News and updates from London Stock Exchange
SHEFFIELD: CEPS announced Monday that Aford Awards Group Holdings Limited, a 75% owned subsidiary of CEPS, acquired the entire issued share capital of A J Sharp Limited on Sept. 25, 2026, through a newly incorporated company. The total consideration for…
LONDON: London-listed infrastructure investor HICL agreed Sunday to invest about £68 million (roughly $91 million) in Hector Rail, the largest private rail freight operator in Scandinavia, the company said. HICL will acquire a 42% stake in Stockholm-based Hector Rail AB…
LONDON: Genel Energy plc said Friday it has increased its recommended cash offer for Capricorn Energy plc to $5.74 per share, outbidding a rival takeover proposal from Norway’s DNO ASA in a monthslong battle for the Edinburgh-based oil and gas…
LONDON: Peel Pepper (UK) Limited has increased its best and final cash offer for Harworth Group PLC to 187 pence per share, and Harworth’s board has changed its recommendation and now unanimously supports the deal, the bidder said Friday. The…
SYDNEY: Australian healthcare company Healius Limited said Friday it has entered a binding agreement to sell its wholly owned subsidiary Agilex Biolabs Pty Ltd to a subsidiary of Novotech Health Holdings Pte Ltd for an enterprise value of A$160 million….
LONDON: Foxtons Group plc, the London-listed real estate agency, announced Wednesday it has acquired four lettings businesses, deepening its push into Birmingham and reinforcing existing operations in Watford and Reading. The company said it bought Maguire Jackson and Davidson Estates…
LONDON: BTG Consulting plc, a financial and real estate advisory firm, announced Wednesday that it has completed the acquisition of Hornbeam CPAM Limited, a property and asset management business, in a deal worth up to £4 million. Hornbeam will join…
LONDON: Airtel Mobile Commerce N.V., the parent company of Airtel Money, announced Wednesday that it intends to pursue an initial public offering and list its shares on the London Stock Exchange, alongside a cornerstone investment agreement with the International Finance…
LONDON: Rentokil Initial plc said Tuesday it has agreed to sell its U.S.-based SOLitude Lake Management LLC and its Vertex Aquatic Solutions division to Bain Capital for $230 million in cash, the latest move in the company’s effort to streamline its operations. The deal,…
LONDON: JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income plc (JUGI) and Aberdeen UK Smaller Companies Growth Trust plc (AUSC) announced Friday that their boards have agreed heads of terms for a combination of the two investment trusts, a deal both companies say will…
LONDON: Taboola.com Ltd. has agreed to acquire Dianomi plc, a London-listed advertising technology company, in a deal that could be worth as much as £27 million, the companies announced. Under the terms of the agreement, Dianomi shareholders will receive 64 pence in cash…
LONDON: DNO ASA and its wholly owned subsidiary DNO Bidco AS have revised their all-cash offer for Capricorn Energy plc, raising the price to $5.214 per share, the companies announced. The revised offer, announced Monday, replaces the original Sept. 1 proposal of $4.224 in…