Latest Bids, Mergers and Takeovers

Power Metal Resources has signed an agreement to acquire a 100% interest in the Garfield gold-copper and the Stonewall gold exploration properties, located in Nevada, USA. The properties will be...

PureTech, a clinical-stage biotherapeutics company that discovers, develops and commercialises medicines, has announced it has acquired the remaining 22% outstanding shares in Alivio Therapuetics,...

Marlowe plc, a UK leader in business-critical services and software that assures safety and regulatory compliance, has announced it will acquire Cater Leydon Millard, the law firm, for an...

Leading provider of high technology products and services for research and industry, Oxford Instruments, has agreed to buy German microscope manufacturer WITec GmbH for €42 million, to be paid all...

Multinational electricity and gas utility company National Grid has announced today that it has acquired PPL WPD Investments, and the company’s subsidiary (The WPD Group), the holding company of...

Moroccan focused upstream gas company, Sound Energy plc, has entered into a sale and purchase agreement with Schlumberger Holdings II Limited to acquire the entire issued share capital of...

StockMarketWire.com Newcastle-under-Lyme-based legal and professional services firm Knights Group has completed the acquisition of Yorkshire-based law firm Keebles. A total of 791,990 new ordinary...

Supreme, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers, has announced its plans to acquire Vendek, a Dublin-based distributor of batteries and lighting products, for €1.82 million. Vendek operates under...

Six Bidco and Sigma Capital have announced they have reached an agreement on a recommended cash offer by Bidco for the entire issued (and to be issued) share capital of Sigma. The agreement means...

London-based asset management group Sanne has revealed that it received a fifth proposal from Cinven, the private equity company, to buy the company in an all cash offer at 875p per share, in a...

Marlowe plc has acquired Healthwork, a national provider of occupational health services, for an expected enterprise value of £17.2 million. The acquisition of Healthwork adds significant scale to...

Vectura has completed the management buy-out of its oral manufacturing subsidiary, Skyepharma Production SAS. In 2019, Vectura Group made the strategic decision to become a fully focussed...

Pershing Square Tontine Holdings, a special purpose acquisition company, is in discussions with Vivendi to acquire 10% of the outstanding ordinary shares of Universal Music Group (UMG) for...

Paper packing manufacturer Smurfit Kappa Group has completed the acquisition of Cartones del Pacifico, a leading paper-based packaging company in Peru. The acquisition expands its footprint in the...

African-focused British independent energy company Savannah Energy is in advanced discussions with ExxonMobil Corporation with regards to the proposed acquisition of its entire upstream and...

Global real estate firm, Savills, has announced an agreement between its subsidiary Savills Investment Management (IM) and Samsung Life. In a newly formed strategic investment alliance, the...

The Renewables Infrastructure Group has announced it will be acquiring two onshore wind farms located in central Sweden – Ranasjo and Salsjo. The company is set acquire a 50% interest in the two...

Supply @ME Capital (SYME has signed a Share Purchase Agreement to acquire the entire share capital of TradeFlow Capital Management. The acquisition will enable SYME to further enhance its...

The directors of Brighton Bidco Limited and the directors of St. Modwen Properties PLC have reached agreement on the proposed acquisition. The terms and conditions of a recommended all cash...

UK-based wealth manager AssetCo is set to acquire the entire issued share capital of the Edinburgh-based fund management business, in a deal worth £2.75 million. The acquisition comes after...

Ahead of its AGM, Prudential has said it now expects the demerger of Jackson to be completed in the second half of the year, subject to shareholder and regulatory approvals. The company added...

NCC Group has announced the signing of an agreement for the proposed acquisition of the Intellectual Property Management business of Iron Mountain Inc. The deal comprises substantially all of the...

International education software and services provider, Tribal Group, has acquired and paid for the remaining issued share capital of Semestry Limited, a supplier of cloud based scheduling and...

Admiral Group has announced that ZPG Comparison Services Holdings UK (RVU) has completed the purchase of Penguin Portals Group. This comprises the online comparison portals Confused.com,...

