online insurer SimpegoPax sells its majority to focus on its own pensions brand online, while Visana builds up its property and casualty business.
- New Mountain agrees to buy Jensen Hughes from GryphonA sponsor-to-sponsor deal for a safety engineering group that has tripled in size under Gryphon's decade of ownership.
- Bending Spoons buys Airtable at US$1.3bn EVThe newly listed Italian software consolidator spent its first post-IPO deal on a cash-rich San Francisco app-building platform.
- Pacific Asset Management buys Asset Value InvestorsThe Pinnacle-backed multi-boutique adds a four-decade-old value house that runs three London-listed investment trusts.
- Curium agrees up to US$8bn deal for LantheusThe CapVest-backed radiopharmaceutical maker is pairing its therapy pipeline with Lantheus's US diagnostics business.
- KKR agrees US$5.7bn take-private of IntegerThe buyout ends a strategic review at one of the largest contract makers of medical devices, and KKR plans to give workers an ownership stake.
- Williams agrees up to US$5.5bn deal for Momentum MidstreamThe pipeline operator is buying a large Haynesville gathering network to feed Gulf Coast LNG and power demand.
- Prysmian agrees US$3.8bn deal for AtkoreThe Italian cable maker is adding conduit and electrical raceway products to sell a fuller kit to US data centre builders.
- Visa agrees US$2.4bn deal for BioCatchThe card network is buying an Israeli behavioural-biometrics specialist to stop fraud before it reaches the payment, handing Permira a quick exit.
- American Family agrees US$1.2bn deal for Bowhead SpecialtyThe Wisconsin mutual is taking full control of the specialty underwriter it helped found in 2020.
- Deel buys deepfake-detection start-up ClarityThe payroll and HR platform wants to verify workers continuously, from the first interview to IT access, as AI-generated job applicants proliferate.
- TotalEnergies agrees to buy Shell's European onshore renewables armShell recycles capital out of onshore wind and solar while TotalEnergies deepens its power positions in Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and Spain.
- ORIX Aviation agrees to buy AerFin from CataCapThe lessor extends its business from leasing into part-out and component supply at the end of an aircraft's life.
- Pori Energia agrees to buy Leppäkosken SähköThe deal makes Pori Energia's grid business one of Finland's ten largest electricity distributors.
- Apollo infrastructure funds buy Texas water developer MaverickThe deal adds non-potable water systems in fast-growing Texas markets to Apollo's infrastructure portfolio.
- Couche-Tard bids US$8.6bn for Poland's ŻabkaThe Circle K owner's largest deal gives it a 13,000-store neighbourhood network in Poland and Romania and a full exit for CVC.
- Doosan agrees ₩2.3tn deal for control of SK SiltronSK Group sells its wafer maker after more than seven months of talks, and Doosan moves from chip back-end work into front-end materials.
- NYK moves to take NS United Kaiun private in ¥156.9bn dealJapan's largest shipping line will turn its steel-raw-materials carrier affiliate into a subsidiary, with Nippon Steel staying on as a minority partner.
- LondonMetric and Schroder REIT agree £404m Picton takeoverThe two REITs will split Picton's diversified portfolio between them, ending a sale process the trust began in January.
- ICE agrees US$5.7bn deal for MarketAxessThe NYSE owner wants to join its retail bond franchise and data business with the leading institutional electronic credit-trading network.
- Nscale agrees to buy Ray developer AnyscaleThe London-based GPU cloud wants a software layer above its data centres ahead of a planned US listing.
- TMX takes control of MEMX in US$2.3bn exchange combinationThe Toronto exchange owner merges its BOX options venue into the trader-backed MEMX to build a third force in US options.
- Blackstone agrees to buy DarkVision from KochThe ultrasound imaging firm moves from a corporate owner to a private equity energy fund focused on asset integrity.
- Grant Thornton agrees US$5bn takeover of CBIZThe private equity-backed accounting network would leap to fifth place among US professional services firms by adding the listed Cleveland group.
- China Resources Double-Crane agrees CNY5.66bn deal for control of Lier ChemicalThe state-backed drugmaker beat Sichuan provincial bidders in a public tender, paying double the market price to industrialise its synthetic-biology products.
- MiMedx agrees US$350m deal for Sanara MedTechThe wound care specialist pushes deeper into the operating room with collagen powders, surgical irrigation and a bone adhesive.
- Investcorp agrees to buy majority of Berger Financial GroupThe Gulf alternatives manager is entering US wealth management through a mass-affluent adviser.
- Leonardo DRS agrees US$450m deal for RaftThe US arm of Italy's Leonardo buys AI software to turn its sensor data into a common operating picture.
- S&P Global agrees to take majority stake in Nigeria's Agusto & Co.The US ratings giant buys into Africa's domestic credit markets as governments on the continent press global agencies over perceived bias.
