The Motley Fool

MARCH 8, 2024

It came public via a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company during the SPAC boom, and its stock has fallen by nearly 90% since its debut. Investors appear to be hoping for a sweetened bid from Lockheed Martin to get the deal done. Will Lockheed Martin pay up for a partner? on Friday.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 22, 2024

If successful, this will be one of the largest-ever tech mergers and acquisitions in a big bet on the future of AI. A premium price tag to pair with the AI rationale All this sounds exciting, but Synopsys shareholders should give pause here. After news of the acquisition broke, Ansys stock spiked.

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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. Nevertheless, shareholders in both companies are happy with the potential outcomes. The iconic retailer could be going private, if reports of a takeover bid are correct.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 16, 2024

When BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in December 2021, it bore a striking resemblance to Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) , which went public through a direct listing in September 2020. after it closed its merger. Let's see why BigBear.ai Why did BigBear.ai

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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). ExxonMobil's big deal for Pioneer ExxonMobil announced its plan to buy Pioneer on Oct.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Normally, acquisitions go fairly smoothly. ONEOK 's (NYSE: OKE) proposed acquisition of Magellan Midstream Partners (NYSE: MMP) is increasingly uncertain. Acquisitions follow a rhyming path When a company offers to buy another company, it generally provides a premium to the current market price. Sometimes things get complicated.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

The acquisition will create a premier producer focused on the resource-rich Permian Basin. The merger of Diamondback and Endeavor follows in the footsteps of recent deals by ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) , which are bulking up their positions in the Permian Basin.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2023

However, although shareholders liked Arco's plan, Cano's stock plunged after its announcement. The technology-platform provider for K-12 education in Latin America agreed to go private in response to a higher bid from a group of private equity investors. Some aspects of the deal might have raised eyebrows among shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

An acquisition bid can also give a stock a huge lift all at once, and shareholders in Splunk (NASDAQ: SPLK) are seeing firsthand what can happen when a major player in the technology industry like Cisco Systems (NASDAQ: CSCO) gets interested in a smaller peer. per share, including a possible $1.90-per-share

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 30, 2023

Nano Dimension's hostile bid for Stratasys Nano Dimension is a unique business in the 3D printing and AM space. Its latest acquisition target is by far its biggest yet -- longtime 3D printing and AM pioneer Stratasys. Nano Dimension renewed its bid in December, offering $16.50 billion to $1.2

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The Motley Fool

JULY 11, 2023

It's been almost a year and half since Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made its acquisition bid for Activision Blizzard (NASDAQ: ATVI) , and the two companies have faced an uphill battle in their efforts to merge ever since. That won't help Activision shareholders, but investors in Microsoft might get the best reward in the end.

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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. Tapestry and Capri announced that they had come to an agreement under which Capri shareholders will receive $57 per share in cash for their stock. The deal assigns an enterprise value of $8.5

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The stock is currently sporting a dividend yield of 2.8%, paying shareholders for their patience. The dust in question, of course, is the recent announcement that Capital One is making a $35 billion bid to acquire rival credit card company Discover Financial Services. Bank of America is Berkshire's second-biggest holding, by the way.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Microsoft is starting to separate itself because it's tied to so many things and we saw what it is now trying to do in the gaming business with its Activision Blizzard acquisition of almost $70 billion. So I think the acquisition is exciting. With really no corporate acquisitions, they do it all internal house.

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Pension Pulse

JULY 27, 2023

Delight at acquisition Announcing the deal to the French market, FDJ’s chairman Stephane Pallez said he was “delighted” with the acquisition. Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, which is the majority shareholder of PLI said it believes FDJ is well positioned to help PLI going forward. An Post also welcomed the sale.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 1, 2023

billion bid for life insurance company American Equity. The last 12 months, last four quarters, they've been negative, and there's been a lot of puts and takes, a lot of acquisitions, some divestitures. Ricky Mulvey: Then for the broader landscape, does this signal anything about mergers and acquisitions to you?

