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March 06, 2025
Publisher Informa To Buy Back £200M In Shares
Informa PLC on Thursday announced an initial program to repurchase shares worth at least £200 million ($257.5 million), as the publishing and events company reported a jump in its revenue.
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March 06, 2025
Pepco Looking To Sell UK Discount Retailer Poundland
European discount retailer Pepco Group NV said Thursday that it is actively looking for buyers for struggling British High Street chain Poundland Ltd.
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March 06, 2025
Slaughter & May-Led L&G Seals £505M Inchcape Pension Deal
Insurer Legal & General has said it has covered £505 million ($650 million) of liabilities for the Inchcape Motors Pension Scheme, the U.K. retirement fund for the global automobile distributor, to secure the benefits of its members.
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March 05, 2025
Cleanova, Micronics Combine To Create $1.3B Business
Private equity-owned clean technology maker Cleanova on Wednesday announced plans to buy fellow private equity-owned clean technology manufacturer Micronics Engineered Filtration Group to create a company with an enterprise value of $1.3 billion, in a deal built by three law firms.
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March 05, 2025
RWK Goodman Hit For £5M Over Botched Company Buyout
RWK Goodman LLP has been hit with an estimated £5 million ($6.4 million) claim from a former client who alleges the firm botched his plan to buyout a company that had owned properties with "significant" redevelopment and revenue potential.
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March 05, 2025
McCann FitzGerald Guides AIB On Planned €1.2B Buyback
AIB Group PLC said Wednesday it's planning to repurchase €1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) worth of shares from the Irish government, as the lender looks to potentially return to full private ownership this year.
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March 05, 2025
3 Firms Build Jazz Pharmaceuticals' $935M Chimerix Buy
Jazz Pharmaceuticals on Wednesday revealed plans to acquire biopharmaceutical company Chimerix in a $935 million deal built by three law firms that will further diversify Jazz's oncology portfolio.
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March 05, 2025
British Gas, E.ON Lose Appeal Challenge To Gov't Energy Deal
British Gas and E.ON have lost a legal challenge to the sale of Bulb, a collapsed supplier, to Octopus Energy as a London appeals court rejected on Wednesday their claim that the government handled the transaction unfairly.
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March 05, 2025
UK Drops Probe Into Microsoft's OpenAI Partnership
Britain's antitrust authority said Wednesday that it has dropped its probe into Microsoft's investment into ChatGPT developer OpenAI after finding it does not have the jurisdiction to look into their complex partnership.
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March 05, 2025
Danish Retailer Salling To Buy ICA's Baltic Biz For €1.3B
Danish retailer Salling Group AS said Wednesday it will buy Baltic supermarket chain Rimi from its Swedish rival ICA Gruppen AB for €1.3 billion ($1.39 billion), as the Danish retailer eyes growing to become the region's second-largest player.
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March 05, 2025
Breedon Buys US Building Products Biz Lionmark For $238M
Breedon Group PLC announced on Wednesday the acquisition of U.S.-based Lionmark Construction Companies LLC for $238 million as the U.K. construction materials group looks to diversify its business and continue its expansion in the U.S. market.
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March 05, 2025
UK Gold Producer To Buy Processing Plant For $9.7M
The U.K.-headquartered gold producer Metals Exploration PLC said Wednesday it has agreed to buy an ore processing plant in Alaska and related assets for $9.7 million from Almaden Minerals Ltd. to fast-track the construction of its La India mining project in Nicaragua.
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March 05, 2025
Intermediary SRG Buys Modified Car Insurance Broker
U.K. insurance intermediary Specialist Risk Group has bought Brentacre, a broker that insures modified and performance vehicles, saying the purchase aligns with its strategy of partnering with niche businesses.
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March 05, 2025
Royal Mail's £3.6B Sale Awaiting Romanian Clearance
The proposed £3.6 billion ($4.6 billion) acquisition of the parent company of Royal Mail by a conglomerate controlled by a Czech billionaire is awaiting clearance in Romania, the companies said Wednesday.
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March 04, 2025
CVC Wraps Strategic Opportunities Fund With €4.6B In Tow
Private equity shop CVC Capital Partners, led by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, on Tuesday said that it closed its third strategic opportunities fund after securing €4.61 billion ($4.9 billion) of investor commitments.
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March 04, 2025
Products Testing Firm Intertek To Launch £350M Buyback
Intertek Group PLC said Tuesday it will soon roll out an initial share repurchase program of up to £350 million ($445 million), as the products testing and certification business reported revenue growth and potential for more buybacks.
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March 04, 2025
Beazley Launches $500M Buyback Amid 'Record' Profits
Beazley PLC said Tuesday it will kick-start a share buyback scheme worth up to $500 million, as the insurer disclosed record profits in 2024 despite taking a hit from natural disasters.
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March 04, 2025
Verdane Ends £315M Offer Talks For Team Internet
Swedish investment manager Verdane on Tuesday said it has backed out of talks to make a £315 million ($401 million) offer for British software company Team Internet Group PLC.
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March 04, 2025
Eversheds-Led XP Power To Raise £42M Via Share Sale
XP Power Ltd. on Tuesday launched a sale of new shares in the company worth up to £42 million ($53.4 million), as the Singapore-based power component manufacturer looks to bolster its balance sheet in a "challenging" market.
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March 04, 2025
UK Car Retailer Inchcape Revs Up £250M Share Buyback
Inchcape said Tuesday that it has launched a £250 million ($320 million) share buyback program with the sole purpose of lowering its outstanding share capital.
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March 04, 2025
Abu Dhabi, Austria Groups Agree To $60B Plastics Biz Merger
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. and OMV AG of Austria said Tuesday that they will merge their plastics businesses to create a $60 billion global heavyweight, concluding lengthy talks about the deal.
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March 03, 2025
Monthly Merger Review Snapshot
Japan's Nippon Steel is challenging a decision blocking its $14.9 billion merger with U.S. Steel Corp. on national security grounds, as door manufacturer Jeld-Wen continues fighting a landmark order forcing it to sell a Pennsylvania factory and the Justice Department pushes cases targeting mergers in the home health, networking and corporate travel spaces.
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March 03, 2025
Simpson Thacher-Led ICG Wraps $11B Secondaries Fund
British private equity shop ICG, led by Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, said Monday it has clinched its fifth general partner-led secondaries fund well above target after securing $11 billion of capital commitments.
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March 03, 2025
$1.4B Genesis Deal Creates Top Global Soda Ash Producer
Genesis Energy LP said Monday it has completed the sale of its soda ash manufacturing Alkali Business to an affiliate of WE Soda Ltd. at an enterprise value of $1.425 billion, creating what the buyer said is the largest soda ash producer in the world.
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March 03, 2025
Infrastructure Investor Expands Share Buyback By £100M
HICL Infrastructure PLC on Monday began a new £100 million ($127 million) share buyback program, building on a stock repurchase program that has just ended, amid concerns over the price of its shares.