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DECEMBER 18, 2024

The company has carved out a strong early niche in the automobile and restaurant industry markets. It recently acquired a company called Amelia that runs an AI conversational platform focused on helping organizations with tasks such as customer service, employee onboarding, and back-office work. government defense industry.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

trillion and making it the most valuable company in the world. So if you're looking for the "next Nvidia," you might want to check out the smaller AI companies the chipmaker is investing in. One of those companies that stands out is Serve Robotics (NASDAQ: SERV) , a producer of AI-powered sidewalk delivery robots.

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MARCH 10, 2025

The latest approach marks KKRs fifth bid for Assura, surpassing its previous offer of 48p per share in February, which valued the company at 1.56bn. The firm, which owns more than 600 buildings, including doctors surgeries across the UK, has been a target of multiple acquisition attempts in recent months.

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DECEMBER 1, 2023

The potential deal would be the latest in a wave of merger activity in the oil patch. ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) closed multibillion-dollar acquisitions this year and have since agreed to even larger transactions. The company owns more than 80,000 acres in the northern part of the Midland Basin.

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AUGUST 14, 2024

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) has struck out on several potential acquisition opportunities over the past year. However, the company finally found a deal to its liking in July , agreeing to buy Grayson Mill Energy for $5 billion. The highly accretive transaction is a strong strategic fit for the oil company. shale plays.

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MARCH 12, 2025

Alongside Jus-Rol, Rinkelberg also acquired PA Ross Food Group, a UK sales and marketing company specialising in impulse, bakery, and frozen products. The CMA originally ordered Crlia to divest Jus-Rol after ruling in 2023 that the acquisition reduced competition in the UKs 100m ready-to-bake dough category.

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MARCH 12, 2025

The nation’s mergers and acquisitions market remained robust in 2024, recording $18.6bn in deal value, ranking third in the region. Private equity firms are also playing an increasing role in reshaping governance and management at undervalued Korean companies, unlocking new value creation opportunities.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

That has led many marijuana producers to pursue acquisitions to bolster their top lines. CEO says he's looking at more acquisitions In an interview with MarketWatch last month, CEO Irwin Simon said that more deals could be coming soon. "I I will look to do more acquisitions in 2024," the chief executive said.

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MARCH 26, 2025

With support from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as a minority shareholder, the investment is designed to drive both organic and acquisitive expansion. Learn more about mergers and acquisitions in the CEE area by joining the CEE Private Equity Conference in Warsaw.

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JANUARY 16, 2025

Private equity firms are increasingly using continuation funds to extend ownership of portfolio companies. Despite pockets of distress, such as Upstream Rehabilitation and United Site Services, private equity firms have shown their resilience by enacting targeted initiatives to recover margins and position companies for long-term growth.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Endless created Karnova Food Group through the acquisitions of Yorkshire Premier Meat in 2022 and Smithfield Murray in 2023. The private equity firm has not disclosed financial returns from the exit. The combined business now generates over 135m in revenue, according to a statement from Endless. Can`t stop reading?

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JULY 7, 2024

Shares of amusement park company Six Flags Entertainment (NYSE: SIX) jumped 30.2% However, as of July 1, Six Flags completed its merger with Cedar Fair Entertainment (NYSE: FUN) and now trades under Cedar Fair's ticker symbol. Not all merger proposals come to fruition, and Six Flags proposed a merger with Cedar Fair back in November.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

If the deal is approved, it will instantly shoot into the top-five largest software acquisitions ever. Getting its hands on Splunk will also cement the company's ongoing transformation away from a hardware-centric business into more of a recurring-subscription software one. That isn't exactly chump change.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The company is headquartered in both Dallas and Tel Aviv and has previously raised nearly $500m from major investors, including Sequoia Capital, Insight Partners, and Israeli VC firm Cyberstarts. Its last funding round in early 2024 valued the company at $3bn. Can`t stop reading?

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FEBRUARY 18, 2025

The regulator, which launched the probe in December over competition concerns, confirmed on Wednesday that it will not escalate the merger to a further in-depth investigation. The company confirmed it is in early-stage discussion with private equity investors but emphasized that there is no certainty a public takeover offer will materialize.

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OCTOBER 29, 2024

Before founding Dinmont Ridge, Mr. Maerov led mergers and acquisitions for North America and Latin America at WPP , a global leader in advertising, public relations, media, and technology services headquartered in London. WPP, the world’s largest advertising and marketing company, generates annual revenues exceeding $18 billion.

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DECEMBER 5, 2024

OMERS Private Equity, the PE investment division of the $95.2bn Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System, has agreed a deal to acquire Integris, a fast-growing IT managed service provider (MSP), from Chicago-based Frontenac Company for an undisclosed amount.

