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. The company’s current parent Teijin separately said it will sell all of its 58% stake in Infocom for 134.4 The tender offer will amount to 141.4

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

A high-stakes clash between private equity titans KKR and Bain Capital over a $4bn buyout of Fuji Soft is reshaping the landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in Japan, and could become a blueprint for more aggressive dealmaking in the country, according to a report by the Financial Times.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Bain Capital Private Equity (‘Bain Capital’), a leading global private investment firm, today announced it has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Eleda, the Swedish infrastructure projects and services firm, from Altor who will retain a minority stake. At the time of the merger the company had a turnover of approximately $ 640m.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Deidre Woollard: Two state named airlines, one big merger. So yesterday afternoon was all of a sudden a go to your computer moment for me because a big merger in the airline world was announced yesterday. But they talked about what they learned during the Virgin America acquisition. Motley Fool Money starts now.

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Warburg Pincus is among those considering a bid for the assets, while Apollo Global Management Inc. A potential bid by the RRJ group could value the Vodafone unit at about €5bn ($5.3bn), according to the people, who asked not to be identified as the information is private. Source: BNN Bloomberg Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2023

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’. 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.

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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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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

The whole stake is worth $14.5 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. There's a reason, however, that Capital One Financial shares didn't budge following Monday's announcement of the bid.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2023

After its debut on the public markets via a reverse merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) in June 2022, the stock sank, closing out last year down by 40%. Its proprietary software coordinates the entire warehouse operation while a cadre of fully autonomous robots scamper about doing its bidding.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 7, 2024

Why DraftKings soared in 2023 It wasn't just speculative investors bidding up DraftKings stock in 2023. So, it appears Fox is just choosing to accede to the leader, in which it already has a stake. The question now is: What accounts for DraftKings' improvement, and is the stock still a buy? Fox also has an option to acquire 18.6%

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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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Pension Pulse

JULY 27, 2023

The full share capital of Premier Lotteries Ireland (PLI), currently majority owned by the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan with minority stakes held by An Post, is to be sold to La Francaise des Jeux, pending approval by the lottery regulator. That approval is expected to be delivered some time before the end of 2023.

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2023

That's the book title of my guest this week for authors in August here to introduce you to my friend Sunny Vanderbeck and a wide-ranging conversation about business, about conscious capitalism, about mergers and acquisitions and bankers in deadlines and you and your family, your employees, all your stakeholders, selling without selling out.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 25, 2024

To support our decarbonization pathway, Vale has announced an agreement to acquire the remaining 45% stake in Alianca Energia, which is a first step toward creating an asset-light energy platform. To support our decarbonization pathway, Vale signed an agreement to acquire the remaining 45% stake in Alianca Energia.

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Pension Pulse

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

MAM and PSP Investments have sold their 88% stake in AirTrunk. MAM and PSP Investments acquired a majority stake in AirTrunk in 2020. It was owned 88% by MAM and Canada's PSP which have now sold their entire stake, according to a statement from the two companies. Macquarie’s fund and PSP will sell their AirTrunk stakes in full.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 24, 2023

per cent of CPP’s overall portfolio is in China, said the fund uses several tools to carefully evaluate its investments and avoids stakes in “companies involved in wrongdoings, especially violations of human rights.” “The stake in Commerzbank, one of the largest banks in Germany serving retail and small business customers.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2024

1, 2016, the Singapore-based chipmaker Avago Technologies closed its acquisition of the American chipmaker Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and inherited its name. The $37 billion merger was the largest chip deal in history. If you had reinvested your dividends, your stake would have blossomed to about $25,000. What's next for Broadcom?

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 28, 2024

1: Chevron will beat ExxonMobil and close its acquisition of Hess A wave of M&A activity has washed over the oil sector in recent years. Its fellow oil giant Chevron (NYSE: CVX) followed that up with a bid to buy Hess (NYSE: HES) in a $53 billion all-stock deal a few weeks later. Prediction No. billion all-stock deal.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Nick Sciple: It's been a tough run for Warner Brothers Discovery down about 50% since the merger between Warner Brothers and Discovery back in 2022. I think in April, we reached two years since that merger between Warner Brothers and Discovery, now that we're two years on from that, those transactions can take place.

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Insight Partners

DECEMBER 9, 2024

GenAI features do not lead to inherent moats and will increasingly be perceived as table stakes.” Most investors predict interest rate reductions, favorable politics, and converging buyer-seller dynamics will create a robust environment for mergers and acquisitions and potentially, more opportunities for IPOs.

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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. COHAN: Well, basically, what became General Electric, which was a merger of two companies, you know, sort of what was a pioneer in bringing electric power, the generation of electric power, and then creating the electric power grid.

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