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September 24, 2024
Everton Finds New Buyer In US Billionaire
The company controlled by U.S. billionaire businessman Dan Friedkin has agreed to take a majority stake in Everton Football Club in a move that comes after a prior Everton sale fell through amid legal troubles for the buyer.
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September 24, 2024
Reckitt To Launch 2nd £250M Tranche Of £1B Buyback
Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC on Tuesday said it expects to soon roll out an up to £250 million ($355 million) share repurchase scheme, the second part of the consumer goods giant's program aimed at downsizing its share capital.
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September 24, 2024
Chemicals Biz Begins 2nd £125M Tranche Of £250M Buyback
Chemicals and sustainable technology company Johnson Matthey said Tuesday that it will buy £125 million ($167 million) of its shares in the second tranche of a £250 million share buyback program to reduce the number of its shares in the market.
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September 24, 2024
Smiths Group To Buy 2 North American Cos. For £110M
Industrial technology company Smiths Group PLC said Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire a Canadian electrical heating business and a U.S. metal and flexible ducting manufacturer for a total of £110 million ($147 million), expanding its footprint in North America.
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September 24, 2024
Shoosmiths Steers Medical Business On £21M Tender Offer
Niox Group PLC, advised by Shoosmiths LLP, on Tuesday proposed to buy back shares worth up to £21 million as the asthma testing device maker looks to reward investors after reporting increased revenue.
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September 24, 2024
Linklaters-Led Gulf Energy Biz To Buy Enviro Co. For $1.4B
Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co. PJSC said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy green energy company Saeta Yield SA from Brookfield Renewable Partners LP of Canada for $1.4 billion, to strengthen its presence in Spain and Portugal.
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September 24, 2024
Pension Trustees Urged To Look At Insurers' Carbon Targets
Trustees of retirement savings plans should look at how well insurers perform against their interim carbon-reduction targets when they choose a partner for a bulk annuities transaction, a consultancy has said.
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September 24, 2024
Nasdaq, Deutsche Boerse Targeted In EU Antitrust Raids
Nasdaq and Deutsche Boerse said Tuesday that they are among the financial services firms being investigated by the European Commission over alleged violations of EU competition laws in derivatives trading.
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September 24, 2024
Eversheds Sutherland-Led REIT In £147M Bid For Mall Owner
NewRiver REIT said Tuesday that it has agreed to buy Capital & Regional PLC, a shopping mall owner, for £147 million ($197 million) as it aims to benefit from rental growth in the sector.
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September 24, 2024
Swisscom's €8B Vodafone Italia Deal Gets EU Clearance
Swisscom AG said Tuesday that Europe's competition authority has cleared its proposed €8 billion ($8.9 billion) acquisition of Vodafone Group PLC's Italian business under the bloc's foreign subsidies rules.
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September 23, 2024
RSV Vaccine Biz Secures $100M For Series B Funding Round
Biopharmaceutical company Vicebio Ltd. on Monday announced that it secured its Series B funding round after securing $100 million led by science-focused investment firm TCGX.
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September 23, 2024
German Biotech Biz Aims For €132.7M Valuation In IPO
German biotech company Pentixapharm said Monday that it is set to launch an initial public offering valued at approximately €23.4 million ($26 million) on the Frankfurt stock exchange on Tuesday at a valuation of up to €132.7 million.
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September 23, 2024
Analytics Firm GlobalData Launches £20M Share Buyback
GlobalData PLC said on Monday that it has kicked off a share buyback program worth up to £20 million ($27 million) to reward investors and cut down the size of its share capital.
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September 23, 2024
Baltic Fintech Eleving To Raise Up To €30M In IPO
European financial technology company Eleving Group said Monday that it is looking to raise up to €30 million ($33.3 million) in its initial public offerings in Germany and Latvia to continue its global expansion in new and existing markets.
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September 23, 2024
UniCredit Boosts Commerzbank Stake To 21%, Eyes More
Italian lender UniCredit said Monday that it has boosted its stake in German rival Commerzbank from 9% to 21% and is eyeing further investment as it appeared to be laying the groundwork for a possible full takeover.
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September 23, 2024
Finance Sector Seeks Regulatory Clarity As Challenges Loom
The financial services sector is pushing for clearer regulations on artificial intelligence and environmental, social and governance criteria, according to research by global law firm DLA Piper.
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September 23, 2024
Clifford Chance-Led BNP To Buy HSBC Unit In Germany
BNP Paribas SA said Monday that it has agreed to buy HSBC's private banking unit in Germany as part of its plans to expand its wealth management arm in a "key strategic market."
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September 23, 2024
Springer Nature Aims For €4.7B Valuation In German IPO
German-British journal publisher Springer Nature said Monday that it is shooting for a €4.7 billion ($5.2 billion) valuation for its forthcoming initial public offering in Frankfurt.
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September 23, 2024
Murdoch's REA Makes Higher £6.1B Offer For UK Property Biz
Rupert Murdoch's Australian online real estate advertising company said Monday that it has made a sweetened proposed offer of £6.1 billion ($8.1 billion) for Rightmove PLC after the British property business rejected two earlier bids.
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September 20, 2024
BNP Paribas Plugging $5B Into Apollo-Backed Atlas
Private equity giant Apollo and its Atlas SP Partners platform, both advised by Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP, on Friday unveiled a strategic partnership with European Union bank BNP Paribas, led by Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, that will see the global bank plugging an initial $5 billion investment into the collaboration.
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September 20, 2024
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
The past week in London has seen crypto exchange Binance face a new claim from the co-founder of SO Legal, a U.S. immersive art company take on a Bristol venue for copyright violations and Blake Morgan LLP hit with a pension schemes claim by The Trust for Welsh Archeology. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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September 20, 2024
Willkie Guides On African Banking Biz's SocGen Deal
Societe Generale said Friday it has inked a deal to offload its 57.93% stake in its bank based in Guinea Conakry, West Africa, for an undisclosed sum to Atlantic Financial Group, which was advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP.
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September 20, 2024
DLA Piper Boosts Corporate, Insurance Teams With 2 Partners
DLA Piper has strengthened its European corporate and insurance practices with the recruitment of two experienced partners to its offices in Spain and Italy.
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September 20, 2024
Ventilation Biz Volution To Acquire Aussie, NZ Rival For $190M
Volution Group PLC said Friday that it has agreed to acquire rival Fantech Group, for 280 million Australian dollars ($191 million), as the U.K. ventilation provider looks to expand in Australia and New Zealand.
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September 20, 2024
Salmon Farmer Atlantic Sapphire Plans $64M Rights Issue
Danish salmon farmer Atlantic Sapphire ASA said Friday that it plans to raise $64 million through a share issue to existing holders, to fund its operations until the end of 2025.