Latest Bids, Mergers and Takeovers

Air quality solutions specialist Volution has completed the €23.4 million acquisition of heat exchanger cells manufacturer Energy Recovery Industries (ERI). A further contingent cash consideration...

Industry intelligence provider GlobalData has agreed to acquire the Life Sciences business of IHS Markit. LS offers comprehensive and independent coverage of drug pricing, reimbursement and market...

Consumer goods firm Reckitt Benckiser has completed the sale, announced on 5 June 2021, of its Infant Formula and Child Nutrition business in China to Primavera Capital Group. All conditions to...

Airline EasyJet has announced plans for a £1.2 billion rights issue and revealed it had been subject to an unsolicited all-share takeover offer which had rejected. The proceeds from the raise,...

Betting firm 888 has entered into an agreement with Caesars Entertainment to acquire the international (non-US) business of William Hill at an enterprise value of £2.2 billion. 888 commented that...

UK multi-let industrial (MLI) property firm Stenprop announced it had completed the £55 million sale of its Trafalgar Court office building in Guernsey to US real estate investment trust Global Net...

The board of technology solutions firm Watchstone Group maintained its opposition to a 38p final bid from investment firm Polygon for the business. The directors believe that the final offer...

LondonMetric Property has sold a grocery asset in Liverpool for £10.2 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 4.65%. The 29,000 square foot asset was acquired in 2014 for £8.1 million and is...

LondonMetric Property has acquired an urban logistics warehouse in Cardiff for £11.1 million, reflecting a blended net initial yield of 5.0%. The 119,000 square foot warehouse is let to Global...

Domino's Pizza Group has completed the deal to sell its entire shareholding in Domino's Pizza GmbH (Domino's Switzerland) first announced on 9 August. The disposal of Domino's Switzerland is the...

Mattioli Woods, the specialist wealth and asset management business, has announced it has acquired Richings Financial Management for an initial consideration of £0.9 million and a potential further...

Volex plc, the global supplier of integrated manufacturing services and power products, has signed a share purchase agreement for the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Irvine...

TomCo Energy plc has acquired a 50% interest in Greenfield Energy from Valkor LLC. Greenfield Energy is the 50/50 joint venture company established by TomCo and Valkor in mid 2020, for wholly...

M&G has acquired Sandringham Financial Partners, an advice firm with £2.5 billion in assets under advice. The deal also brings 180 advisers to the asset manager, who act on behalf of over...

Tricorn has halted its sales plans following a strategic review. The tube manipulation specialist was initially put up for sale in July after posting a pre-tax loss of £44 million over the past...

Restore, a provider of integrated information and data management services, secure technology recycling and commercial relocation solutions, has announced it has acquired PRM Green Technologies, an...

Vectura, the pharmaceutical company, has announced that it has received an increased offer from Phillip Morris. The offer is 165p per Vectura share in cash, a premium of 10p per share compared to...

Mitie Group has acquired DAEL Ventures Limited, a provider of acquisition, design and construction (ADC) services in the UK for mobile telecoms infrastructure, for £15m. This acquisition will...

AssetCo, the asset and wealth manager, has announced that following the deal struck in May to acquire the entire issued share capital of Saracen Fund Managers for £2.75 million, the acquisition was...

Strategic communications group SEC Newgate has acquired a 70% shareholding in Twister Communications Middle East (TwisterME), the Dubai-based branch of Italian PR firm Twister Communications Group....

MJ Hudson, the specialist service provider to the asset management industry, has announced it has bought Saffrey Champness Fund services for an all cash consideration of £2.8m. Saffrey Champness...

Gateley, the legal and professional services group, has announced that Gateley Vinden ltd, has bought the business and assets of Tozer Gallagher, a practice of chartered quantity surveyors and...

DS Smith, the British multinational packaging business, has announced the proposed slae of its De Hoop paper mill in the Netherlands to De Jong Packaging, in a cash deal worth €50m, or £43m....

Segro, the real estate investment company headquartered in London, has agreed to sell a portfolio of six Italian urban warehouses for £127.5m to AXA Investment Managers, on behalf of its clients....

Redde Northgate, the integrated mobility solutions platform providing services across vehicle lifecycle, has announced that it has acquired Charged Electric Vehicles, a specialist supplier and...

International market research and data analytics group, YouGov, has today announced that it has acquired Faster Horses, an Australian online-focussed data insights consultancy. The company hopes...

Hawkwing plc has announced that it has entered into a non-legally binding heads of terms for the acquisition of Internet Fusion Group ltd. The acquisition would help to fund and accelerate...

Atome, President Energy’s hydrogen and ammonia production subsidiary, has announced it has acquired a 75% interest in Northern European green hydrogen and ammonia company ‘HCO.’ The acquisition...

Parkmead, the independent energy group focused on growth through gas, oil and renewable energy projects, has announced it has agreed to buy a royalty associated with the group’s existing interests...

Technology-enabled language, content management and intellectual property support services provider RWS Holdings has acquired Horn & Uchida Patent Translation, Ltd a specialist in patent...

Fletcher King, the chartered surveyor, has responded to recent press speculation and confirms that it is in talks with Elliot Bernerd, the British Property Developer, in respect of a potential...

Team17, the global games entertainment label, has announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire the business and assets of StoryToys, via the acquisition of its parent company TouchPress....

Water Intelligence has reacquired its Northeast Florida franchise within the group's American Leak Detection subsidiary (ALD). Northeast Florida is a significant franchise delivering water...

Mattioli Woods' acquisition of Maven Capital Partners UK LLP has completed, the company said. Pursuant to the terms of the Maven Acquisition, the company has allotted 4,545,455 new Ordinary...

Network International Holdings has said it is "making good progress" in closing the acquisition of DPO group, having gained the necessary regulatory approvals. The approvals relate to the...

MJ Hudson, the specialist service provider to the asset management industry, has announced it has acquired the entire issued share capital of FinTech risk specialist, Clarus Risk, for an initial...

Bidco and St Modwen Properties have reached an agreement on the terms of an increased and final recommended cash offer by Bidco for the entire issued, and to be issued, ordinary share capital of St...

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...