Bids, mergers and takeovers


RSA Insurance in talks over proposed takeover

Intact Financial Corporation and Tryg A/S have proposed a £7.2bn offer to acquire RSA Insurance in what they believe would be a 'strategically compelling' merger,...

Fri, 06/11/2020 - 07:17


Boohoo grants options to employees worth 1.17% of share capital

Online fashion group Boohoo has announced that options over more than 14,757,805 of ordinary shares were granted to 530 of its employees on 3 November....

Thu, 05/11/2020 - 13:43


Premier Foods confirms Hovis sales talks

Premier Foods has confirmed it is in talks concerning a sale of its 49% stake in Hovis Holdings.

The FTSE 250 firm has responded to...

Wed, 04/11/2020 - 13:59


Court approvals Unilever corporate restructure

Unilever has received approval by the UK High Court for a corporate restructure that will see it merge its UK and Dutch arms.

Upon completion...

Mon, 02/11/2020 - 13:33


Translation company RWS to buy SDL in all-share deal

Language and translation company RWS is to acquire rival SDL after the two company boards agreed to a deal.

The all-share transaction will see RWS...

Thu, 27/08/2020 - 10:05


GB Group invests in digital scorecards developer

GB Group (AIM: GBG), the identity data intelligence specialist, is leading the $7m first close of a Series A investment into CredoLab, a developer of...

Thu, 20/08/2020 - 08:21


BBGI increases investment in Canadian healthcare assets

Global infrastructure investment company BBGI SICAV has completed the acquisition of a further 50% equity interest in the Kelowna and Vernon Hospitals PPP project in...

Wed, 19/08/2020 - 07:34


Trackwise completes acquisition

Specialist products provider, Trackwise Designs, has completed the acquisition of Stevenage Circuits.

Further to the announcement on 13 March 2020, shareholders passed all resolutions...

Thu, 02/04/2020 - 09:15


Vodafone Italy's towers merges with INWIT

Vodafone, Telecom Italia Group and INWIT have completed the merger of Vodafone Italy's towers into INWIT.

The merger sees INWIT become Italy's largest tower...

Thu, 26/03/2020 - 07:14


Metal Tiger terminates acquisition and JV plans

Natural resources firm Metal Tiger has announced it is terminating the acquisition and joint venture agreement entered into with Kanchanaburi Exploration and Mining Company, Boh...

Thu, 12/03/2020 - 09:21


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