Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

Li Chaowang, Vinda’s founder and second-largest shareholder, is also considering teaming up with a bidder for the firm, they said, which has a market value of around $2.4bn. Its stake in Vinda is valued at about HK$9.8bil (US$1.3bil), based on the current stock price.

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 30, 2024

billion) to back its bid for Australian data center operator AirTrunk, people familiar with the matter said. AirTrunk shareholders have been seeking around A$20 billion in the sale, people with knowledge of the matter have said. Representatives for Blackstone and AirTrunk’s main shareholders declined to comment. billion ($3.7

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Private Equity Insights

AUGUST 9, 2023

Li Chaowang, Vinda’s founder and second-largest shareholder, is also considering teaming up with a bidder for the firm, they said, which has a market value of around $2.4bn. Its stake in Vinda is valued at about HK$9.8bil (US$1.3bil), based on the current stock price. Bloomberg Source: The Star Can’t stop reading?

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 22, 2023

private equity fund KKR announced on Thursday a full takeover bid for Portuguese renewable energy company Greenvolt (GVOLT.LS) that values the firm at 1.16 billion euros, after signing agreements to secure a controlling stake. A unit of U.S. Gamma Lux said in a statement it was offering 8.3 euros per Greenvolt share, 11.5%

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

PEP’s indicative bid represents a 31% premium to SG Fleet’s last closing share price. In response, SG Fleet’s largest shareholder, Super Group, which owns a 54% stake, expressed support for the decision to engage with PEP. “It

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

That clears the way for the domestic fund to squeeze out the remaining shareholders and take full control of the company in what is set to be Japan’s biggest deal this year. The chief executive at the time resigned to take responsibility for the chaos, after which the board began soliciting bids to take the company private.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 8, 2025

Bain Capital confirmed on Tuesday that it destroyed the confidential information obtained during the due diligence process, but would continue with the (now hostile) bid for Fuji Soft. Fuji Soft’s board has backed KKR’s lower bid and insisted that Bain destroy the confidential information it gathered during due diligence.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 19, 2024

In a bidding war with rival private equity giant KKR, Bain raised its offer to JPY9,600 per share last week, a 1.6% premium over KKR’s JPY9,451 bid, and became hostile after Fuji Soft’s board rejected the offer in favour of KKR’s. Bain’s bid aims to acquire 50.1% Bain’s bid aims to acquire 50.1%

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 13, 2025

Last year, the small rocket company bid for and won a contract of unspecified value to try to figure out how to save NASA some money with a "simplified, end-to-end mission concept that would be delivered for a fraction of the current projected program cost and completed several years earlier than the current expected sample return date in 2040."

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

is exploring a sale of its stake in Singapore Life Holdings Pte in a deal that could value the insurer known as Singlife at about S$4 bn ($3bn), according to people with knowledge of the matter. A spokesperson for Singlife said it can’t comment on its shareholders’ intentions and declined to comment further. The funding winter may.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The owners of fund administrator Alter Domus are pursuing the sale of a stake in the Luxembourg-based group that could value it at more than $4.4bn, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The shareholders, which include the company’s founders and buyout firm Permira, have been working with bankers at Goldman Sachs (GS.N)

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Private Equity Wire

JULY 25, 2024

Private equity firms Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Permira have made a bid to acquire French cybersecurity specialist Exclusive Networks, in a deal that values the company at approximately €2.2bn ($2.4bn), according to a report by Bloomberg. The binding offer is for €24.25

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Private Equity Insights

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

MW Dutch offshore windfarm Borssele III / IV by agreeing to sell its final 10% stake to Octopus Energy Generation, one of Europe’s largest renewables investors. Partners Group sold a 20% stake to Swiss Life Asset Managers in November 2022 and 15% to funds managed by Nuveen Infrastructure in July 2023.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

on Monday after news that private equity firm Triton Partners has acquired a substantial stake in the drug discovery and development specialist ahead of a potential takeover bid for the company, according to a report by Bloomberg. Shares of Germany’s Evotec SE rose by up to 16.2%

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 14, 2024

Still, a right-sized stake in this ambitious Bitcoin miner could produce riotous results for crypto-amenable portfolios. Thus, the Riot Platforms share price recently landed at about $11.90; today's shareholders are either princes or paupers, depending on when they got into the trade.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

To abide by NYSE rules, and also to make its own stock look more respectable to institutional investors, Virgin Galactic had two choices: One, it could improve its business, make a lot of money, and attract investors to bid up its stock price. It's a way to protect shareholder interests. Virgin Galactic chose the latter.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 29, 2023

And it would be smart to own those names before shares are bid higher as rate cuts become a reality. Realty Income will hold an 80% equity stake in the latter agreement. That has led to significant growth in the funds from operations (FFO) it taps to return capital to shareholders.

