SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Stanmore Resources Limited (ASX: SMR) completed the acquisition of BHP Minerals Pty Ltd’s 80% interest in BHP Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd, now renamed Stanmore SMC Pty Ltd, through the acquisition of all the shares in Dampier Coal (Queensland)…
OAK BROOK, ILLINOIS: Ace Hardware, the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world, plans to open at least an additional 60 more new stores by the end of the year. The company recently celebrated the opening of its 105th new…
LONDON, UK: Entain plc (LSE: ENT) has partnered with EMMA Capital to establish a new venture (Entain CEE) to drive expansion in Central and Eastern Europe. Entain will own 75% of the economic rights in Entain CEE. Entain CEE will acquire…
LONDON, UK: Hill & Smith Holdings, the international group creating sustainable infrastructure and safe transport through innovation, has exercised its previously announced put option and has now entered into a binding share purchase agreement with a consortium comprising ZINQ France…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Santos has acquired Hunter Gas Pipeline Pty Ltd which owns an approved underground gas pipeline route from Wallumbilla in Queensland to Newcastle in New South Wales. The underground pipeline route passes close to Santos’ Narrabri Gas Project and…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Vysarn Limited (ASX:VYS) has entered into a binding Share Sale Agreement (SSA) for the acquisition of Project Engineering (WA) Pty Ltd (ProEng). Under the SSA, Vysarn will acquire 100% of the issued shares in ProEng for a consideration…
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Freelancer Limited (ASX: FLN), the world’s largest freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace by number of users and jobs posted, announced the merger of its freight divisions, Frieghtlancer and Loadshift. Both platforms will merge under the Loadshift banner, forming Australia’s…
CLICHY, FRANCE: BIC has signed an agreement to acquire the share capital of AMI (Advanced Magnetic Interaction), a small French company specializing in augmented interaction technology and the creator of the ISKN Repaper digital tablet, which allows users to capture…
LONDON, UK: Coats Group, the world’s leading industrial thread manufacturer, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of Rhenoflex GmbH, one of the leading global manufacturers of sustainable structural material solutions for the footwear industry, for an enterprise value…
LONDON, UK: Disc Medicine Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement to merge with Gemini Therapeutics Inc. (Nasdaq: GMTX) in an all-stock transaction. Disc Medicine is a portfolio company of Arix Bioscience plc. The merger will create a Nasdaq-listed clinical-stage…
LONDON, UK: RS Group signed an agreement to acquire Risoul y Cia, S.A. de C.V. (Risoul), a family-owned distributor of industrial and automation product and service solutions in Mexico, for a cash consideration of US$275 million. The consideration represents an…
LONDON, UK: Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired YSC Consulting, a CEO advisory and leadership consultancy that helps organizations align leadership strategies with their business goals to achieve transformational change. The acquisition strengthens Accenture’s capabilities to advise the CEO, C-Suite, and…