LONDON: Induver and Clover, two of Belgium’s leading independent corporate insurance brokers, have announced their merger to create a new market leader in the sector. The combined business will benefit from the support of Hg, a leading investor in software and services businesses, as a minority shareholder. The merger brings together Induver’s premium positioning and…
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Arkhouse and Brigade Capital raise bid for Macy’s to $24 per share
Arkhouse Management Co. LP and Brigade Capital Management have increased their all-cash offer to buy Macy’s for $24 per share, a 51.3% premium over the retailer’s share price before their initial bid in December 2023. The buyer group, which also includes Fortress Investment Group LLC and One Investment Management US as equity partners, urged Macy’s…
Super Apps acquires MobilityOne’s subsidiary, 1Shop
LONDON: MobilityOne, an e-commerce infrastructure payment solutions and platform provider, has announced the completion of the sale of its 60% stake in its non-core subsidiary 1Shop to Super Apps, a leading Southeast Asian super app company. The deal, which was first announced in October 2022, was initially subject to the completion of a merger exercise…
ParagonCare and CH2 announce merger to create healthcare distribution giant
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: ParagonCare, a leading provider of healthcare equipment and services, has agreed to merge with CH2, a national distributor of pharmaceuticals and medical products, in a deal worth $201.5 million. The merger will create a diversified and complementary healthcare distribution and wholesaling group, with combined revenues of $3.3 billion and EBITDA of $93 million…
Onelife Senior Living Merges with Ally Senior Living to Expand in Eight States
Onelife Senior Living, a family-owned developer and operator of senior living communities, has merged with Ally Senior Living, a Texas-based operator, to form a new company that will operate in eight states across 19 properties. The deal, which closed in February 2024, will retain Onelife Senior Living name and branding, and will be led by…
Alcoa Corporation offers to buy Alumina Limited in a share swap deal
SYDNEY: Alcoa Corporation has made a conditional offer to buy all the shares of Alumina Limited through a share swap deal, a financial news announcement noted. Alumina shareholders would receive 0.02854 Alcoa shares for each Alumina share they own. This offer values Alumina at 13.1% higher than its closing price on 23 February 2024, and…
NexTier and Mars Bancorp complete merger to form Western Pennsylvania’s leading community bank
NexTier, Inc., the parent company of NexTier Bank, N.A., announced on Tuesday that it has successfully merged with Mars Bancorp, Inc., the owner of Mars Bank, as of February 16, 2024. The merger creates a combined entity with more than $2.7 billion in assets and 31 branches across seven counties in Pennsylvania, as well as…
GAN shareholders approve merger with SEGA SAMMY subsidiary
GAN Limited, a North American provider of internet gaming solutions and online sports betting, announced that its shareholders approved the merger with a subsidiary of SEGA SAMMY CREATION INC., an affiliate of SEGA SAMMY HOLDINGS INC., a Japanese entertainment conglomerate. The merger agreement was supported by over 95% of the votes cast at a special…
Flame Acquisition Corp. and Sable Offshore Corp. to merge and trade on NYSE
Flame Acquisition Corp. (Flame), a blank check company, and Sable Offshore Corp. (Sable), a streamlined production unit, have received the green light from Flame’s stockholders to merge and become a publicly traded company. The business combination was approved by the requisite number of shares of Flame common stock voted at the special meeting on February…
Horizon Minerals and Greenstone Resources announce merger to create a gold mining powerhouse
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Horizon Minerals Limited (ASX: HRZ) and Greenstone Resources Limited (ASX: GSR) have announced a merger that will create a gold mining powerhouse in the Western Australian Goldfields, a financial news announcement noted. The merger will be conducted by way of schemes of arrangement, whereby Horizon will acquire 100% of the fully paid ordinary…
Barratt Developments and Redrow Plc agree to merge in £2.5 billion deal
LONDON, UK: Barratt Developments, the UK’s largest homebuilder, has announced that it will acquire its rival Redrow Plc in a £2.5 billion deal that will create a market leader in quality, service and sustainability. The boards of both companies have agreed to the terms of the all-share offer, which will see each Redrow Plc shareholder…
Red 5 Limited and Silver Lake Resources merge to create a leading gold producer
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Red 5 Limited and Silver Lake Resources Limited have announced a merger deal that will create a diversified and profitable gold producer with operations in Australia and Canada. The merger will be implemented through a scheme of arrangement, under which Red 5 will acquire all the shares in Silver Lake. Silver Lake shareholders…