Private equity firm Accel-KKR said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire British software company Eleco in a cash deal valuing it at approximately £207.6 million ($281 million) after an unsolicited approach earlier in 2026.
Private equity firm Accel-KKR said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire British software company Eleco in a cash deal valuing it at approximately £207.6 million ($281 million) after an unsolicited approach earlier in 2026.
Boohoo owner Debenhams Group said Thursday it has sold an automated fulfillment facility to Primark and also reassigned the lease for £90 million ($122 million) cash, as the value clothing chain disclosed plans to introduce home delivery to customers.
Italian technology company Bending Spoons said Thursday it has agreed to acquire collaboration software maker Miro at an enterprise value of about $1.36 billion.
The board of British marketing company System1 said Thursday it has rejected a revised £43.1 million ($58 million) takeover offer from its biggest shareholder Brave Bison, saying that it is inadequate and undervalues the business.
The independent directors of Irish Continental Group, Ireland's leading maritime transport group, said Thursday that just over three-quarters of shareholders have endorsed the approximately €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) management takeover of the ferry business, narrowly surpassing the required threshold.
The total value of bulk purchase annuity deals for the first six months of the year is set to top £10 billion ($13.5 billion), Aon has said, driven by increasing competition among insurers and high demand from well-funded pension schemes.
The U.K.'s antitrust authority said Thursday that it has cleared Welltower Inc.'s $14 billion acquisition of several care homes in the U.K. after the U.S. real estate investment trust took steps earlier in September to address the regulator's concerns.
A European Union court refused to upend an EU decision blocking Booking.com's €1.63 billion ($1.89 billion) purchase of Swedish flight booking service eTraveli, rejecting Booking's assertions that the European Commission went against its own merger review guidelines.
A shareholder in Touchstone Exploration Inc. pleaded guilty Thursday to fraud and forgery charges after creating a fake takeover approach for the AIM-listed energy company to artificially boost its share price, the Financial Conduct Authority said.
