The former director of a media company told Britain's top court Wednesday that he should not be forced to buy out a minority shareholder after he obstructed the sale of the business, claiming he believed delaying a sale was in its best interests.
The former director of a media company told Britain's top court Wednesday that he should not be forced to buy out a minority shareholder after he obstructed the sale of the business, claiming he believed delaying a sale was in its best interests.
A Danish financier and his company can't appeal a decision over a tax bill of over £866,000 ($1.2 million) despite his claim that they face a 200% tax rate, a London tribunal ruled, saying he had no good reason for missing a previous appeal deadline.
Social Housing REIT said Wednesday that it has agreed to acquire a retirement housing portfolio from Residential Secure Income, which is undergoing managed liquidation, for approximately £108.3 million ($145 million) in a bid to lead the "living REIT" sector in Britain.
Data center operator CSquare Inc. has filed plans with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for its initial public offering, steered by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP and Latham & Watkins LLP.
Investment company Caledonia said Wednesday that it has agreed to invest approximately £60 million ($80.4 million) in Blue Diamond Ltd. to become a minority shareholder in the garden center group.
Finnish measurements company Vaisala said Wednesday that it will buy U.S. AI weather forecaster Atmo in a deal worth up to $130 million as it seeks to expand its technology-based meteorology technology services.
Guardian Metal Resources PLC said Wednesday that it has acquired U.S. land and water rights holding company Lincoln Estates Group LLC for $1.3 million in cash.
Wealth manager Rathbones said Wednesday it has launched a share buyback worth up to £20 million ($26.8 million) after the completion in February of its first-ever £50 million stock repurchase program.
The government has said it will carry out a review of legislation following a £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) transaction in which asset manager Aberdeen PLC took over a pension plan from Stagecoach, a transport operator.
Defined contribution pension assets could exceed £1 trillion ($1.34 trillion) by 2031 and overtake defined benefit plans as the dominant form of private-sector retirement wealth by the end of the decade, an insurance technology company said Wednesday.
