The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

The master limited partnership (MLP) made two acquisitions. Despite making nearly $9 billion in acquisitions last year, the MLP is ready for its next deal if the right opportunity emerges. Despite making nearly $9 billion in acquisitions last year, the MLP is ready for its next deal if the right opportunity emerges.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

This transaction underscores the growing role of the $1.7tn global private credit market in mergers and acquisitions amid high interest rates and decreased risk appetite from traditional lenders. KKR is also securing separate financing for the wealth management businesses, leveraging around four times their earnings.

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Blackstone News

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Rover” or the “Company”), the world’s largest online marketplace for pet care, today announced the completion of its acquisition by private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone (“Blackstone”) in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $2.3 With the completion of the acquisition, Rover stockholders are entitled to receive $11.00

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 20, 2024

It's one of only eight REITs in the S&P 500 with two A3/A- credit ratings or better, thanks to its lower leverage ratios and the quality of its portfolio. compound annual rate since going public, driven by a combination of rent growth and accretive acquisitions. Acquisitions are the company's other growth driver.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 4, 2023

With a looming overhaul of US merger-and-acquisition law set to reshape the economics of the M&A-heavy pharmaceutical industry, 31 of its biggest players -- including Merck, Amgen, Abbvie, and Gilead -- formed an alliance to fight the reforms. billion merger with Horizon Therapeutics. Meet the anti-antitrust coalition.

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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 Wire

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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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 23, 2024

While Berkshire has owned the Liberty Media tracking stock since 2016, which tracked Liberty's large stake in Sirius, Berkshire has increased its bet on the satellite radio operator this year, ahead of the tracking stock's merger with publicly traded Sirius shares in a simplification merger in September. billion repurchase program.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 12, 2024

This profitability and FCF generation give UFP ample funding to pour into its growth efforts, which primarily come through tuck-in mergers and acquisitions (M&A). One example of UFP leveraging its know-how in the medtech space was its recent acquisition of AJR Enterprises, a manufacturer of patient transfer devices.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

If the acquisition succeeds, EQT plans to leverage its expertise in mergers and acquisitions to fuel OEM’s expansion into both existing and new markets. OEM’s strong cash flow and balance sheet are expected to support this growth strategy, EQT noted in a statement.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) has been a winning stock since closing its transformational merger with WPX Energy in early 2021. That gave it the fuel to grow value for its investors through dividends, share repurchases, debt reduction, and acquisitions. billion of debt since the merger closed, reducing its leverage ratio to less than 1.

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Private Equity Insights

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This acquisition marks a significant move in the Japanese pharmaceutical market and presents a potential opportunity for CVC to expand and re-list the company in the foreseeable future. CVC’s acquisition of Sogo Medical reflects the confidence in the Japanese healthcare market and its potential for future growth.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2023

While those investments grew its earnings, its leverage ratio also increased. Leverage has fallen from 4.6 In addition, the midstream company expects the merger will increase its free cash flow per share by an average of more than 20% from 2024 to 2027. at the end of 2020 to 3.25 by mid-2023.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 25, 2024

BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition (SPAC) company on Dec. went public, it provided some ambitious growth targets in its pre-merger presentation. BigBear.ai's prospects sounded promising, but it broadly missed its rosy pre-merger targets. and climbed to an all-time high of $16.12

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 1, 2024

After all, he's owned it since he helped arrange a merger to create the entity in 2015. The merger was worth roughly $45 billion, creating a food giant that owns such famous brands as Kraft, Heinz, Oscar Meyer, Kool-Aid, Jell-O, Capri-Sun, and more. However, the merger also loaded up the new entity with debt. Is it stubbornness?

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 10, 2024

billion in investments last year -- a figure that doesn't include its pending acquisition of fellow REIT Spirit Realty. However, despite the headwinds from those higher rates (which increased its borrowing costs and weighed on its share price, driving up its cost of capital ), Realty Income went on an acquisition spree in 2023.

