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Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk has long demonstrated an interest in cryptocurrencies. His public endorsements and criticisms of various digital currencies have often sent ripples through the crypto market.
Yet, despite his fascination with the decentralized digital realm, Musk has once again reiterated that none of his companies will ever create a cryp ... Read more...
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The world of talent acquisition is in the midst of a profound transformation, driven by the relentless march of arti ... Read more...
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Cummins Emission Solutions completed the acquisition of two Faureciacommercial vehicle manufacturing plants in Indiana and the Netherl ... Read more...
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Sales of its obesity therapies may be accelerating, but Novo Nordisk is showing no signs of pushing the brake pedal on investments in the category.
Amongst its interim results statement, the Danish drugmaker revealed that it has agreed to buy Canada's Inversago Pharma, a specialist in metabolic disorders that focuses on the development of peripherally act ... Read more...
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Encora, a global next-gen digital engineering provider, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Softelligence, a Romanian software ... Read more...
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Regnology, a leading software provider with a focus on regulatory reporting solutions, announces today the acquisition of Metadata Technology (Metadata), a UK-based provider of Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX) solutions for central banks and national statistics authorities.
SDMX is an ISO standard designed to describe statistical data and metadata and improve ... Read more...
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Quality Collision Group, a private-equity-backed venture of multisite OEM-certified collision repair centers, today announced the continued growth of its organization with the acquisition of Schaefer Autobody Centers.
Quality Collision Group continues its strategic focus on building the nation’s largest and most trusted OEM-certified collision repair company by u ... Read more...
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In a watershed development for California's working class, employee rights firm DLaw has acquired industry-leading attorney Kevin T. Barnes' law offices and staff, as Barnes is no longer taking new cases after a successful 35-year career.
Just like DLaw, Barnes' respected Los Angeles-based group ... Read more...
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Nilörngruppen AB acquires Bally Labels AG in Switzerland together with two of the employees, Liana Zanin and Ayse Peter, who will own 10 percent each. The acquisition will be effective from December 31, 2022.
Martin Bally, the current owner, has been running Bally Label since 1992 and has for the past two years gradually handed over the operation to Lian ... Read more...
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Inszone Insurance Services: a rapidly growing, national provider of benefits, personal and commercial lines insurance, announced today the acquisition of Capizzi Insurance.
Capizzi Insurance was founded in 1971 by Vincent Capizzi. With one location Capizzi Insurance primarily operated as a standard-preferred personal lines and small-mid commercial lines property and casual ... Read more...
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Lofelt was founded in 2014 and has since released several products. The first and probably the best known is a wristband called Basslet, which was advertised as a “wearable subwoofer” that delivered haptic effects to match the music you were listening to.
Later, the startup developed Lofelt Studio, software that allows developers to create gra ... Read more...
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Mike Ashley’s retail emporium Frasers has inked a deal to acquire fast fashion firm I Saw It First.
In an announcement on the London Stock Exchange on Thursday morning, the Sports Direct owner confirmed The Telegraph’s reports that it was to poach the website.
I Saw It First was created by Jalal Kamani in 2017, after he ... Read more...
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Marks and Spencer has acquired the logistics provider Gist to its food arm for £145m, with the supermarket “taking control of our food supply chain for the first time in our history.”
The deal, which is expected to add to the company’s profits next year, will help M&S navigate supply chain snags ... Read more...
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Spotify has officially announced the acquisition of music trivia game Heardle amid a broader effort to expand its offerings and grow its revenue.
The Stockholm-based company, which has dropped billions on podcasts and podcast ... Read more...
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Joseph Phelps' legendary Insignia, a Bordeaux-style Napa-grown blend, is considered one of the most sought-after fine wines in the world.
MOËT GOES TO NAPA: Bernard Arnault has a few more drink options.
Moët Hennessy, the wines and spirits division of Arnault-led ... Read more...
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Shutterstock announced Wednesday that it has acquired Pond5 for $210 million in cash.
Pond5 is an online marketplace for royalty-free and editorial videos and has customers including Netflix, Disney, NBC, BBC, Discovery Channel, an ... Read more...
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Clue Genetics Inc. (Clue) has announced its acquisition of certain R&D assets of Mycosynthetix, Inc. (MSX), including its proprietary collection of approximately 50,000 diverse strains of fungi.
The acquisition brings together Clue’s expertise in genomics and computational biology with MSX’s complementary capabilities in fungal biology ... Read more...
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Apple has acquired UK music startup AI Music for an undisclosed sum. The smaller firm was using artificial intelligence to generate dynamic soundtracks to match people’s mood.
The way this service worked, it would create soundtracks using royalty-free music and artificial intelligence. It sounds very like Endel, a cross platform tool th ... Read more...
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Mercedes-Benz announced it will integrate Luminar’s lidar sensors into future production vehicles to enable autonomous driving capabilities.
The German automaker is also taking an equity stake in the Orlando, Florida-based company, acquiring a total of 1.5 million shares. Based on Luminar’s share pri ... Read more...
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Aimé Leon Dore has become one of the hottest brands as it bridges menswear and streetwear, and now it has the backing of the largest luxury conglomerate in the world.
LVMH — the corporation behind Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, Off-White, and more — has acquired a minority stake in the Queens-born brand founded in 2014. Terms of the ... Read more...
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Merlin Entertainments, a global leader in location-based entertainment and Europe’s number one visitor attraction operator announced it will be taking over the day-to-day management for ... Read more...
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National retailer Holland & Barrett has expanded with the acquisition of a home beauty services business.
Blow LTD will become a subsidiary business of Nuneaton-headquartered Holland & Barrett, with all of its employees will move to the new ownership structure.
The company provides hair and beauty services to women in Greate ... Read more...
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TPXimpact Holdings PLC, the London based digital transformation company, announced the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of RedCortex Ltd, a digital and cloud-based transformation consultancy.
Cardiff-based RedCortex, founded in 2016, is a technology services supplier to the Welsh public sector, particularly focused on healthcare and transport alongs ... Read more...
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Flutter Entertainment PLC has announced the acquisition of the online bingo operator Tombola for an enterprise value of £402m.
Tombola, with teams primarily located in Sunderland and Gibraltar, is a bingo-led gaming company with an emphasis on providing a low staking bingo proposition to a engaged customer base.
In its financial y ... Read more...
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IRIS Software Group, one of the UK’s largest providers of specialist education software, is today announcing it has acquired Every, a leading compliance and HR management solution provider for the education sector.
Founded in 2010, Every is a leading provider of compliance and HR management software to schools and Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) in ... Read more...