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AUGUST 30, 2023

The huge gain came after the healthcare technology company announced late Tuesday evening that trading of its shares would resume at the market open on Wednesday. This halt occurred after the discovery that some shares didn't convert correctly following the company's merger on Aug.

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JANUARY 9, 2025

Private investment giant Blackstone, in partnership with smaller investors, is acquiring a majority stake in Citrin Cooperman, a US accounting firm, in a deal that values the company at over $2bn, according to a report by the Financial Times. Private equity has driven a wave of mergers and acquisitions in the accounting sector.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) has been on an acquisition binge. billion merger with fellow master limited partnership (MLP) Crestwood Equity Partners last November. On top of that, the company has continued to invest heavily in organically expanding its operations. The midstream giant recently closed its nearly $3.1

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Thanks to a combination of innovation, acquisitions, mergers, bankruptcies, legal judgments, competition, and even Acts of God, the stock market's "leaderboard" is constantly in flux. This is to say that Wall Street's largest companies today aren't liable to hold their positions five, 10, or even 20 years from now.

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MARCH 22, 2024

Energy companies have signed over $180 billion in merger agreements over the last six months. However, Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) has gotten left out of the current merger wave washing over the oil patch. The oil producer has reportedly pursued several acquisition targets, only to lose to a competitor.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

The oil companies currently find themselves on opposite ends of a major dispute stemming from Chevron's pending acquisition of Hess (NYSE: HES) , which it made as a countermove following Exxon's mega-deal for Pioneer Natural Resources. Exxon believes Chevron's pending acquisition of Hess triggers this clause. billion, or $64.5

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APRIL 2, 2025

The specialist in audio and speech recognition software went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company on April 28, 2022. Its developer-focused platform, Houndify, enables companies to create customized voice recognition tools. The shares opened at $8.72 and skyrocketed to an all-time high of $24.23

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

Northern Oil and Gas has made an acquisition offer for Granite Ridge Resources, a smaller US producer with operations in several major basins, including the Permian and Eagle Ford, according to a report by Reuters citing sources familiar with the matter. In contrast, Northern’s shares, valued at roughly $3.6bn, dropped 1.1%

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NOVEMBER 19, 2024

In this role, she was responsible for deal sourcing and execution, coaching and mentoring more junior investors, alongside board roles in the investee companies to help them scale operations. She has additional Executive Training from the London Business School, focusing on Mergers & Acquisitions.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The $800m investment will be used to enable LogicMonitor to accelerate platform expansion opportunities including new mergers and acquisitions as well as broadening its footprint into new global markets, ensuring data centres worldwide can meet local demands while benefiting from advanced observability management tools.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Trading in the company’s shares was halted on Friday pending an announcement related to mergers and acquisitions. In its May announcement, ESR stated that the proposal offered shareholders the option of receiving cash or rolling their shares into the new company, subject to the final terms of the deal.

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JULY 20, 2024

VinFast Auto (NASDAQ: VFS) briefly became one of the market's hottest electric vehicle stocks when it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) last August. Like many other SPAC-backed EV makers, it ran of of juice as it missed its pre-merger targets and racked up steep losses.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Alperovich has extensive experience advising private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on a broad range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, minority and growth investments, joint ventures, carve-outs and divestitures, restructurings, SPACs and de-SPACs, and investments in general partners.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The sale comes amid a surge in private equity-led buyouts in Japan, as companies divest non-core assets to enhance corporate and shareholder value. Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma became a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Chemical in 2020, aiming to create synergies between the two entities.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Over the years, private equity has shifted from a focus on leverage and financial engineering to an ever-increasing emphasis on creating value through operational improvements within their portfolio companies. Multiple mergers and acquisitions had created operational inconsistencies within the business.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Pete & Gerrys Organics , a portfolio company of Butterly , has acquired Farmers Hen House , a portfolio company of Benford Capital. Weve grown and scaled the company while keeping with tradition, and were proud today to embrace a new era with Pete & Gerrys to grow the reach of our collective certified humane eggs.

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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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MARCH 7, 2024

BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) , a developer of data mining and analytics tools, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Dec. Its investors retreated as its growth cooled off, it broadly missed its pre-merger targets, and it racked up steep losses. Its stock opened at $9.84 on April 13, 2022.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

annualized, which is why I focus my attention on companies that can increase their payouts. Acquisitions are the main factor driving Realty Income's steadily rising dividend. The REIT estimates that every $1 billion of accretive acquisitions it makes will add 0.5% billion merger with fellow REIT Spirit Realty.

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JANUARY 8, 2025

BlackRock made headlines in late 2024 through the firms acquisition of HPS Investment Partners , backed by their expectation that the private debt market will more than double to $4.5 2] While BlackRocks acquisition dominated the news cycle, other firms have already made it their prerogative to jump into the private credit pool.

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