Top mergers and acquisitions in United Kingdom in March 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition involving United Kingdom in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 13 deals involving United Kingdom in March 2026, 8 of them with a disclosed value, worth $54.5bn in total. The largest was McCormick & Company's $44.8bn deal for Unilever Foods, ahead of Eli Lilly and Company and Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc at $6.3bn.
Top mergers and acquisitions in United Kingdom in March 2026
- 131 MarMcCormick & Company → Unilever FoodsMcCormick agrees US$44.8bn combination with Unilever FoodsConsumer / Packaged foodIn review$44.8bn
- 231 MarEli Lilly and Company → Centessa Pharmaceuticals plcLilly agrees up to US$7.8bn deal for CentessaHealthcare / BiotechCompleted$6.3bn
- 317 MarMastercard Incorporated → BVNKMastercard agrees up to US$1.8bn deal for BVNKFinancials / Payments infrastructureCompleted$1.8bn
- 46 MarAxel Springer SE → Telegraph Media GroupAxel Springer agrees £575m deal for the TelegraphMedia / NewspapersCompleted$767m
- 516 MarStoneX Group Inc. → CAB Payments Holdings plcStoneX abandons rival bid for CAB PaymentsFinancials / Cross-border paymentsTerminated$321m
- 62 MarHelios Consortium (Mara BidCo: Helios Fund V, Helios Fairfax Partners, Helios Fund III) → CAB Payments Holdings plcHelios launches hostile $297m bid for CAB PaymentsFinancials / Cross-border paymentsAnnounced$300m
- 716 MarWisdomTree, Inc. → Atlantic House Holdings LimitedWisdomTree buys Atlantic House for £150mFinancials / Asset managementCompleted$200m
- 82 MarTilray Brands, Inc. → BrewDog (selected assets)Tilray buys BrewDog out of administration for £33mConsumer / Craft beerCompleted$44m
- 99 MarEQT Active Core Infrastructure → Kelda Holdings (Yorkshire Water) – 42% stakeEQT buys 42% of Yorkshire Water parent KeldaIndustrials / Water utilitiesCompletedUndisclosed
- 1011 MarLeonardo S.p.A. → Becrypt LtdLeonardo agrees to buy UK cyber firm BecryptTechnology / Cyber securityCompletedUndisclosed
- 1123 MarDanone SA → Huel LtdDanone agrees to buy HuelConsumer / Functional nutritionCompletedUndisclosed
- 1223 MarPrimary Wave Music → Kobalt Music GroupPrimary Wave agrees to buy KobaltMedia / Music publishingCompletedUndisclosed
- 1323 MarAirbus SE → Ultra Cyber LtdAirbus agrees to buy Ultra Cyber from Advent's Cobham UltraIndustrials / Defence cyber securityAgreedUndisclosed