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May 27, 2026
The Competition and Markets Authority invited comments on Wednesday on Danone's anticipated acquisition of local meal-replacement producer Huel Ltd.
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May 27, 2026
Insurance giant Royal London said Wednesday that it has picked up £42 million ($56.5 million) in pension liabilities from jeweler F.Hinds, in a deal advised by Addleshaw Goddard LLP and Mayer Brown LLP.
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May 27, 2026
HSB UK & Ireland has completed a £36 million ($48.4 million) full-scheme buy-in transaction, securing the retirement benefits of 319 members of the insurance provider's program, Canada Life said Wednesday.
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May 27, 2026
Scandinavian Airlines has completed a pension buy-in transaction worth £61.8 million ($831 million) for a staff retirement savings plan, securing the benefits of 708 members, Just Group PLC said Wednesday.
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May 27, 2026
Dulux paint-maker AkzoNobel said Wednesday that it has rejected a bid of €12.5 billion ($14.6 billion) by U.S. rival Sherwin-Williams and Nippon Paint of Japan in favor of a merger it had already agreed with Axalta Coating Systems to form a $25 billion company.
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May 26, 2026
A proxy advisory company has urged investors in Metro Bank to vote down aspects of the lender's pay report, including a sizable top executive bonus program that is "significantly out of line with market standards."
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May 26, 2026
A global exchange association set out rules on Tuesday for how stock exchanges should classify listed companies in the transition toward a green economy.
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May 26, 2026
Crism Therapeutics Corp. said Tuesday it has raised £2.5 million ($3.4 million) through a share issue, which the clinical-stage company that focuses on the delivery of chemotherapy drugs plans to use for working capital and to fund its projects.
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May 26, 2026
Kendrick Resources PLC said Tuesday it has conditionally raised £1.76 million ($2.4 million) through a share sale, which the minerals explorer plans to use to further its rare earth project in Namibia.
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May 26, 2026
Investment manager Oakley Capital Ltd. said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Belgian software company Xtel from Bain Capital and SilverTree to capture growing demand for software for consumer goods companies.
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May 26, 2026
Gas exploration company Sound Energy said Tuesday that it has agreed to sell its entire Moroccan portfolio for approximately $57 million to local rival Managem, and to relinquish exploration rights in the country's eastern region.
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May 26, 2026
Jardine Matheson of Hong Kong has said it will buy I-MED Radiology Network for $2.4 billion, adding the Australian diagnostic imaging company to its portfolio as it seeks to invest in healthcare diagnostics.
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May 22, 2026
In this week's Taxation With Representation, Equity Residential and AvalonBay Communities Inc. combine, investment firms CVC and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert lead a group of investors to buy pharmaceuticals company Recordati SpA, and NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy merge.
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May 22, 2026
British industrial services company Bodycote said Friday it has received a conditional cash proposal from private equity giant Apollo and its flagship buyout fund for a possible takeover that would value Bodycote at more than $2 billion.
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May 22, 2026
The past week in London has seen Napster sued by a music royalties company, White & Case LLP and Laytons LLP targeted in a claim by a property developer, a short-term lender pursue legal action against law firm Rainer Hughes and its former founding partner following his strike-off for money laundering offenses, and the administrators of London Bridging sue the founder of collapsed Market Financial Solutions. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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May 22, 2026
Zenith Energy Ltd. said Friday that it has agreed to terms for the sale of a drilling rig in a deal worth approximately $4.3 million, which the oil and gas company said tops earlier indicative offers.
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May 22, 2026
Estée Lauder and Spanish beauty group Puig Brands SA have ended discussions over a potential business combination that would have created a $40 billion global luxury cosmetics company, as the U.S. group reaffirmed confidence in its turnaround strategy.
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May 22, 2026
Investment companies Workspace and Impax Environmental said in separate statements on Friday that they have been told by shareholder Saba Capital Management that it plans to shake up their boards, as the activist investor intensifies its intervention in funds listed in London.
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May 22, 2026
Investment firms CVC and Groupe Bruxelles Lambert said Friday that they are heading up a group of investors that will buy Recordati SpA for €10.7 billion ($12.4 billion) in a move to take the Italian pharmaceuticals company private.
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May 21, 2026
U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves announced plans Thursday to restrict offshore tax planning by energy multinationals as part of a series of fiscal measures, including cuts to fuel duty and value-added tax.
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May 21, 2026
QinetiQ Group PLC said Thursday that it will extend its existing share repurchase program by an additional £200 million ($268.5 million) to £550 million, strengthening its returns to investors.
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May 21, 2026
Most U.K. defined benefit pension programs have now decided their long-term plans for their eventual managed wind-downs, including buyouts by insurance groups, an Aon PLC report showed on Thursday.
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May 21, 2026
Semiconductor components maker Semco said Thursday that its majority shareholder ECM Technologies has sold €50 million ($58 million) of its shares, decreasing its stake in the company.
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May 21, 2026
The U.K. has topped mainland Europe as the leading destination for foreign investment in financial and professional services despite Brexit and global volatility, the governing body of the City of London said on Thursday.
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May 21, 2026
Financial technology company TruFin said Thursday that it has agreed to sell game developer Playstack Ltd. to a subsidiary of U.S.-based Integrated Media Co. Group at an enterprise value of £125 million ($168 million).