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Blackstone News

JUNE 15, 2023

Cvent”), an industry-leading meetings, events and hospitality technology provider, today announced the completion of its acquisition by an affiliate of private equity funds managed by Blackstone (“Blackstone”) for $8.50 TYSONS, VA – June 15, 2023 – Cvent Holding Corp.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Honeywell recognized that change was in order, and it made an aggressive plan to make a flurry of acquisitions and divest and simplify its business to align with its three highest-conviction megatrends: automation, the future of aviation, and the energy transition. Levering up Honeywell's investments have come at a high price.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Global law firm O’Melveny has boosted its cross-border capabilities with the addition of two experienced pan-Asia transactional lawyers — Stephanie Keen and Sylvia Taslim — as Partners in the firm’s established Mergers & Acquisitions practice based in its Singapore office.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 20, 2024

times leverage ratio. Acquisitions are another big driver of distribution growth for Enterprise. The company has a long history of making accretive deals, from large-scale corporate mergers to asset acquisitions. Speaking of its balance sheet, Enterprise Products Partners has one of the best in the midstream sector.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The deal is the latest in a wave of mergers in the oil patch as Occidental looks to keep pace with larger rivals ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) and Chevron (NYSE: CVX). The transaction will increase Occidental's scale in the Permian Basin, enabling it to leverage its operations to reduce costs.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Shares of the home robotics company, best known for its Roomba line of robotic vacuums, soared nearly 40% last Friday after Reuters reported that Amazon was finally poised to receive unconditional European Union antitrust approval to complete the acquisition. and Europe promptly voiced concerns. per share (though the deal's $1.7

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

The biggest catalyst has been acquisitions. billion acquisition of Lotus Midstream last May and followed it up with its $7.1 billion merger with fellow MLP Crestwood Equity Partners in November. Energy Transfer's leverage ratio is now in the lower half of its 4.0 billion acquisition of WTG Midstream.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 24, 2023

Energy Transfer has since reduced its leverage ratio to its target range of 4 to 4.5 On top of that, its already-substantial cash flows should rise in the future as the company completes expansion projects and makes value-enhancing acquisitions. The acquisition will enhance Energy Transfer's ability to pay distributions.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 13, 2024

Lyman also advises private equity sponsors in complex domestic and cross-border business transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, divestitures, carve-outs, recapitalisations and general corporate matters.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 15, 2024

This shift is beneficial for private equity firms looking to close deals in a challenging mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market, where securing financing has become more difficult. This clause would otherwise require new debt to be issued after the acquisition closes.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Consolidation is driving the upstream industry The last few months have featured a flurry of mergers and acquisitions on the upstream side of the energy sector. In October, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) announced an all-stock merger with Permian Basin producer Pioneer Natural Resources for $59.5 The deals vary in scope and scale.

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Private Equity Wire

AUGUST 27, 2024

Rose specialises in mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, private equity and general corporate matters, according to a press statement.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2024

On September 18th, we announced that we had mutually agreed to terminate our pending acquisition by WillScot. In accordance with the terms of the merger agreement, McGrath received a termination fee of $180 million. McGrath is on a strong footing as we emerge from the terminated merger agreement. We are not. per diluted share.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 23, 2024

The company's financial strength gives it the flexibility to make acquisitions as compelling opportunities arise to add a little more pop to its already solid growth profile. Since the merger, Keurig Dr. Pepper has cut its leverage ratio in half, from about 6 to around 3, while also investing more than $2.5

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 2, 2024

That gave it the flexibility to make two acquisitions last year. Even after completing those deals, the company expects its leverage ratio to be in the lower half of its 4.0 It made two acquisitions last year, which, along with expansion projects, should fuel 7% earnings growth in 2024. Its most recent acquisition (a $7.1

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Both Platinum and Clearlake were noted for having the highest leverage ratios, while Apollo’s leverage was closer to the group’s average, standing at six times earnings. This strategy has been more common as traditional exit opportunities like mergers, acquisitions, and IPOs have dwindled.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2024

But UPS said that it will rely on organic growth and acquisitions to drive the segment -- putting pressure on the company's ability to execute. They have announced splashy mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the pursuit of boosting cash flow to accelerate growth and their capital return programs.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

But given the recent acquisition, it might not issue another special dividend until 2026. Exxon's merger with Pioneer Natural Resources boosted its Permian output to 1.3 It expects to leverage its asset base to grow production to 2 million boe/d by 2027. million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d).

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) , a provider of online financial services, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ) on June 1, 2021. Like many other SPAC-backed start-ups, SoFi lost its luster after it missed its own ambitious pre-merger forecasts. The combined company's stock opened at $21.97

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 3, 2024

times leverage ratio. times leverage ratio its stable cash flow can support. MPLX has the financial flexibility to invest in expansion projects and make acquisitions that grow its cash flow. The MLP will also make acquisitions as opportunities arise. That excess free cash added to its already fortress-like balance sheet.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This is where things get interesting, because Devon Energy just completed a big merger that has increased its leverage. The acquisition has boosted the company's growth opportunity, but the plan for debt reduction has come at the expense of the dividend -- sort of. The company has an investment grade rated balance sheet.

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