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Supermarket giant Morrisons has acquired a significant stake in a new recycling site.
The site in Fife will reprocess 'hard-to-recycle' soft plastics and will enable Morrisons to become the first UK supermarket to own its own recycling operations.
The facility, which is is co-owned and being constructed by recycling plant sp ... Read more...
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Cyber security startup Immersive Labs — which recently closed a $75 million Series C funding round giving it a significant war chest — is acquiring US-based cyber startup Snap Labs in an undisclosed deal, although Immersive says it’s a “multi-million dollar fig ... Read more...
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Revolution Beauty Group has completed its acquisition of Medichem Manufacturing for £23 million, as part of its aim to expand the beauty brand.
Medichem Manufacturing is Revolution Beauty’s first acquisition and will provide the group with its own, in-house and vertically integrated manufacturing business.
The acquisitio ... Read more...
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The US-based Independent Publishers Group (IPG) has acquired United Independent Distributors (UID) in the UK, which includes distribution centres Marston, Orca Book Services and Turpin along with sales and marketing agency Eurospan.
IPG said the move expands on its core business of "providing publisher services to high-quality ... Read more...
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Communications firm Influential has today completed the acquisition of the North West-based creative branding agency Young Bright and Grey.
The business will become part of the wider Influential Agency Group and retain the Young Bright and Grey brand.
The combined company now employs 27 people and will op ... Read more...
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JDM Technology Group, a global group of leading software providers for the architecture, engineering, construction, maintenance and operations industries, announced today that it has acquired Stavanger, Norway based ... Read more...
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Digital marketing specialist Brainlabs has acquired full-service Amazon business Molzi in its third purchase of the year.
Molzi is based in Farnham and was founded in 2017 by chief executive Chris Mole. In 2020, the company doubled the size of its team to more than 70 staff and now has operations in the UK, Spain, Hong Kong and Brazil.
With ... Read more...
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Chanel has confirmed it has acquired a majority stake in Paima, an Italian manufacturer specialising in knitwear and cashmere, after 25 years of business partnership.
Financial details of the transaction were not disclosed publicly.
In a statement, Chanel said: “This decision was motivated by the convergence of interests. ... Read more...
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Grow Group, a UK medical cannabis firm, announced on Wednesday the acquisition of Sanoid Isolates, a key medical cannabis producer in Spain.
The deal – to acquire 100% of the share capital of Sanoid Isolates – enables Grow to become an integrated cannabis production, R&D, and distribution company.
The Sanoid faci ... Read more...
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The John Lewis Partnership has today announced it has signed an 11-year agreement with Tesco to lease a 1 million sq ft distribution centre at Fenny Lock in Milton ... Read more...
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A couple of months after acquiring Amsterdam-based Bloomon, Bloom & Wild, a London-based online flower delivery and gifting platform, has made another acquisition. The UK startup that has established itself as a trusted flower delivery brand has now bought Bergamotte, a French-based competitor, for an undisclosed sum.
The acquisition has quadruple ... Read more...
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The founders of online auction firm Whisky Hammer and its sister retail business Still Spirit have sold a 49% stake to Rare Whisky Holdings, a Hong Kong-based whisky investment group.
The multi-million-pound deal is expected to deliver a 2.6 times return to retail investors on their original investment, who participated in its crowdfunding campaign just two years ago. ... Read more...
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IBM is acquiring Madrid-headquartered Bluetab Solutions Group to extend its portfolio of data and hybrid cloud consulting services across Europe and Latin America.
It is the latest IBM cloud acquisition as Big Blue continues to flesh out its services offering in the growth sector.
This May, IBM moved to acquire Turbonomic to expand its hybr ... Read more...
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The UK’s largest producer of semiconductors has been acquired by the Chinese-owned manufacturer Nexperia, prompting a senior Tory MP to call for the government to review the sale to a foreign owner during an increasingly severe global shortage of computer chips.
Nexperia, a Dutch firm owned by China’s Wingtech, said on Monday that it ... Read more...
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American banking giant JPMorgan Chase has acquired UK-based online investment management firm Nutmeg at an undisclosed fee.
In a statement, Nutmeg acknowledged that the deal supports JPMorgan’s plans to launch a digital banking platform in the UK later this year. Before the deal is finalized, it will undergo ... Read more...
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Addison Lee has closed a deal to acquire black cab operator ComCab and is set to become London’s largest private hire and taxi firm.
Under the terms of the deal, Addison Lee will purchase the London operations of ComCab, City Fleet Networks and Flightlink International from the ComfortDelGro Corporation.
The new combined company wi ... Read more...
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Independent broking group Clear Group (Clear) has acquired Anderson White Insurance Brokers (Anderson White), the group’s 30th acquisition since it was established in 2001.
As part of the deal, Clear expects Horsham-based Anderson White to strengthen its presence in the South East, where the group has branches in London, Maidstone, and Cranleigh. Clear& ... Read more...
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Investment firm AssetCo has reached an agreement to acquire Saracen Fund Managers for £2.75m, the firm's first 100% acquisition.
AssetCo said on Friday that the consideration would be satisfied by the issue of 166,904 new ordinary shares of 10.0p each and £664,774 in cash, both set to be paid on completion. Admission of the con ... Read more...
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Mattioli Woods has acquired Edinburgh-based Caledonia Asset Management in a deal worth up to £1.6m, making this its second takeover deal in under a week.
Founded in 2000, Caledonia is a Chartered financial planning firm based in Edinburgh. It works with around 150 private clients and has £55m of assets under ... Read more...
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AvAir, an industry-leading inventory solutions provider for the aviation aftermarket, has entered an agreement with Sabena technics to acquire the MRO's surplus inve ... Read more...
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DuPont today announced it has acquired Tex Tech’s Core Matrix Technology™, a monolithic fabric structure that can significantly reduce backface trauma, while increasing ballistic and fragmentation performance for military and law enforcement personnel. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
DuPont’s acquisition of this ... Read more...
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McNeil & Company (McNeil), a leader in specialized risk assessment and insurance, has acquired Wilson Gregory Agency, Inc. (WGA), a firm providing accident and surety insurance products in the Newspaper industry.
“We have long admired WGA for being a leader in the Independent Contractor Accident Insurance business. Their wealth of experience in the Newspa ... Read more...
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Boohoo has acquired the Debenhams brand from administrators for £55m
and will take the business and brand entirely online, leading to the closure of 118 stores.
Boohoo said the transaction represents a fantastic opportunity to grow the Group’s target addressable market and increase the share of wallet opportunity through a new ca ... Read more...
