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May 30, 2025
Tech Biz AdvancedAdvT Buys UK Public Sector Co. For £13M
AdvancedAdvT Ltd., which owns software companies, said Friday that it has acquired Goss Technology Group Ltd. in a cash-and-shares deal worth £13.5 million ($18.2 million) to expand its operations in Britain's public sector.
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May 30, 2025
South Africa-Focused Miner To Return $5M To Investors
Tharisa PLC, a mining and exploration company that operates in South Africa, said on Friday it will begin a stock repurchase program of up to $5 million, amid concern that its shares are trading at a significant discount.
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May 30, 2025
Linklaters-Led Insurer To Take 15% Stake In UK Rival M&G
M&G PLC said Friday that it has agreed with Dai-ichi Life Holdings Inc. to sell it a 15% stake in the British financial group to create a long-term partnership with the Japanese insurer and help it expand in Europe.
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May 30, 2025
UK Clears $3.1B SES-Intelsat Satellites Biz Merger Plan
The Competition and Markets Authority has given the green light to the proposed $3.1 billion takeover by SES SA, a communications satellite operator based in Luxembourg, of its local rival Intelsat Holdings Sàrl.
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May 30, 2025
National Grid Completes $1.7B Sale Of Green Biz To Brookfield
Energy network National Grid PLC said Friday that it has completed the sale of its renewables business to a Canadian firm, Brookfield Asset Management, and its institutional partners in a deal worth an estimated $1.74 billion.
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May 29, 2025
Private Equity Firm Advent To Buy Insurance Broker Kereis
Private equity firm Advent International has agreed to acquire international insurance brokerage Kereis from investment company Bridgepoint, which acquired the broker five years ago.
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May 29, 2025
Shein Eyes HK Listing After London Snag, Plus More Rumors
Fast-fashion retailer Shein intends to list in Hong Kong after its plans to go public in London fell apart, messaging app Telegram is set to raised $1.7 billion through an upsized bond offering, while Elon Musk's Neuralink Corp. raised $600 million in a deal that values the brain-implant startup at $9 billion.
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May 29, 2025
Argentex Left With Single Bidder As 2 Investors Exit
Argentex said Thursday that two potential investors have withdrawn their interest in buying the U.K.-based foreign exchange provider, leaving its rival IFX Payments as the only entity in line to acquire the company.
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May 29, 2025
Infrastructure Loans Biz To Return Up To £20M In Wind Down
Social infrastructure investor RM Infrastructure Income PLC said Thursday that it will return another £20 million ($27 million) to its shareholders as part of its managed wind-down process.
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May 29, 2025
Investment Advisory Firm Braemar Kicks Off £2M Buyback
Shipping and energy investment adviser Braemar PLC began a stock repurchase program of up to £2 million ($2.7 million) on Thursday in a move to lower its outstanding share capital.
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May 29, 2025
SRA Ordered To Fix Failures After Axiom Ince Collapse
The Solicitors Regulation Authority must improve how it identifies risks to consumers and strengthen regulation of client money to avoid a repeat of failings in its handling of the collapse of Axiom Ince Ltd., the legal industry's oversight watchdog said Thursday.
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May 29, 2025
AI Biz Sundae Bar To List In London In £2M Float
Sundae Bar, an artificial intelligence systems company, said Thursday that it has applied to trade on the junior Alternative Investment Market in London and will seek to raise up to £2 million ($2.3 million) to help expand the business.
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May 29, 2025
Shell To Boost Stake In Nigerian Oilfield With $510M Deal
Energy giant Shell PLC said Thursday that a subsidiary has agreed to pay $510 million to acquire an extra 12.5% stake in an oilfield off Nigeria's coast from a subsidiary of French rival TotalEnergies SE.
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May 28, 2025
In Volatile World, PE Attys Guide Complex Take-Private Deals
As rising geopolitical tensions and tariff uncertainty continue to rattle dealmaking markets, attorneys are guiding private equity firms and potential take-private targets through increasingly complex negotiations.
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May 28, 2025
Investor Raises Ricardo Stake, Calls Again For Chair's Ouster
Science Group said Wednesday it has increased its stake in technology consultancy Ricardo to 21.8% and reiterated its call for the removal of the firm's chair at the company's upcoming meeting, to be held at the offices of Ashurst LLP.
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May 28, 2025
UniCredit To Double Stake In Greek Bank Alpha To 20%
UniCredit said on Wednesday that it has arranged to more than double its holding in the owner of major Greek lender Alpha to approximately 20%.
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May 28, 2025
SPAC Seed Capital Eyes AI Meditech Biz With £33M Deal
U.K. SPAC Seed Capital said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire Cuarta Dimensión Médica SL, a Spanish healthcare technology company, in an all-share transaction worth £33.3 million ($45 million), as it looks to expand in the growing sector.
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May 28, 2025
Baker McKenzie-Led Rentokil To Sell Workwear Biz For €410M
Rentokil Initial PLC said Wednesday that it has agreed to sell its workwear business in France to global alternative investment firm HIG Capital for approximately €410 million ($463 million) to strengthen its position as the leading pest control and hygiene business.
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May 28, 2025
DLA Piper Steers Aviva's £270M Morrisons Pension Deal
Aviva said on Wednesday that it has taken on £270 million ($364 million) worth of pension plan liabilities from a retirement fund sponsored by supermarket giant Morrisons.
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May 28, 2025
Thames Water Fined Record £123M Over Sewage, Dividends
Thames Water was fined £122.7 million ($165.8 million) on Wednesday by the water regulator for breaching rules governing its failed wastewater management and unjustified payment of dividends — the latest upset for the beleaguered utility company.
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May 28, 2025
Tycoon Křetínský To Sweep Up Remaining Royal Mail Shares
The remaining shareholders in Royal Mail's parent company must now sell their stakes to a conglomerate controlled by Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský after more than 90% agreed to the offer, the participants in the transaction said in a joint statement Wednesday.
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May 27, 2025
Railpen Sells Pension Administration Arm To Broadstone
British pensions adviser and administrator Railpen said it has sold its third-party pension administration business to financial services consultancy Broadstone.
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May 27, 2025
Cobalt Prices Shares In $230M IPO To Kick-Start UK Market
Metals investor Cobalt Holdings PLC said Tuesday that it plans to sell 90 million new shares for $2.56 each as part of its proposed float, kick-starting the London initial public offering market after the turmoil caused by U.S. tariffs.
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May 27, 2025
M&C Saatchi Announces Acquisition Of UAE Sports Agency
M&C Saatchi said Tuesday it has inked a deal to acquire Dune 23, a sports agency in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, in a move expected to further enhance its business in the Middle East.
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June 03, 2025
M&A Rainmaker Returns To A&O Shearman From Skadden
Allen Overy Shearman Sterling has rehired a prominent dealmaker as a partner, as the London-based firm moves to strengthen its transatlantic mergers and acquisitions team.