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Private Equity Insights

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

GBTEC’s founder and CEO Gregor Greinke will remain the largest private shareholder and CEO of GBTEC. As part of the transaction, co-founder Marc-Oliver Stromberg and the extended GBTEC management team are reinvesting and investing respectively for significant stakes in the company. ” Source: Carlyle Can’t stop reading?

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 26, 2024

When he's considering buying a stake in a company, Buffett likes to see a long track record of success, solid growth potential, and a strong management team. Plus, in a bid to compete with Nvidia 's industry-leading hardware , Amazon has developed its own data center chips designed to process AI workloads.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Could there be more pain coming for Disney shareholders or is now a buying opportunity? There are also new competitors bidding for sports rights, and they all have much larger pocketbooks than Disney. It also has a majority stake in Hulu, which has 44 million subscribers, along with ESPN+, which is currently at 25.2

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 21, 2023

billion of HP stock so far this quarter, continuing to sell off Berkshire's stake in the company. That brings Berkshire's total stake in Occidental to 27.2%, and it still holds an additional $8.5 On top of that, Buffett sold about $1.3 He purchased 10.5 million shares of the oil company last week for about $589 million.

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Private Equity Insights

JULY 3, 2023

FIS is reportedly considering selling a majority stake in Worldpay to private equity groups. According to the report, which cites a number of unnamed sources, buyout firm Advent, part of the group that once owned Worldpay, is considering a bid. The deal, as reported by the Financial Times, would be worth more than $15bn.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

When a big shareholder sells such a substantial amount, it can have a massive impact on the stock price. Bezos is funding his space exploration company, Blue Origin, with his Amazon stake. Blue Origin is currently bidding on acquiring a second space company, United Launch Alliance. SEC filings show the centibillionaire sold 1.67

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Financial Times M&A

OCTOBER 19, 2024

GQG Partners, which also holds stakes in Commerzbank and CaixaBank, sold shares during the summer

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Private Equity Insights

MAY 17, 2024

Paramount Global was heading for a rocky start to trading today CNBC reported overnight that Sony Pictures is reconsidering its bid for the business. Stories last week were that Sony and private equity group Apollo planned to sell Paramount’s streaming services and TV channels if their US$26 billion joint bid goes ahead.

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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. The reputational stakes are incredibly high.”

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

According to a recent regulatory filing, chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) now owns a stake in Nano-X Imaging (NASDAQ: NNOX) , a small Israeli medical device company that makes X-ray machines. Still, appreciating the context is key to understanding why the market isn't entirely over the top with its aggressive bidding.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that Bain Capital has begun evaluating a potential bid, exploring various strategies with advisers. However, a potential bid by Bain or any other party would face hurdles. Both Bpifrance and Credit Agricole also declined to comment.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 5, 2024

Not this team's first offer for Macy's The Wall Street Journal is largely responsible for today's surge, reporting after Wednesday's close that investment management companies Arkhouse Management and Brigade Capital Management are upping their joint bid to buy Macy's at $24.80 Macy's has not publicly responded to the news. Last year's $5.8

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 27, 2023

Both American Equity Investment Life Holding (NYSE: AEL) and Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) are seeing their shares move sharply higher after getting buyout interest from prospective acquirers, and shareholders seem excited about the prospects. With this bid valuing American Equity at $4.3 With this bid valuing American Equity at $4.3

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Private Equity Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Nexi SpA jumped as much as 19% after people with knowledge of the matter said CVC Capital Partners is in the early stages of considering a potential bid for European payments firm. Buyout funds could end up partnering on a joint bid for the company given the size of the potential deal, some of the people said.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Bain Capital is proposing a $2bn tender offer for nearly half of Fuji Soft’s shares, even without the Japanese IT firm’s board approval, if a competing second-round bid by rival buyout firm KKR fails, according to a report by Reuters. stake in the first round of bidding, despite Bain’s earlier higher offer.

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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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Financial Times M&A

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Regulators cite ‘public interest concerns’ and shareholders object to offer for mining group with stake in Oyu Tolgoi project

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 15, 2024

An activist investment fund, Starboard Value, has recently been pushing Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) to increase shareholder value. Now, Starboard's $1 billion stake in the limping pharma juggernaut may mean it has to take a more adversarial approach to getting the changes it wants. While it's true that Pfizer's stock dropped by about 2.5%

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 20, 2024

While one could argue that Buffett's Apple stake is still too large relative to Berkshire's overall portfolio, it was still a notable move by any measure. But the stock's gains were no fluke; SentinelOne is a compelling long-term investment for shareholders looking for growth at a bargain price. Let's unpack this.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

HarbourVest Global Private Equity (HVPE) has launched a new shareholder distribution pool, which will be used to manage future share buybacks and special dividends. Following engagement with shareholders, the trust said there was “some support” for the introduction of a dividend.

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