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Alfa Laval - a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling - has acquired Sandymount, a US-based beverage technology company with a unique and patented membrane technology to concentrate beer. The technology in combination with Alfa Laval's extensive product range, will open up interesting business opportunities for the company, and enable ... Read more...
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Cedar Gate Technologies (Cedar Gate), a leading value-based care performance management company, today announced its acquisition of Enli Health Intelligence (Enli), a market leader in population health management technology solutions.
Enli, consistently rated Best in KLAS for population health management, expands Cedar Gate's enterprise value-based care p ... Read more...
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WCG today announced its acquisition of ... Read more...
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Ovivo Inc, a global provider of water and wastewater treatment equipment, technology and systems, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the businesses of Alar Engineering Corporation, Alar Chemical Sales Inc. and Alar Leasing Inc. (together referred as "ALAR").
Based in Mokena, Illinois, ALAR is a direct manufacturer of was ... Read more...
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AmeriLife Group, LLC ("AmeriLife"), the national leader in marketing and distributing life, health and retirement solutions, announced today it has acquired American Benefits Exchange, based in Austin, Texas.
American Benefits Exchange specializes in providing insurance solutions to federal, postal and state employees, as well as member ... Read more...
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Mission Wealth LP announced today that it has acquired AHC Advisors, a Chicago-area, SEC registered investment advisory firm overseeing approximately $500 million in client assets. The addition of AHC’s dedicated team of advisors bolsters Mission’s existing presence in Chicago and will enable the company to better serve the needs of its existing and future clientele ... Read more...
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Ontrak, Inc , a leading AI-powered and telehealth-enabled, virtualized healthcare company, today announced that it has acquired LifeDojo Inc, a comprehensive, science-backed behavior change platform.
LifeDojo is a platform that makes transformative life changes possible for members in over 16 countries. Supported by decades of public health research, the LifeDojo ... Read more...
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Denis Arsenault, located at Rue Maria Vieira da Silva Lot #3, Unit U/K, Lagos, Portugal 8600-780, announced today that on October 23, 2020 he acquired 30,000 subordinate voting shares (“Subordinate Voting Shares”) of Jushi Holdings Inc. (the “Issuer”) pursuant to an offering by the Issuer under a prospectus dated October 21, 2020 (the “ ... Read more...
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Scatec Solar has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in SN Power, a leading hydropower developer and IPP, from Norfund for a total equity value of USD 1,166 million.
The acquisition forms an important part of Scatec Solar’s broadened growth strategy, with an ambition to become a global large-scale player in solar, hydro, wind ... Read more...
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The Branning Group has acquired "The Closer's Room", a premium sales training organization based in Houston, Texas. "This partnership is a dream come true for our team, the team at Closer's Room, and most importantly it'll have a very positive impact on our clients," Alex Branning said.
The Branning Grou ... Read more...
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Swiss Medical Group (SMG) Holding Luxembourg S.A., leading the development of STARKS Age-Management in Europe and Asia, announced today the acquisition of CoreMedica Europe, to expand in Europe and the rest of the world.
CoreMedica Europe recently made the headlines in Switzerland for combining a COVID-19 Screening Test and Immunity profile with its existing home ... Read more...
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Charlgate Ltd, recently announced the successful acquisition of a rare three decade old domain name, fxview.com, for an undisclosed amount. With the purchase, Charlgate Ltd will relaunch its retail focused services under this new URL fxview.com to cater to the European retail clients.
Forex / CFD investments are essentially a trader’s views and opinions about sho ... Read more...
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NGS — The nationwide leader in window film, graphics, and signage — acquired Executive Window Tinting on August 1st, 2020. Executive Window Tinting has served the DFW area since 2008 and is based in Arlington, Texas. Executive Window Tinting specialized in residential, commercial, decorative, and safety window film sales and service. The Executive Window Tinting bra ... Read more...
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Cabins for YOU is excited to announce the acquisition of Chalet Village, forming the new Chalet Village by Cabins for YOU arm of the company. Through the acquisition of this well-established local vacation rental company, Cabins for YOU welcomes 10 new employees, 6 new contract cleaners, and a portfolio of new properties in the Ski Mountain area of Gatlinburg. While merging two family- ... Read more...
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RSG Group GmbH, Europe's innovation leader in the fitness and lifestyle sectors, was selected as the winning ... Read more...
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LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. (Nasdaq: LMAT) announced that it has acquired the business and assets of Artegraft, Inc. for $90.0 million, including $72.5 million in cash paid at closing ($65.0 million to Artegraft plus $7.5 in escrow to be released December 31, 2021) as well as potential earnout payments of $17.5 million payable based upon future sales of the acquired business.& ... Read more...
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Accenture has acquired ... Read more...
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Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) announced today that it has acquired the assets of Chile-based Magiar Chilena (Magiar) — a distributor of food, animal, and plant diagnostics, including Neogen pro ... Read more...
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Nextremity Solutions, Inc., a strategic commercialization organization with a focus in the extremity market, located in “The Orthopedic Capital of the World,” Warsaw, Ind., today announced it has completed its acquisition of Lakeland Technology, Inc.
“Our team couldn’t be more excited about this acquisition. The combination ... Read more...
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NIBE Industrier AB has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in the German heat pump manufacturer WATERKOTTE GmbH.
WATERKOTTE GmbH, founded in 1976, is a leading manufacturer of innovative, advanced heat pump systems and integrated sustainable energy solutions for both single-family homes and commercial applications. The business has annual sales of a ... Read more...
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Seersite announced today that it has acquired StreetReader, the curated communications platform for executives. As part of the transaction, Boris Markovich, founder and CEO of StreetReader, has joined Seersite as CEO.
Rob Pflieger, Chief Investment Officer of Palm Ventures, Seersite’s lead investor, stated: “We are excited that Boris has joine ... Read more...
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Bunzl announces the acquisition of Joshen Paper & Packaging. Joshen was founded in 1988 by President Bob Reiner and CEO Michelle Reiner in Cleveland, OH servicing a single local supermarket chain with packaging supplies. Since then, Joshen has grown substantially based on taking care of their customers and developing deep in ... Read more...
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Brodeur Partners, a global strategic communications company, today announced that it has acquired TechTHiNQ, a marketing and public relations agency ... Read more...
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Focusrite plc, the global music and audio products company supplying hardware and software used by professional and amateur musicians, today announces the acquisition of Martin Audio and associated companies, the designer and manufacturer of high-performance loudspeaker systems for the touring and installation markets. The total consideration to be paid is £39.2 million for t ... Read more...
