The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 3, 2023

The acquisition has stalled over regulatory concerns, and its initial terms have been amended. Nonetheless, iRobot shares are currently trading 43% below the updated acquisition price, creating a significant merger arbitrage opportunity. A brief timeline of Amazon's proposed acquisition of iRobot In Aug.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Investment firm MNC Capital has raised its all-cash buyout offer for Vista Outdoor – a provider of shooting and outdoor sports products, to $43 per share, up from its previous offer of $42 per share, valuing the business at $2.51bn, according to a report by Reuters. bn bid for Vista’s ammunition business, Kinetic Group.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 21, 2024

Blackstone launched a $1.74bn bid to take Japanese digital comic distributor Infocom private, including a tender offer for a per-share price of 6,060 yen, Infocom said on Tuesday. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. billion yen in a share buyback after the buyout is completed. billion yen, Infocom said.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Investment banks, which faced significant losses on risky merger and acquisition (M&A) loans due to a spike in global interest rates, are now aggressively returning to the leveraged buyout (LBO) market — one of the most profitable sectors in finance, according to a report by Bloomberg.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

After a media report stated that several potential acquirers are circling around the company, market players bid the shares up by just under 5% on the day. The article's sources said that these are not guaranteed to lead to a buyout. That performance trounced the 0.8% increase of the benchmark S&P 500 index. 7, after market close).

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 21, 2023

Steel being "in play," as they say on Wall Street, highlights how unpredictable and shocking acquisition activity can be. When the market opened for trading on the Monday after the news of the acquisition offer broke, every steel company rose, even Cleveland-Cliffs. Although specific to the steel industry, U.S. Adding U.S.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Macy's (NYSE: M) could reportedly be the target of an acquisition bid, while Cigna Group (NYSE: CI) called a potential deal off. The iconic retailer could be going private, if reports of a takeover bid are correct. The reported value of the bid is $5.8 The reported value of the bid is $5.8

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 11, 2025

The company has previously rejected four approaches from KKR, including a 48p per share bid last month. Assura also turned down an all-share merger proposal from Primary Health Properties, which was valued at approximately 43p per share, determining that the KKR-Stonepeak cash offer was more compelling.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The sale was made through a competitive bidding process, a person familiar with the matter said, declining to be identified. Bain Capital, which led a management buyout of Japan Wind Development in 2015 for $1.5bn, declined to comment. Reports of the acquisition costs sent shares in Infroneer sliding 6% on Tuesday.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 20, 2023

Dice Therapeutics (NASDAQ: DICE) made a huge move higher on merger news, while Sanofi (NASDAQ: SNY) scored a significant victory that has shareholders feeling better about the company's prospects. Dice agreed to a buyout bid from Eli Lilly. However, there was considerable activity in the biopharmaceutical stock space.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

suggested that a recent proposal from Microsoft could finally break the logjam that has thus far prevented its acquisition of the video game developer from moving forward. The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) released a decision early Friday stating that it might approve the Microsoft-Activision merger.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 4, 2024

One area where those positive feelings often reign supreme is in the arena of mergers and acquisitions. This is important to remember as you look at ExxonMobil 's (NYSE: XOM) proposed acquisition of Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD). But, in many ways, that's just par for the course when it comes to mergers.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Steel (NYSE: X) are seeing Monday morning, and the move could signal a wave of merger and acquisition activity across the industrial and materials sectors that could produce the next leg higher for the bull market. Image source: Getty Images. A trans-Pacific steel giant Shares of U.S.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 10, 2023

The parent company of Michael Kors got a buyout bid from fellow luxury fashion company Tapestry (NYSE: TPR) , which is the parent of Coach. The acquisition will create a massive luxury brand empire, bringing together Tapestry brands Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman with Capri brands Michael Kors, Versace, and Jimmy Choo.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 21, 2023

ET after the company provided an update on the status of its bid to acquire VMware (NYSE: VMW) Monday morning. So what According to Broadcom, all systems are go for the company to complete its acquisition of VMware as planned on Oct. billion buyout of Tower Semiconductor Manufacturing -- presumably as retaliation for the U.S.

