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September 05, 2024
Investors Claim £12.6M Bank Investment Started With A Lie
An investment company and its owner have sued two business partners for more than £12.6 million ($16.6 million) paid to set up a specialist bank, accusing the pair of lying by saying less than half that amount would be needed to get the bank off the ground.
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September 05, 2024
UK Housebuilder Vistry To Return £130M More To Investors
Vistry Group PLC said Thursday it will launch an up to £130 million share buyback program this month in line with its ambitions to distribute a targeted £1 billion to investors over three years.
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September 05, 2024
Associated British Foods To Extend Buyback By £100M
Kingsmill bread and bakery products owner Associated British Foods PLC said Thursday that it will extend its existing £500 million ($658 million) share buyback program by another £100 million as it expects to generate strong sales this year.
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September 05, 2024
Slaughter And May-Led Asos To Sell Topshop Stake For £135M
British fashion retailer Asos said Thursday that it has agreed to sell 75% of its Topshop and Topman brands to Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen's investment company Heartland for £135 million ($177.7 million) in a deal led by Slaughter and May.
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September 12, 2024
Bird & Bird Recruits M&A Partner In Frankfurt Amid Growth
Bird & Bird LLP has hired a business expert as a partner in Frankfurt as the firm bolsters its growing corporate practice internationally, with a keen eye on its new office in Japan.
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September 05, 2024
Irish Housebuilder To Roll Out €50M Share Buyback
Glenveagh Properties PLC said on Thursday that it will reward investors with a share repurchase program worth as much as €50 million ($55 million) as the Irish homebuilder reported a hit to its revenue.
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September 05, 2024
Surge In Pension Deal Demand Expected In 2nd Half Of 2024
There is likely to be a record number of transactions in the U.K. pensions market in 2024, according to a study published Thursday by accounting giant PwC, despite what many have described as a slower start to the year.
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September 05, 2024
Freshfields-Led Tech Co. To Buy Sensor Biz For €133M
Spectris said Thursday that it has bought a subsidiary of AVL List, an Austrian automotive testing company, for €133.5 million ($148.1 million), as the U.K. precision tools supplier aims to bolster its market position in the auto, aerospace and industrial sectors.
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September 05, 2024
UK Probes Acerinox's $800M Bid For Haynes International
Britain's antitrust authority said Thursday that it has launched a formal investigation into the planned $798 million takeover by stainless steel manufacturer Acerinox of Haynes International, which makes alloys, to assess whether the deal would weaken domestic competition.
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September 05, 2024
CVC Raises €7.4B Of Capital In 1st Results After Listing
European private equity firm CVC Capital Partners PLC said Thursday that it has raised €7.4 billion ($8.2 billion) in fresh capital during the first six months of 2024 as it published its first set of results since its €2 billion flotation in Amsterdam.
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September 11, 2024
Hausfeld Snaps Up Litigation Pro From Covington In London
Hausfeld LLP has hired a partner from Covington & Burling LLP in London to boost its profile in commercial disputes, after its office in the U.K. capital recently underwent changes in leadership.
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September 04, 2024
Broker Clear Buys 4th Specialist Underwriter
Insurance broker Clear has acquired specialist underwriter Accelerate Underwriting for an undisclosed amount to grow its managing general agent capabilities.
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September 04, 2024
Microsoft Hiring Of Inflection AI Team Too Small To Worry UK
The U.K.'s antitrust regulator said Wednesday it has ended its probe into Microsoft's hiring of Inflection AI staff, finding the U.S. machine learning specialist's operation was too small to trigger competition concerns.
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September 04, 2024
Irish Hotelier Dalata To Launch €30M Share Buyback
Dalata Hotel Group PLC said Wednesday it will soon begin an up to €30 million ($33 million) share repurchase program aimed at lowering its outstanding share capital, as it reported an improvement in its revenue.
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September 04, 2024
EU Scrambles To Close Competition Gap After Illumina Ruling
The Europe Union's highest court has left the bloc's antitrust authorities struggling to find a way to close an enforcement gap that could make it easier for dominant companies to neutralize startups with its decision that the European Commission had no authority to probe Illumina’s $8 billion acquisition of Grail.
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September 04, 2024
Investment Biz Sells Stake In UK Rival For Up To $258M
Petershill Partners PLC, an investment business operated by Goldman Sachs, said Wednesday it has completed the sale of its entire stake in investment manager LMR Partners in a deal worth up to $258 million.
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September 04, 2024
Slaughter And May Leads REIT In £552M Logistics Biz Buy
Segro said Wednesday that it has agreed to buy Tritax EuroBox, a logistics property investor, in an all-share deal worth approximately £552 million ($724 million), as the corporate real estate owner moves to expand and diversify its portfolio.
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September 04, 2024
Investors Get 3rd Extension For £253M Bid For Payments Co.
Payments technology company Equals said Wednesday that the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers has granted its request to extend a deadline for the third time for a consortium of investors to confirm or cancel their proposed £253 million ($332 million) takeover bid.
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September 04, 2024
Mishcon Helps Starwood Capital Buy UK REIT For £674M
U.S. investment firm Starwood Capital Group said Wednesday that it will buy a British real estate investment trust for £674 million ($884 million), hoping it will perform better as a private company after facing challenges in a tough property market.
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September 04, 2024
Sackers, HSF Guide £1.3B Coats UK Pension Insurance Deal
British textiles manufacturer Coats Group PLC said Wednesday that it has offloaded its retirement savings plan liabilities to Pension Insurance Corp. in a deal worth up to £1.3 billion ($1.7 billion), steered by Sacker & Partners LLP and Herbert Smith Freehills LLP.
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September 03, 2024
Loans Investor RM Infrastructure Launches £20M Tender Offer
RM Infrastructure Income PLC on Tuesday rolled out a program to buy back up to £20 million ($26 million) of its shares, in a move to return capital to investors amid a wind-down process.
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September 03, 2024
Revolution Bars Raises £12.5M To Save It From Insolvency
U.K. nightlife chain Revolution Bars said Tuesday that it has issued new shares to the junior Alternative Investment Market in London after it completed a fundraising and restructuring program to save it from going under.
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September 03, 2024
CMA Clears Tate & Lyle Sugar Biz Deal
Britain's competition authority said Tuesday it has now cleared Tate & Lyle's planned purchase of sugar producer Tereos' U.K. business, as the unit was at risk of shutting down without the deal, which would lead to reduced competition in the industry anyway.
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September 03, 2024
BBVA Gets UK Regulatory OK For €12B Bid For TSB Owner
Spanish lending giant BBVA said Tuesday the U.K.'s Prudential Regulation Authority has given the approval for it to indirectly acquire control of British-based TSB Bank PLC as part of its €12 billion ($13.3 billion) hostile takeover bid of rival Banco de Sabadell.
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September 03, 2024
TotalEnergies Forms $444M India JV With Adani
Energy giant TotalEnergies said Tuesday that it has agreed to invest $444 million to set up a new joint venture with India's largest renewable energy company, Adani Green Energy Ltd., for a solar project in the southeast Asian country.