Deals - South America

The Board of Andes (AIM: AEN; BCBA: AEN) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the acquisition from local South American investors of 100% of the issued share capital of Ketsal S.A. ("Ketsal"), a private oil and gas investment company with interests in producing and exploration assets in Argentina.   KETSAL PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS ... read more

The Board of Andes (AIM: AEN; BCBA: AEN) is pleased to announce the successful completion of the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Kilwer S.A. ("Kilwer"), a private oil and gas company with producing and exploration assets in Argentina, from local, South American investors. KILWER PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS   ... read more

To support its next-generation Smart TV technology, LG has entered into a definitive agreement with HP to acquire the source code, associated documentation, engineering talent and related websites associated with webOS. As part of the transaction, LG also will receive licenses under HP’s intellectual property (IP) for use with its webOS prod ... read more

The Company today announces that it has agreed to purchase 17,502 shares in Finishtec - Acabamentos Técnicos em Metais Ltda. - ME ("Finishtec") representing 50.1% of Finishtec's issued share capital.  The shares are being purchased at a price of approximately $57 per share, amounting to a total consideration of $1,000,000, from the founding partners of ... read more

Old Mutual plc ("Old Mutual" or "the Group") today announces that its Emerging Markets business will strengthen its distribution capability through the acquisition of a majority stake in AIVA Business Platforms (AIVA).   The new business combination will enhance Old Mutual's presence in selected emerging markets particu ... read more

The Board of TLA is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the business an ... read more

Datatec Limited ("Datatec", "the Group" or "the Company", JSE/AIM: DTC) the international Information and Communications Technology (ICT) group, announces that its subsidiary Logicalis has acquired the Colombian and Ecuadorian operations of Cibercall S.A. ("Cibercall", the "Acquisition"). The Acquisi ... read more

Mark Child, Chairman and CEO commented:   "Condor has purchased the strategically important La Mojarra Concession that lies only 400m to the south of La India Vein Set resource of 1,481,000 oz gold at 4.0g/t; the location of a high grade open pit resource of 954,000 oz gold at 3.61g/t. The open pit resource is open to the south. One of the southern most ... read more

W&T Offshore, Inc. has announced that it has entered into an agreement with Newfield Exploration Company and its subsidiary, Newfield Exploration Gulf Coast LLC ("Newfield") to acquire all of Newfield's exploration and production properties in the Gulf of Mexico. The transaction includes 78 federal offshore lease blocks on approximately 432,700 gross acre ... read more

Datatec Limited ("Datatec", "the Group" or "the Company", JSE/AIM: DTC) the international Information and Communications Technology (ICT) group, announces that its subsidiary Westcon Inc ("Westcon") has agreed to acquire the Latin American and Iberian multinational security, virtualisation and data centre ... read more

Elementis plc (ELM.L) ("Elementis" or the "Company") today announces that it has agreed, through its wholly owned subsidiary Elementis Holdings Limited, to purchase Watercryl Quimica Ltda ('Watercryl'), a Brazilian coatings additives company, for a cash consideration of $24 million.   Watercryl was established i ... read more

The Sage Group plc ("Sage"), announces it has acquired a controlling interest in Folhamatic Group ("Folhamatic"), a leading provider of accounting, tax and payroll and regulatory content software in Brazil.  The expected total consideration of £125m (R$398m) for 75% of the equity equates to an enterprise value for 100% of the busin ... read more

"Transaction strengthens Coal of Africa's position as one of the most substantial holders of prospecting and mining rights for coking coal in South Africa's Soutpansberg coalfield," says CEO John Wallington.   Coal of Africa Limited ("CoAL" or "the Company"), ... read more

GeoPark Holdings Limited ("GeoPark" or the "Company"), the Latin American oil and gas exploration and production company operating in Chile, Colombia and Argentina (AIM:GPK) is pleased to announce the completion of its second acquisition in Colombia this year with the purchase of Hupecol Cuerva LLC ("Hupecol"), a privately-held company with two exploration an ... read more

GeoPark Holdings Limited ("GeoPark" or the "Company"), the Latin American oil and gas exploration and production company operating in Chile and Argentina (AIM:GPK) is pleased to announce the acquisition of Winchester Oil and Gas S.A. and La Luna Oil Company Limited S.A. (collectively "Winchester Luna"), privately-held exploration and production com ... read more

Rio Tinto will increase its stake in Richards Bay Minerals (RBM) to 74 per cent through the acquisition of BHP Billiton's 37 per cent interest. The acquisition has been triggered by BHP Billiton's decision to exercise a put option agreed between Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton as part of RBM's restructuring in 2009. The final consideration for the ... read more

PGD's El Tranquilo exploration and mining concession property block (El Tranquilo block), covering over 80 square kilometres, is located approximately 160 kilometres to the south-east of the town of Perito Moreno in the Santa Cruz Province of Argentina. The El Tranquilo block contains Patagonia Gold's flagship Cap-Oeste gold and silver project; where ... read more

Thomson Reuters, the world leader in intelligent information for businesses and professionals, announced the acquisition of Tedesco Technology, a leading provider of technology solutions for corporate legal departments and law firms in Brazil. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The Tedesco Technology, based in Sao Paulo and Porto Alegre office, serves an im ... read more

The Brazil Insurance Holdings and Management SA ("Company"), open joint stock company with shares traded on the Bovespa's Novo Mercado under the symbol BRIN3, in compliance with CVM Instruction 358/2002, informs its shareholders and the market general, according to its strategy of growth through the acquisition of holdings in insurance and reinsurance brokerage, signed an a ... read more

Aramex, the global logistics and transportation solutions provider, announced that it has completed the full acquisition of Berco Express (Pty) Ltd, one of South Africa’s leading logistics and transportation companies. Established in 1992, by Bernard Cox as part of the Berco Group, Berco Express has evolved from a pure courier company to a leadin ... read more

IFS, the global enterprise applications company, today announces that it has signed an agreement with the owners of LATINIFS Tecnologia da Informação S.A. (“LatinIFS”) to purchase 100 percent of the shares of the company. The purchase price will be paid in cash. The acquisition will further strengthen IFS’s market position in the high-gr ... read more

Superior Production Growth with Fully Un-Hedged Precious Metals Exposure AuRico Gold Inc. (“AuRico”) (TSX:AUQ) (NYSE:AUQ) and Northgate Minerals Corporation (“Northgate”) (TSX:NGX) (NYSE-Amex:NXG) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive acquisition agreement (the “Agreement”) to create ... read more

Agnico-Eagle Mines Limited ("Agnico-Eagle") (NYSE & TSX: AEM) and Grayd Resource Corporation ("Grayd") (TSX-V: GYD & OTCQX: GYDRF) announced that 91,228,900 common shares (the "Shares") of Grayd, representing approximately 94.77% of the outstanding Shares on a fully-diluted basis, have been validly deposited pursuant ... read more

Bunzl plc, the international distribution and outsourcing Group, today announces two further acquisitions together with the completion of the acquisition of Majestic Products. The Company has acquired Ideal Global Sistemas de Higiene Ltda from Ryssard and Rodrigo Zimnowlocki.  Based in São Paulo with three warehouses throughout Brazil, Ideal is a le ... read more