Private equity firm Epiris LLP will buy Gamma Communications PLC for £1.015 billion ($1.374 billion), the companies said Tuesday, in a deal that will take the U.K. telecommunications business private.
Private equity firm Epiris LLP will buy Gamma Communications PLC for £1.015 billion ($1.374 billion), the companies said Tuesday, in a deal that will take the U.K. telecommunications business private.
The London Stock Exchange said Tuesday that it plans to allow investors to trade tokenized shares of existing listed companies continuously from Monday to Friday in order to take advantage of the boom in digital assets.
U.S. private equity company Veritas has agreed to buy British thermal-processing business Bodycote for £1.85 billion ($2.5 billion) inclusive of debt, the companies said Tuesday, potentially trumping rival propositions in a hotly contested bidding war.
Norwegian energy company DNO ASA said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire Capricorn Energy PLC for approximately $396 million, trumping Genel's £271 million ($366 million) bid for the British oil producer.
Telecommunications giant Vodafone said Tuesday that French lender Société Générale SA has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in its German fiber network joint venture OXG Glasfaser Beteiligungs-GmbH.
British retailer Frasers said Tuesday it wants to increase its shareholding in Hugo Boss to more than 50%, in line with its ambitions to fully own the German giant under a takeover plan.
Engineering firm Wood Group has secured the retirement benefits for all 16,400 members of its pension plan with a £1.65 billion ($2.23 billion) buy-in, consultancy Lane Clark Peacock said Tuesday.
U.S. law firm Jones Day has said it expanded its corporate practice in Europe with the addition of a former Freshfields LLP mergers and acquisitions specialist in Munich, Germany.