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HomeServe plc, the international home repairs and improvements business, has agreed to acquire 79% of eLocal Holdings LLC for c. $140m on a "debt free, cash free" basis. eLocal is a fast-growing Home Experts business whose mission is to connect consumers with local businesses. The acquisition of a majority stake gives HomeServe a profitable entry to the Home Experts m ... Read more...
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Luxer One, the leader in smart locker technology, has acquired mailbox and software company, MailHaven. This event marks Luxer One's first company acquisition since joining the ASSA ABLOY family of brands in December 2018.
"We've been admirers of MailHaven's technology since they first announced their unique mailbox solut ... Read more...
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Rothschild & Co and Livingstone announce that Rothschild & Co's Global Advisory business will acquire the Livingstone team in the UK, subject to FCA approval.
Livingstone has cooperated with the London-based team since the international firm's founding in 2007. Following the transaction closing, Livingstone&# ... Read more...
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AIT Worldwide Logistics, a global supply chain solutions leader, today announced the acquisition of Unitrans International Corporation, a Los Angeles-based freight forwarder with expertise in a variety of specialized services.
"I'm excited to continue the implementation of AIT's growth strategy with our investment in this ac ... Read more...
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S&P Global Platts, the leading independent provider of information, benchmark prices and analytics for the commodities and energy markets, today announced it has acquired Live Rice Index (LRI), a global provider of information and benchmark price assessments for the rice industry. The purchase expands Platts portfolio of agricultural price assessments while extending its data a ... Read more...
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The Portuguese Government and Embraer signed today, at a ceremony held at Embraer's facility in Évora, a contract for the acquisition of five multi-mission airlifters Embraer KC-390. Additionally, services and support and a flight simulator are included in the contract as part of the process to modernize Portuguese Air Force capabilities&am ... Read more...
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Banco Santander, S.A. ("Santander Spain") today announced the commencement of its exchange offers to acquire all the issued and outstanding Series B shares (which we refer to as "Santander Mexico shares") of Banco Santander México, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Santander Méx ... Read more...
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The international designers, manufacturers and distributors of innovative flooring, is pleased to announce it has acquired the business and certain assets of high-quality Spanish ceramic flooring manufacturer, Iberoalcorense, S.L ("Ibero") (www.iberoceramica.com) (the "Acquisition").
The purchase price for the Acquisition is sp ... Read more...
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Converge Technology Solutions, Corp. ("Converge" or "the Company") (TSXV:CTS) (FSE:0ZB) (OTCQX:CTSDF) announced today that it has acquired Nordisk Systems, Inc. (& ... Read more...
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On 5 February 2019, GCP Student, the UK's first REIT focused on student residential assets, announced that the contract to acquire and forward fund Scape Brighton had gone unconditional. The Directors are pleased to announce that the Company has now completed the acquisition of Scape Brighton.
Scape Brighton is a large-scale development with planning cons ... Read more...
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Ricardo plc ("Ricardo"), a global engineering, technical, strategic and environmental consultancy business, today announces that it has signed a share purchase agreement, with Stephen and Alia Boyd, to acquire the entire share capital of Transport Engineering Pty Ltd ("Transport Engineering" or the "Company"), one of Australia&# ... Read more...
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Workspend, a leading managed service provider (MSP), has just announced its acquisition of DCR Workforce’s MSP business. By acquiring DCR’s MSP business, Workspend is further accelerating the growth of its MSP and has positioned itself to provide services to an even broader array of industries and geographies.
“The continued evolutio ... Read more...
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Learnship, the world's leading provider of online, face-to-face language training has acquired GlobalEnglish, a leading provider of digital language training. The combination of Learnship and GlobalEnglish will give corporate customers the most comprehensive, single-source solution for online, trainer-led, and blended learning language training.
Since its ... Read more...
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Grafenia plc is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Artichoke Design Limited, trading as Nettl of The Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham ("Artichoke").
Artichoke is a small design agency, based in Birmingham. They have been successful brand partners for over 15 years. First as a printing.c ... Read more...
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Global Merchant Fund Corp., a leading North American provider of financial solutions for middle-market companies, announced the acquisition of Accutrac Capital Solutions Inc., a leading transportation factoring company that provides working capital solutions to transportation, freight and logistics companies throughout the US and Canada.
“Our acquisitio ... Read more...
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Morses Club PLC, the UK's second largest home collected credit lender, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the business and assets of Hays Credit LLP, a home collected credit lender.
Hays is a family-run business which has been operating since 1957, providing loans to approximately 2,700 customers across the North East of England. ... Read more...
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Princeton Junction, New Jersey based TMA announced today that it reached agreement to acquire assets of international multi-platform trade publisher and conference producer SpecComm International Inc., based in Raleigh, North Carolina. Assets acquired by TMA include the premier nicotine and tobacco conference, GTNF; the oldest tobacco and nicotine business trade magaz ... Read more...
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Dormer Pramet, a division within Sandvik Machining Solutions, has acquired the US based company Wetmore Tool & Engineering, a manufacturer of round tools specialized for the aerospace industry. The acquisition not only expands Dormer Pramet's range of round tools but it also facilitates an improved position in key aerospace markets such as the United S ... Read more...
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AO World plc ("Company") announces that the acquisition of Mobile Phones Direct Limited ("MPD") has completed. In connection with the acquisition, 13,095,104 ordinary shares in the Company were issued to the sellers of MPD, and such ordinary shares were admitted to listing on the Official List of the Financial Conduct Authority ("F ... Read more...
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Sandvik Coromant, a division within Sandvik Machining Solutions, has reached an agreement to acquire the privately owned US-based company Dura-Mill Inc, a manufacturer of precision solid carbide end mills. The acquisition enhances an already strong position and product offering in North America and primarily within the Aerospace segment.
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BillGO announces the strategic acquisition of Redmond, WA-based Prism. The top-notch team and award-winning app that has already paid $1B in bills on behalf of its customers will yield a considerable boost to BillGO’s real-time payments (RTP) biller network.
BillGO will leverage Prism’s existing network of over 11,000 billers for its customers ... Read more...
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STM Group Plc, the cross border financial services provider, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Carey Administration Holdings Limited, from the existing shareholder for a maximum consideration of £0.4 million (the "Acquisition").
The Acquisition will be funded from existing financial resources and i ... Read more...
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In line with the Company's strategy to grow both organically and by acquisition, PCF is pleased to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary, PCF Bank Limited, has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Azule Limited ("Azule") for a total consideration of up to £5.6 million (the "Acquisition").
A ... Read more...
