Bids, mergers and takeovers


IN BRIEF: Supreme to buy trade and assets of two vaping firms

Supreme PLC - Manchester-based battery, lighting and vaping manufacturer and distributor - Agrees to buy the trade and assets of vaping manufacturer Cuts Ice Ltd...

Tue, 09/08/2022 - 11:40


Palliser calls for Capricorn Energy to withdraw from Tullow merger

Palliser Capital Master Fund Ltd, one of Capricorn Energy PLC's largest investors, on Tuesday said its proposed merger with Tullow Oil PLC is ‘one-sided’ and...

Tue, 09/08/2022 - 10:04


TOP NEWS: Independent Investment shares rise on agreed Monks merger

Shares rose in Independent Investment Trust PLC on Tuesday after it agreed heads of terms for a merger with FTSE 250-listed Monks Investment Trust PLC....

Tue, 09/08/2022 - 09:47


RPS backs £591 million takeover offer from consultant WSP Global

RPS Group PLC on Tuesday said it has agreed to be bought out by Toronto-listed consultancy firm WSP Global Inc in a deal worth just...

Tue, 09/08/2022 - 09:23


TOP NEWS: Shell completes $1.5 billion acquisition of Sprng Energy

Shell PLC on Tuesday said it has completed the acquisition of Indian renewable energy supplier Sprng Energy Pvt Ltd.

In late April, Shell announced that...

Tue, 09/08/2022 - 08:34


Coca-Cola HBC buys mixer product line Three Cents for €45 million

Coca-Cola HBC AG on Tuesday said its wholly-owned subsidiary CC Beverages Holdings II BV has bought ESM Effervescent Sodas Management Ltd, which operates the brand...

Tue, 09/08/2022 - 08:32


IN BRIEF: Go-Ahead bidders receive undertakings from Threadneedle

Go-Ahead Group PLC - public transport operator - Consortium in process of buying Go-Ahead, comprised of Kinetic TCo Pty Ltd and Globalvia Inversiones SAU, says...

Mon, 08/08/2022 - 19:11


IN BRIEF: Altus Strategies shareholders back merger with Elemental

Altus Strategies PLC - Oxfordshire, England-based mining royalty company - Says shareholders vote in favour of ‘merger of equals’ with Elemental Royalties Corp, under which...

Mon, 08/08/2022 - 19:09


IN BRIEF: Seplat gets ministerial approval for Exxon Mobil deal

Seplat Energy PLC - Lagos-based oil and gas company focused on Nigeria - Receives letter from minister of state for petroleum resources that Muhammadu Buhari,...

Mon, 08/08/2022 - 17:57


IN BRIEF: Anglo Asian Mining invests in Libero Copper & Gold

Anglo Asian Mining PLC - London-based gold, copper and silver producer focused on Azerbaijan - Invests further into TSX-listed Libero Copper & Gold Corp, buying...

Mon, 08/08/2022 - 15:36


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