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2024

Now, with the prospect of lower interest rates, investors have bid the stock higher by almost 15% since the beginning of July. After acquiring just over 2,000 properties from the merger with Spirit Realty, Realty Income's property portfolio has grown to around 15,500 properties. This pays shareholders $3.16

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

AirTrunk founder and chief executive Robin Khuda will retain a stake, the statement said, without specifying the size of his remaining shareholding. Blackstone and CPP Investments beat out a consortium led by IFM Investors which also bid for AirTrunk, Reuters reported on Aug. and PSP Investments, according to a statement Wednesday.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 26, 2023

But if you include pending acquisitions, such as Home Point, we're over 950 billion, which is nearly on top of our 1 trillion target. Also contributing to portfolio growth, we completed the acquisition of Rushmore Servicing, which now makes us one of the largest special servicers. And that is now playing out as we foresaw.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 9, 2024

Matt Levine : 00:05:09 There’s some of that, but like, you have to like, like yeah, you’re like writing merger agreements and then the other side is marking up the merger agreement and like you’re arguing over commas and stuff. We’ll bring a very straightforward class action on behalf of the shareholders.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 14, 2024

In preparation for the upcoming tender, IGT and our current partners have entered into memorandums of understanding to maintain the existing joint venture structure for the new bid. We continue to expect about 130 million in pre-closing separation and divestiture costs related to the planned spin and merger transaction. Revenue of $1.07

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Silver Lake is Endeavor’s single biggest shareholder, commanding 71 per cent of all voting power and has two executives on the board of directors. It has no interest in selling its shares to a third party nor any intention of entertaining any bids for Endeavor, which is currently conducting a formal review into its ‘strategic alternatives’.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 2, 2023

After the close of the market today, we issued our Shareholders' Letter. The Shareholder Letter and our filings on sec.gov include full GAAP to non-GAAP reconciliations. If you look at it, and I'm sure everybody has read our Shareholder Letter, we had a record quarter. Thank you very much. Thank you, Richard.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 25, 2024

We are walking the talk and returning value to shareholders. Most of the free cash flow generation was used to pay dividends and execute our buyback program for a total shareholder remuneration of $2.6 billion cash return to shareholders year-to-date through dividends and share buybacks. In March, we paid $2.3 billion in Q1.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2023

That's what shareholders in U.S. 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. Shareholders will receive $55 per share for their U.S.

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The Big Picture

JULY 11, 2023

Just an incredible, insightful conversation about how to build a company, how to grow through acquisitions, how to make sure everybody on your team understands their role, is appreciated, and is acting and performing at the highest levels. RITHOLTZ: So let’s talk a little bit about the history of acquisitions at Franklin Templeton.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 7, 2024

In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Bill Barker and host Dylan Lewis discuss: Waste Management 's planned $7 billion acquisition of medical waste company Stericycle , and how it's a cheap addition to help WM build out its offerings. Dylan Lewis: You know, Bill, Merger Monday, living up to the name today. Bill, thanks for joining me.

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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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The Motley Fool

JUNE 25, 2023

What investors may want to know about the upcoming merger between WWE and the UFC. Ricky Moldy caught up with Thompson to discuss the early days of mixed martial arts, the upcoming merger between WWE and the UFC, and what it takes to be the Alpha of a cage fighting organization. He's just gone from agency to acquisition.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 12, 2024

These games are effective player-acquisition tools. IGT shareholders will retain 100% ownership of the predictable growth and resilience of a global lottery pure play, while owning 54% of a faster-growing gaming, digital, and fintech business. Wheel of Fortune Triple Gold Spin is the first and only omnichannel jackpot game in the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2024

This is a transformative merger that positions us as one of the largest open internet advertising platforms. We believe the combination will deliver significant accretion to our shareholders through synergies and the financial leverage of the transaction. And in Q2, we purchased approximately 0.5 million shares for $2 million.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

So, by the time I got there, it was well beyond just, you know, financing customer acquisitions of appliances. RITHOLTZ: So when I think of GE in the ‘80s and ‘90s, the three things that come up; GE Capital, obviously; the rise of shareholder value, which a lot of people point to General Electric as a key driver of that; and then Six Sigma.

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