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April 25, 2025
South Korean Co. To Buy Norwegian Silicon Biz For $89M
REC Silicon ASA said Friday that Hanwha Group, its largest shareholder, has offered to acquire the company in a deal that values it at approximately 925 million Norwegian kroner ($89 million).
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April 25, 2025
Argentex CEO Exits As Stricken FX Firm Mulls £3M Bid
Argentex Group PLC said Friday it has replaced its head and named its chief operating officer as interim CEO, as the U.K. foreign exchange service provider navigates a financial crisis and a possible sale of the company.
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April 25, 2025
Portuguese Energy Biz To Float In London On April 30
Clean energy company Technologies New Energy SA of Portugal said Friday that it will begin to trade its shares in London on April 30, after it was bought in February for £28 million ($37 million) by blank-check company Codex.
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April 25, 2025
Aegon Defeats Worker's Contract Claim After Work Transfer
Aegon has beaten an unfair dismissal claim brought by a former Nationwide employee who resigned after his job transferred to the insurer, arguing that changes to his work conditions left him no choice but to quit.
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April 25, 2025
Slaughter And May Leads Coach Biz's $600M US Unit Sale
Public transport operator Mobico Group PLC said Friday it has agreed to sell its U.S. school bus business to I Squared Capital, a private equity firm that specializes in infrastructure, in a transaction worth up to $608 million.
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April 24, 2025
Ex-EY, PwC Execs' New Venture Backed By $300M PE Funding
Private equity giant Warburg Pincus has agreed to plug up to $300 million into a new accounting and consulting firm led by former leaders of two of the Big Four accounting firms.
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April 24, 2025
Ardonagh Group Acquires Swiss Broker SRB Assekuranz
The Ardonagh Group, a British insurance broker, said Thursday that it has acquired Zurich-based SRB Assekuranz Broker AG in a move to expand its MDS Group division.
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April 24, 2025
Certification Firm Bureau Veritas Sets €200M Buyback
Bureau Veritas said Thursday it will reward investors with a €200 million ($227 million) share repurchase program as the French laboratory testing and certification services firm reported an increase in revenue.
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April 24, 2025
Shareholders Back Miami's £70M Bid For European Exchange
The International Stock Exchange said Thursday that its shareholders have backed an approximately £70.4 million ($94 million) takeover offer from the owner of the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
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April 24, 2025
EDF Offers To Buy EV Charger Manufacturer For £4.8M
Pod Point, a maker of electric vehicle charging points, said Thursday that French utility firm EDF, its largest shareholder, has offered to acquire the company for approximately £4.8 million ($6.4 million).
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April 24, 2025
Vet Services Biz CVS To Sell Crematoria Operations For £42M
CVS Group PLC on Thursday announced the disposal of its crematoria operations to a pet aftercare company for £42.4 million ($56 million) cash, a move it believes will help it focus on its veterinary and diagnostics services.
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April 24, 2025
UK Gov't Clears Tile Biz's £9M Deal To Buy Rival
The Competition and Markets Authority said Thursday Topps Tiles' acquisition of 30 stores of rival CTD Tiles for £9 million ($12 million) can now proceed, after it approved the U.K. retailer's remedy to offload four of the outlets.
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April 24, 2025
Science Group Calls For Board Changes At Rival Ricardo
Science Group PLC called for a shake-up of the board of Ricardo on Thursday after building a 20.1% stake in the rival technology consultancy.
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April 24, 2025
Walker Morris Steers £28M Pension Deal For Metals Trader
A U.K. stainless steel and alloy metal trader's pension plan has agreed a £28 million ($37.3 million) buy-in with Just Group, the financial services firm said Thursday, securing the benefits of almost 100 deferred members and about 80 retirees.
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April 23, 2025
BT Sells Rest Of Italian Telecoms Biz To Local B2B Service
Retelit SpA said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire British Telecom's remaining stake in BT Italia SpA to boost its capacity and meet growing demand.
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April 23, 2025
Insurance Group JMG Buys 3 UK Brokers To Boost Presence
Insurance Group JMG Group said Wednesday that it has acquired three British brokers to integrate them with three of its own subsidiaries in a bid to strengthen its presence in the country.
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April 23, 2025
Argentex Weighs Sale To Rival IFX Amid Liquidity Crisis
Foreign exchange service provider Argentex Group PLC said Wednesday that it had entered into "advanced discussions" about a potential acquisition by U.K. rival IFX Payments.
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April 23, 2025
THG Rejects £600M Approach From Selkirk For Myprotein
THG PLC, owner of the Myprotein bodybuilding supplement brand, said Wednesday that it rejected an "unsolicited, largely unfunded, highly conditional and non-binding proposal" of up to £600 million ($797 million) from London-listed shell Selkirk Group PLC to acquire Myprotein.
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April 23, 2025
SME Loans Firm To Launch New £25M Share Buyback
Funding Circle Holdings PLC said Wednesday it will launch a new share repurchase program of up to £25 million (£33 million) after the provider of loans to small and midsized companies recently reported a rise in revenue.
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April 23, 2025
Swiss Drug Developer Veraxa To List In US In $1.6B SPAC Deal
Swiss life sciences investor Xlife Sciences said Wednesday that its portfolio company, Veraxa Biotech, will merge with blank-check business Voyager Acquisition Corp. in a $1.64 billion deal to list on Nasdaq.
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April 23, 2025
Stakeholders Sell £21M Of Shares In Gold Miner Serabi
Two stakeholders in Serabi Gold PLC have sold a total of 20.7% of the U.K. company's share capital to institutional investors, the miner of precious metals said on Wednesday.
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April 22, 2025
Sidley Steers Admiral's Sale Of US Insurance Biz
Admiral Group PLC said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its U.S. motor insurance business to private investment firm J.C. Flowers & Co. for an undisclosed cash amount.
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April 29, 2025
Sidley Adds Former Latham Capital Markets Pro In London
Sidley Austin LLP has hired an experienced debt and equity capital markets heavyweight as a partner in its London practice, as the U.S. law firm continues to strengthen its European presence.
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April 22, 2025
Generali Launches Secondaries Fund With Partners Group
Italian asset management group Generali Investments said Tuesday that it has launched a new investment fund in partnership with Swiss-based global private equity firm Partners Group AG.
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April 22, 2025
Simmons & Simmons Guides Regent's £109M Bid For Inspired
Gas and metering services business Regent said Tuesday that it is looking to buy London-listed Inspired PLC for £109.35 million ($146.4 million) in cash, in an attempt to help reduce debt at the energy and sustainability adviser.
Expert Analysis
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Changes To UK Competition Rules Will Extend CMA Powers
Recent amendments to U.K. competition and consumer law regimes introduce changes to merger control and antitrust investigations that will result in the speedier resolution of cases and greater autonomy for the Competition and Markets Authority, say Bill Batchelor and Aurora Luoma at Skadden.