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Smiths Group plc today announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire United Flexible, Inc, a provider of flexible and rigid engineered solutions for the transfer of fluids and gases in performance-critical environments, from Arlington Capital Partners for an enterprise value of $345m.
United Flexible will be integrated into the Group's Flex-T ... Read more...
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The Board of AFH, a leading financial planning led wealth management firm, is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Core Financial Holdings Limited and its subsidiary Core Financial Services Limited, (Core") a directly authorised firm based in Maidstone Kent together with the assets of Core Corporate Planning Limited ("Corporate Planning"). ... Read more...
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Fashion giant Michael Kors on Tuesday announced its acquisition of Versace for over $2.1 billion (approximately Rs 15,264 crore), reported Vogue. Chief Executive Officer John Idol said the acquisition was an important miles ... Read more...
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Maru Group, the technology-enabled market and customer insights Group, today announces its acquisition of ... Read more...
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Inspired Energy, a leading energy procurement consultant to UK and Irish corporates, is delighted to announce that it has today completed the acquisition of Professional Cost Management Group Limited ("PCMG"), a national cost recovery specialist, for an aggregate consideration of up to £700,000, payable in cash.
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Whitbread PLC ("Whitbread" or the "Group") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement for the sale of Costa Limited ("Costa"), one of the world's leading coffee brands, to The Coca-Cola Company ("Coca-Cola"), for an enterprise value of £3.9 billion (the "Transaction& ... Read more...
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Background Screening provider Global HR Research (GHRR) (https://www.ghrr.com/), a Renovo Capital company, announced today that it has acquired easyBackgrounds (https://www.easybackgrounds.com/), a background sc ... Read more...
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Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces that it has acquired Studio Gobo Ltd and Electric Square Ltd (together, "Gobo"), for a total consideration of up to £26 million from the founders and other members of the management team (the "Sellers").
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GRM Investments Ltd. (“GRM”) announces that on August 14, 2018, GRM acquired an aggregate of 200,000 common shares of Capstone Mining Corp. at a price of $0.8846 per share, representing 0.05% of the Issuer’s issued and outstanding common shares.
Including the above noted acquisition of 200,000 common shares of the ... Read more...
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The Board of Raven is pleased to announce that a subsidiary of the Company has entered into two agreements for the acquisition of an extension to the Sever logistics park in Moscow. The existing site was previously acquired by the same subsidiary on 28 November 2017.
The Agreements provide for the subsidiary of the Company to acquire a warehouse building, adjacen ... Read more...
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The Board of Victoria, the international designers, manufacturers and distributors of innovative floorcoverings, is pleased to confirm that further to the announcement released on 6 August 2018 it has completed the acquisition of Cerámica Saloni, a European manufacturer of mid to high-end ceramic and porcelain tiles.
Geoff Wilding, Chairman of Victoria ... Read more...
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Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC (the "Company") is pleased to confirm the satisfactory completion of the UK merger control process in respect of its proposed acquisition of Decision Technologies Limited ("Acquisition"). The final condition for completion of the Acquisition has now been met. The Company expects the Acquisition to complete in ... Read more...
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McKim & Creed, Inc., one of the largest engineering, geomatics (surveying) and planning firms headquartered in the Southeast, announced today that it has acquired Pittsburgh-based Loftus Engineers, LLC. Going forward, Loftus Engineers will provide service to clients as Loftus Engineers, a McKim & Creed Company.
Loftus Engineers provides m ... Read more...
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NFP, a leading insurance broker and consultant that provides employee benefits, property & casualty (P&C), retirement and individual private client solutions, today announced that it has acquired the assets of Low & Johnson, Inc. The transaction closed effective May 1, 2018.
Located in Phoenix, Arizona, Low & Johnson is a P& ... Read more...
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The acquisition is a milestone that will allow both companies to laser-focus on their respective specializations and do what they each do best.
Since 2007, Tyger Shark has been the region’s digital leader, providing cutting-edge creative and digital s ... Read more...
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SDL plc, a leader in global content management and language translation software and services, is pleased to confirm that it has completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Donnelley Language Solutions, details of which were announced on 16 July 2018.
CEO, Adolfo Hernandez commented:
"The completion of this tra ... Read more...
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Alpha Growth plc, the financial services specialist in the growing Senior Life Settlement asset class is pleased to announce the acquisition of Alpha Longevity Management Limited.
The Company has, today, signed an agreement for the acquisition of ALM for total consideration of £1. ALM is incorporated in the British Virgin Islands under company ... Read more...
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Xpediator, (AIM: XPD) a leading provider of freight management services across the UK and Europe, is pleased to announce that further to the announcements released on 9 and 10 July 2018, the Company has completed the acquisition ("Acquisition") of Import Services Limited ("ISL").
As part of the Acquisition consideration the Com ... Read more...
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Columbus, the oil and gas producer and explorer focused on onshore Trinidad with the ambition to grow in South America, is pleased to announce it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement ("SPA") to acquire Steeldrum Oil Company Inc ("Steeldrum") adding current oil production of approximately 200-250 bopd and reserves of 5.6 mmbbl and the Co ... Read more...
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Gateley Plc, the law-led professional services group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Kiddy & Partners.
Kiddy is a leading firm of Human Capital consultants specialising in assessment, talent management and leadership development. From its London base, the business partners with leading organisations in th ... Read more...
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StatPro Group plc, the AIM listed provider of cloud-based portfolio analysis and asset pricing services for the global asset management industry, has acquired from ODDO BHF, its regulatory risk services bureau, for an undisclosed sum in cash.
The acquisition adds a full, managed service for regulatory risk reporting capability, which will use St ... Read more...
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Effective Coverage announced today the acquisition of Brooklyn, New York-based BungalowInsurance.com, an online renters insurance platform geared towards the modern generation.
Effective Coverage, a specialty provider of renters insurance and resident risk management products for multifamily owners and operators, saw the acquisition as an opportunity to deepen th ... Read more...
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Simpson Performance Products is pleased to announce the acquisition of Merelli Compositi, a very high quality Italian manufacturer of carbon parts by Simpson subsidiary, Stilo Helmets. Merelli produces carbon shells for Stilo Helmets and many other carbon performance products including ski components and ski boots.
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Angling Direct Plc, the largest specialist fishing tackle and equipment retailer in the UK, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the stock, fixtures and fittings, and goodwill of Ted Carter Fishing Tackle for a total consideration of £125,000 payable in cash, plus stock at valuation.
The Directors believe the total consideration values the busine ... Read more...