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Private Equity Wire

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

While the global mergers and acquisitions (M&A) landscape has been sluggish, making it challenging for firms to return capital to investors, many in the industry are optimistic, particularly as interest rates remain stable or are expected to decline. He added that the gap between bid and ask prices should begin to narrow.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

billion) private equity portfolio will be split, with Michael Block leading the global funds strategy, while Eric Haley continues to oversee the North American buyout program. This new strategy will complement, rather than compete with, our buyout strategy, ensuring a diversified investment approach,” the spokesperson said. “A

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Axial

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” Visit SouthWorth’s Profile “Cottonwood Acquisitions is a family office partnership focused on investing in small to mid-sized businesses. ” Visit Northwoods’ Profile “Meraki Investments, LLC is a private investment firm focused on small to medium-sized acquisitions of established quality businesses.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

billion, the deal is the largest buyout in Australia this year and one of the biggest in recent history. Blackstone and CPP Investments beat out a consortium led by IFM Investors which also bid for AirTrunk, Reuters reported on Aug. The acquisition is Blackstone’s biggest-ever investment in the Asia-Pacific region, outweighing its A$8.9

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

HCP) to support Carlyle’s acquisition of the company. which focuses on control buyouts and minority investments in mid-to-large companies across Asia. Committed US$1 billion to Blackstone Capital Partners IX, the flagship fund of Blackstone, which focuses on large-scale, control buyouts in North America, Europe and Asia.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 24, 2023

And what was interesting was the first leveraged buyout of a public company happened when I was in graduate school. KLINSKY: In 1979, it was the first leveraged buyout of a public company. We had sold the family business, maybe buy another family business one day through a leveraged buyout. And I worked on it. KLINSKY: Yeah.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 23, 2024

Two days later, news broke that the company's controlling shareholder rejected the suitor's bid. According to Bloomberg, which in two separate articles reported Mondelez's actions, Hershey Trust felt the bid was too low. The stock's rally lasted about as long as a hunk of chocolate placed on a live radiator.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 10, 2025

private equity firm is reportedly in talks to commit up to $9.5bn as part of the buyout, according to sources. Initially, the buyout was valued at $57bn, surpassing the $47.5 takeover bid from Alimentation Couche-Tard. Source: Mergers & Acquisitions Can’t stop reading? Apollo Global Management Inc.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 9, 2025

One way Warren Buffett , CEO and chairperson for Berkshire, could deploy some of that cash is through merger arbitrage , a short-term approach that involves buying stocks of companies trading below their acquisition price. A new arbitrage opportunity Let's dig into the fine print of this merger arbitrage.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

after the automakers merger talks with Honda Motor Co. The firm is currently involved in multiple transactions in Japan, recently increasing its bid for Fuji Soft Inc. ’s proposed buyout by its founding family. is considering an investment in Nissan Motor Co. Its notable deals include the relisting of Hitachi Ltd.s

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

US-based private equity firm Bain Capital is planning to increase its offer to acquire Japan’s Fuji Soft to JPY9,600 ($63.35) per share, surpassing a competing bid from buyout rival KKR, according to a report by Nikkei. Bain’s proposed offer represents a 1.6%

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Private Equity Wire

MARCH 10, 2025

Supply chain software provider Logility Supply Chain Solutions has received an unsolicited takeover bid of $15 per share, potentially challenging its previously agreed $14.30 per share buyout by Aptean, which is backed by PE firms including TA Associates, according to a report by Reuters.

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Axial

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Options include initial public offerings (IPO), management buyouts, and last-resort measures like bankruptcy or liquidation. In this post, we focus on developing an exit strategy to sell your business through the mergers and acquisitions (M&A) process.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, I graduated from business school in 1987 and went to GE Capital for two years, financing leveraged buyouts. So, by the time I got there, it was well beyond just, you know, financing customer acquisitions of appliances. Tell us about the merger in the early days that gave us General Electric, and who ran that company.

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