Information and data management services firm Restore has entered into an agreement to acquire Rainbow HoldCo Limited, which trades as EDM Group Limited. This includes a proposed placing to raise...

Power Metal Resources has acquired a 75 per cent stake in First Development Resources, an Australian copper-gold miner. The private company holds a portfolio of exploration interests in the...

AstraZeneca's proposed acquisition of Alexion Pharmaceuticals has been cleared by the US Federal Commission, following the end of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust...

Leak detection and remediation firm Water Intelligence has reacquired its Central Florida franchise within the Group's American Leak Detection subsidiary. Increased market demand for water...

Asset management group TEAM is continuing to engage with Tavistock Investment shareholders over a potential bid. Tavistock has rebuffed previous approaches, but TEAM executive chairman Mark Clubb...

Mobile Streams has reached an agreement to acquire a 49% interest in KrunchData for £735,000, comprising £500,000 cash and 90,384,615 Ordinary Shares issued at 0.26p each. The deal also gives...

Oil and gas exploration company Pantheon Resources has received formal approval from the Alaska Department of Natural Resources for the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of Borealis Alaska....

Engineering and consulting company Wood has completed the sale of its joint venture interest in Sulzer Wood Ltd to existing partner Sulzer for a consideration of US $17.5m (£12.7m). Sulzer is a...

National Grid has agreed to acquire PPL WPD Investments, the holding company of Western Power Distribution, for an equity value of £7.8 billion. In addition, National Grid has agreed to sell The...

Financial advisory and property services consultancy, Begbies Traynor Group, has completed the acquisition of David Rubin & Partners and is now unconditional in all respects. As announced on...

Zenith Energy has acquired Ecumed Petroleum Zarzis, a oil producer with operations in Tunisia. The acquisition was made via Zenith's African subsidiary which bought a 100% stake in the company...

Volga Gas directors, holding 92% of the company, have now accepted the takeover bid by GEM Capital. Each of the directors of Volga Gas who currently hold or control Volga Gas Shares have decided...

Vela Technologeis has invested £66,319.55 in Mode Global Holdings as part of of Mode's over-subscribed placing to raise £6 million to support its 'rapid growth' of new-breed financial products and...

Packaging manufacturer Robinson has announced the acquisition of Schela Plast, a Danish designer and manufacturer of blow moulded containers. Total consideration, including earnout, is expected...

Energy firm Prospex has provided an update to shareholders on its acquisition of an interest in El Romeral, southern Spain. The deal to acquire 49.9% interest in El Romeral, an integrated gas...

Global provider of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, Tate & Lyle, has completed the acquisition of an 85% shareholding in Chaodee Modified Starch Co. The company is a...

Aggreko is in talks to be acquired by TDR Capital and I Squared Capital. The firm has confirmed the discussions in response to press speculation and share price movements. The consortium is in...

Sportech will gain £36.1 million in aggregate net cash from sales of assets and business divisions in 2020. Last year, the betting service provider confirmed it was in talks to sell its Global...

boohoo group has confirmed it is in exclusive talks with Arcadia's administrators about acquiring several of its brands. The announcement has been made by boohoo in response to media speculation...

Prudential has confirmed its intention to pursue a demerger from its US business, Jackson Financial, in the second quarter of 2021. The separation would see the shares in Jackson distributed to...

Lycaremit has entered a strategic partnership with Wari to offer its remittance services to more markets. Remittance provider Lycaremit, part of the Lyca Group, will use Wari's technology to offer...

Escape Hunt is acquiring European competitor French Master Franchise, for a consideration of approximately £330,000. Both companies have conditionally agreed terms for the acquisition. These...

S-Ventures has acquired We Love Purely, a healthy snack brand, for £167,000. The company has acquired the 75.1% majority stake with a price of £137,000 of 9p per share along with a cash payment of...

Mattioli Woods has acquired a 4% stake in Tiller Group, a software as a service wealth management platform. The company has called this a 'strategic relationship' and plans to use Tiller's...

Ascential has sold its Groundsure business for £170 million to a subsidiary of ATI Global. Groundsure is a brand that sits within Ascential's Built Environment & Policy segment. The £170...