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The Board of AFH, a leading financial planning led wealth management firm, is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Corville Financial Services Limited ("Corville Financial") based in York. Following the acquisition, Debbie and Nick Burchall will join AFH as advisers together with one employed adviser and a small ... Read more...
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Invesco Ltd. has acquired Intelliflo, a market-leading UK provider of advisor-focused digital solutions.
Since its inception in 2004, Intelliflo has experienced rapid growth and has become the No. 1 technology platform for financial advisors in the UK1, successfully supporting the business of appro ... Read more...
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Today, FMT Consultants (http://www.fmtconsultants.com) announced the successful acquisition of Red Sky Solutions, an Orange County, California consulting company that focuses on providing Salesforce implementation and integration services. A ... Read more...
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NewRiver is pleased to announce the acquisition of Hawthorn Leisure Holdings Limited from an affiliate of Avenue Capital Group for an enterprise value of £106.8 million. This represents a net initial yield based on the value of the pub portfolio of 13.6% and will be satisfied using the Company's existing resources.
As well as a portfolio of 298 ... Read more...
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BBA Aviation, a market-leading provider of global aviation support and aftermarket services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of EPIC Aviation LLC, doing business as EPIC Fuels, a leading fuel and fuel related services supplier to an extensive FBO network for a cash consideration of $88.1m.
EPIC provides fuel and fuel related services at 205 privately owned ... Read more...
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The Board of The Rank Group Plc ('Rank') is pleased to announce that Rank has acquired the entire issued share capital of QSB Gaming Limited ('QSB'), owner of YoBingo.es, a leading Spanish digital bingo business for an initial consideration of €21 million and, subject to future performance, up to a maximum consideration of €52 ... Read more...
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UK & US – Customer data science company dunnhumby has bought enterprise marketing and promotions management firm Aptaris Software for an undisclosed amount.
The purchase follows a partnership that embedded dunnhumby customer data science into the Aptaris solution. Dunnhumby had taken an equity stake in Aptaris in 2016.
The ... Read more...
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PayPal has acquired iZettle, the Swedish mobile payments company which bought the Edinburgh firm IntelligentPOS in 2016.
iZettle sells a card-reader aimed at small businesses and the £1.6bn deal boosts PayPal’s in-store presence at a time when competition in the online payments sector is increasing.
The takeover ... Read more...
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Lakehouse, the asset and energy support services group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire share capital of Just Energy Solutions Ltd. JES is a private sector heating and renewables specialist, providing services for large energy companies, retailers and private householders. The business is headed by Managing Director, Neil Ring and based in St Al ... Read more...
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Satellite Solutions Worldwide Group plc, a leading provider of alternative fast broadband services, announces that following today's admission of 162,039,838 new ordinary shares it has completed the acquisition of Sat Internet Services GMBH and, subject to a formal procedure being completed later today in Italy, the acquisition of Open Sky S.R.L.. This follows the announcements ... Read more...
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Mountview Partners, a family investment firm specializing in vertical niche software, is pleased to announce that it has acquired TargetRecruit, a leading provider of software for staffing and ... Read more...
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AFF Global Logistics, the largest U.S. domestic ocean freight forwarder specializing in less-than-container-load freight shipments, today announced that it had acquired Alaskan Express ("AE"). AFF is currently owned by The Resolute Fund II, L.P., a private equity fund managed by The Jordan Company, L.P., and AFF's management te ... Read more...
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc announces that it has today completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of IBT Tauris & Co. Limited, the London-based academic publisher. The consideration was £5.8 million, of which £4.8m was satisfied in cash at completion and up to £1.0m will be paid post-completion, subject to working capital ... Read more...
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Harwood Wealth Management Group (AIM: HW.), a leading UK-based financial planning and discretionary wealth management business, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fund Management Limited ("FM") for £1.13 million. FM is an established Independent Financial Advisory firm based near Ascot, Berkshire, jointly owned by Ian and Diana Head. ... Read more...
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FFI Holdings PLC, the world leader in the provision of completion contracts to the entertainment industry for films, television, mini-series and streaming product, announces today that it has acquired Signature Entertainment UK, one of the largest distributors of films in the UK.
Founded in 2011, Signature has released over 600 titles and established itself as a ... Read more...
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TripAdvisor® today announced it acquired Bokun ... Read more...
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QinetiQ Group plc announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire E.I.S. Aircraft Operations ("Aircraft Operations" or "the Business"), currently part of E.I.S. Aircraft Group, for €70 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
Aircraft Operations is a leading provider of airborne training serv ... Read more...
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The Stars Group Inc. announced today that it has agreed to acquire Sky Betting & Gaming ("SBG") from CVC Capital Partners and Sky plc in a cash and stock transaction valued at $4.7 billion. This combination will result in the world's largest publicly listed online gaming company.
"The acquisition of Sky Betting ... Read more...
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Eventbrite, the world’s largest ticketing and event technology platform which powers millions of events around the globe each year, has acquired Ticketea, a leading Spanish ticketing provider that helps people easily find and purchase tickets to a variety of live experiences, including festivals, concerts, and performing arts shows. The union will further the momentum Eventbr ... Read more...
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CSI IT, LLC, a portfolio company of White Wolf Capital LLC, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Technical Resource Group, Inc. Details of the transaction were not disclosed.
Corry Doyle, Managing Director of White Wolf, noted, “We are excited to further expand the CSI platform by partnering with Scott Clary, the founder of TRG, and are eager to ex ... Read more...
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Scottish company, creator of Medusa service platform, is an innovator in shared space technology
Yardi® announced today the acquisition of Phoenix Broadband Ltd., an innovative business technology firm specializing in infrastructure and hardware solutions for sha ... Read more...
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XLMedia, a leading provider of digital performance marketing, is pleased to announce the acquisition of WhichBingo.co.uk, one of the leading online informational portals and comparison sites for online bingo games in the UK.
Founded in 2000, WhichBingo, is an award-winning bingo review website. The site provides in-depth information on the entire UK bing ... Read more...
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Everbridge, Inc., the global leader in critical event management and enterprise safety software applications to help keep people safe and businesses running faster, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Unified Messaging Systems ASA ("UMS"). Based in Oslo, Norway, UMS provides a unique countrywide mobile population alerting system globally and is also one of the lead ... Read more...
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Countryside Properties PLC, a leading UK home builder and regeneration partner, announces today that it has acquired Westleigh Group Limited for total cash consideration of up to £135.4 million on a debt free and cash free basis.
Acquisition highlights:
Increases the scale of our Partner ... Read more...
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The Mission Marketing Group plc, the technology-embraced marketing communications and advertising group, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Krow Communications Ltd, an award-winning creative Agency based in London, for an initialconsideration of £2.75 million, to be satisfied in cash. The Board expects the Acquisition to be earnings enhancing with immediate ... Read more...
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Newbury-headquartered communications giant Vodafone UK has acquired a spectrum for 5G services for more than £378m.
The company bought the 3400 MHz band for mobile data services at an Ofcom auction.
It will use the 3400 MHz spectrum to deploy 5G services, enabling gigabit speeds and lower latency to enhance applications, including ... Read more...
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C&C announces that with the support of AB InBev, it is in advanced discussions to acquire the entire issued share capital of Matthew Clark (Holdings) Limited and Bibendum PLB (Topco) Limited and their subsidiary businesses Catalyst, Peppermint, Elastic and Walker & Wodehouse (together “Matthew Clark Bibendum”). The proposed acquisition is conditional ... Read more...
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Popular ephemeral social media platform Snapchat might have served as a slimmed-down introduction to augmented reality for many of its users, but parent company Snap Inc. seems to be looking beyond the scope of fancy photograph filters. Reports have surfaced that the company has recently acquired PlayC ... Read more...
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The acquisition has now officially been completed, as Euronext has received the necessary regulatory approval.
Euronext, the pan-European exchange, has announced the successful completion of the acquisition of the Irish Stock Exchange (ISE).
As part of the deal, Euronext receives 100% of the shares and voting rights of the Irish Stock Excha ... Read more...
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Scapa Group plc is pleased to announce that it has acquired the share capital of BioMed Laboratories LLC ("BioMed"), based in Dallas, Texas. The purchase price comprises an initial cash consideration of USD$19 million with a further cash consideration of up to USD$13million payable depending on performance in calendar years 2018 and 2019.
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Wileyfox smartphone will be sold in the UK, Europe and France
STK has announced it has acquired fellow British smartphone manufacturer Wileyfox for the UK and will continue operations immediately.
Mobile News reported last ... Read more...
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On 19th March 2018, the Group completed the acquisition of Driconeq AB, the holding company for the Driconeq Group of companies.
Driconeq is a leading global supplier of high quality drill pipes and accessories for down-the-hole (DTH), rotary and reverse-circulation applications with factories in Sunne, Sweden, Johannesburg, South Africa and Perth Australia. An i ... Read more...
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Volution Group plc, a leading supplier of ventilation products to the residential and commercial construction markets, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Simx Limited ("Simx") for an all cash consideration of NZ$72.0 million (approximately £37.8 million). Simx is the leading designer, manufacturer and supplier of primarily residential vent ... Read more...
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Water Intelligence plc, a leading provider of non-invasive leak detection and remediation services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of its Bakersfield, California franchise. Bakersfield is one of the larger cities in California and a major center for agriculture in the United States. Drought conditions in California make water loss a particularly sen ... Read more...
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Fidelity Group has acquired the Leicester-based business, RDC Communications for an undisclosed sum. The acquisition was completed in the last week following negotiations between Fidelity Group Managing Director Alan Shraga and RDC founder Roger Collings.
Established in 1999, RDC has over 19 years’ experience in providing telecommunications, systems mai ... Read more...
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Rivetz, a pioneer in trusted computing and embedded cyber security, today announced it has acquired the assets of CyberDeadbolt, a Silicon Valley-based cyber security startup utilizing social encryption for the transfer and protection of digital assets. The acquisition enables Rivetz to bring the human touch to its hardware-based cyber security solutions ... Read more...
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Anevia, a provider in OTT and IPTV software solutions, has agreed to acquire French-based video compression software expert Keepixo.
Specialising in the development of video compression software for TV operators, Keepixo’s existing solutions, sold to more than 150 clients worldwide including ZDF, Altibox and Media Broadcast, enable live or near-live bro ... Read more...
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Ubisoft has recently purchased 1492 Studio, the mobile development house from Montpellier, France who created the s ... Read more...
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Porvair, a filtration and environmental technologies group, has acquired Keystone Filter, a division of CECO Environmental Corp (CECO).
The group has acquired the goodwill, business and trading assets of Keystone for cash.
Keystone designs and manufactures a range of filter cartridges and housings for the food and beverage, drinking water, ... Read more...
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Norwegian-listed company, TOMRA has announced it has acquired BBC Technologies - a Hamilton based, but globally focused, developer and manufacturer of leading fruit sorting technology.
The deal sees BBC Technologies' precision grading systems and innovative punnet and clamshell filling solutions for blueberries and other small fruits join TOMRA Food&# ... Read more...
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Genesys has completed the acquisition of privately held Altocloud, an cloud-based customer journey analytics provider.
By adding the Altocloud solution to its portfolio, Genesys strengthens its capability in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning to help organisations deliver a highly responsive, predictive, and fully-contextual experience, throughout ... Read more...
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JSE-listed Jasco Electronics has acquired a 51% stake in Ramm Technologies for R30.6-million in a deal that will allow it entry into asset-tracking markets through In ... Read more...
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Huntsworth plc, the international healthcare and communications group, today announces the acquisition of 75% of AboveNation Media, LLC from Steve Minichini and John Lee (together the Sellers) for an initial consideration of $1.75m.
Transaction highlights
AboveNation Media is a New Yo ... Read more...
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Multicurrency payments and banking services company FairFX has acquired City Forex Limited in a multi-million pound deal.
FairFX paid £6m for the London-based business and expects the transaction to be immediately earnings enhancing.
City Forex’s services are based primarily on two key products; international payments an ... Read more...
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Aldridge-based Maloney Metalcraft has acquired some of the intangible assets of Ormandy Group from administrators KPMG.
Specialist design and engineering business Maloney Metalcraft, which works primarily in the oil & gas and energy markets, has purchased certain pieces of intellectual property (IP) and other assets from the Ormandy Group and will integrate them wi ... Read more...
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The Board of Empiric Student Property plc, the owner and operator of student accommodation across the UK, is pleased to announce that the Group has acquired the freehold of a 240 bed student accommodation property in Southampton, the Emily Davies Halls of Residence (the "Property"), for £10.6 million (excluding costs).
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The assets comprise Northern & Shell Network Limited, a subsidiary of Northern & Shell Media Group Limited containing the publishing assets of Northern & Shell and its subsidiaries, International Distribution 2018 Limited and a 50% equity interest in Independent Star Limited.
Northern & Shell’s publishing assets comprise ... Read more...
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Begbies Traynor Group plc (the "Group") today announces the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Fyrebrand Limited which trades as CJM Asset Management ("CJM"). The 11 strong team, including management, will be integrated with the Group's existing Eddisons property services division.
CJM was established in ... Read more...
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Scientific Digital Imaging plc, the AIM quoted group focused on the design and manufacture of scientific and technology products for use by the life science, healthcare, astronomy, consumer manufacturing and art conservation markets, announces that, further to the announcement of 4 January 2018, it has acquired certain fixed assets, stock, designs and trademarks from Quantum S ... Read more...
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discoverIE Group plc, a leading international designer, manufacturer and supplier of customised electronics to industry, today announces the acquisition of the Santon Group via the purchase of its holding company EWAC Holdings BV ("Santon"). Santon is a Dutch based designer and manufacturer of custom switches for electronic applicat ... Read more...
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LSL Property Services plc (LSL) has acquired the entire issued share capital of Personal Touch Financial Services Limited (PTFS) and its subsidiary company, Personal Touch Administration Services Limited (PTAS) from Personal Touch Holdings Limited. PTFS is a financial services business specialising in the provision of mortgage and other financial services products via its network of in ... Read more...
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Driven, Inc., an end-to-end eDiscovery and data management solutions provider, is proud to announce the acquisition of Update Legal, a legal staffing company founded in 1970. The combined company will now be able to offer law firms and corporate counsel one provider for software, services, consulting and staffing across the data lifecycle. This ... Read more...
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NMC Health plc, the leading United Arab Emirates private healthcare operator with international services across 13 countries announces that the acquisition of the outstanding 49% minority stake in Fakih IVF (the "Acquisition"), announced on 4 January 2018, formally completed on 28 January 2018.
As part consideration for the Acquisition, ... Read more...
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Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of Concept Life Sciences from Equistone Partners Europe and company management. The purchase consideration of £163 million, on a debt and cash-free basis, will be met from existing cash and bank facilities.
Conce ... Read more...
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Elektron Technology plc (AIM:EKT), announces that its Elektron Eye Technology business ("EET") has purchased the patent of the MPS II macular pigment screening device for the sum of £220,000. Previously the device was manufactured under a licence arrangement that was scheduled to expire in 2023. The transaction is in addition to the purchase of inte ... Read more...
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Venn Life Sciences Holdings PLC, today announces that it has reached agreement with Christian Le Bras to acquire the 11.03% interest in Venn Life Sciences France S.A.S. that it does not already own. The agreed offer price per share is €29.04 representing a total consideration of €34,330 to be settled by the issue of 277,550 ordinary shares in VLS or 0.5% of ... Read more...
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Mail.Ru Group Limited, one of the largest Internet companies in the Russian-speaking Internet market, today announces the signing of the acquisition of 100% of ESForce, one of the largest eSports company globally.
The transaction was signed on 19 January 2018 is expected to close in Q1 2018 and is subject to third party approvals.
Mail.Ru G ... Read more...
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Gordon Dadds Group plc, the acquisitive London-based legal and professional services business, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of specialist technology solicitors, White & Black Limited for £2.918 million plus the amounts realised from £0.52 million of debtors and work-in-progress. White & Black has net ... Read more...
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NEC announced the acquisition of UK-based IT services company Northgate Public Services (NPS), accelerating the expansion of its international safety business.
NEC is buying NPS for £475 million from leading international private equity firm Cinven.
This acquisition is expected to be completed by the end of Janua ... Read more...
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FFI Holdings PLC, the world leader in the provision of completion contracts to the entertainment industry for films, television, mini-series and streaming product, announced today that its subsidiary Reel Media, LLC (Reel Media), has acquired the motorsports entertainment insurance book of business from All Risks Ltd, the largest U.S. independent wholesale brokerage in the U.S ... Read more...
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Xafinity plc is pleased to announce that its acquisition of Punter Southall Group Limited's actuarial consulting, pensions administration and investment consulting businesses, previously announced on 7 December 2017, has completed.
Admission of the 25,766,871 Completion Shares issued in connection with the Acquisition occurred at 8.00 a.m. today ... Read more...
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Enteq, the oilfield services technology and equipment supplier, announces an agreement to acquire intellectual property relating to an innovative drilling telemetry system for a nominal upfront consideration of £100.
On 9 January 2018, Enteq entered into an agreement to acquire, from a technology developer with a proven track record, five patents relati ... Read more...
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IG Design Group plc, one of the world's leading designers, innovators and manufacturers of celebration, gifting, stationery and creative play products, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the trade and certain assets of Biscay Greetings Pty Limited. a leading greetings card and paper products business based in Australia, as previously announced on 21 ... Read more...
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Essex-based Multitech, provider of temporary electrics to UK construction sites, has been taken over by Swedish engineering group Sdiptech.
Although now under new ownership, Multitech Site Services will continue to be run by its founders Guy Scilly as managing director and Samantha Scilly as financial director, with David Rooney continuing as operations director. ... Read more...
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DCC plc, the leading international sales, marketing and support services group, announces that DCC LPG has reached agreement with Linde AG to acquire Tega-Technische Gase und Gasetechnik GmbH, its LPG and refrigerant gas distribution business in Germany.
The transaction is expected to complete before the end of DCC's financial year endin ... Read more...
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R&Q is pleased to announce it has acquired Constantia Insurance Company (Guernsey) Limited ("Constantia"), a captive company now in run-off, from Old Mutual plc ("OM").
Regulatory approval for the acquisition has been granted and Constantia will be amalgamated into Capstan Insurance Company Limited, R&Q' ... Read more...
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On 20 December 2017, Halma, the leading safety, health and environmental technology group, completed the simultaneous acquisitions of Argus Security S.r.l. ('Argus') and its UK-based distributor Sterling Safety Systems Limited ('Sterling') from management and private shareholders.
Argus, based in Trieste, Italy, is a leading manufa ... Read more...
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Motorline Group has completed the acquisition of Sytner’s Lexus Bristol franchise to take its representation with the Japanese premium brand to four sites.
The acquisition follows Sytner’s sale of its Lexus Milton Keynes operation to Steven Eagell earlier this month and brings the number dealerships operated by the group to 49, plus four Volks ... Read more...
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Flexible workspace provider BizSpace has acquired a 30,000 sq ft office building in Littlehampton, which formerly acted as the Body Shop’s original UK headquarters.
The new ‘Enterprise Hub’, which is located adjacent to a recently opened Morrisons supermarket, comprises a two-st ... Read more...
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The Swiss subsidiary of EQS Group AG (ISIN: DE0005494165) will acquire 100% of the shares of Zurich-based Integrity Line GmbH at the beginning of the new year. The purchase agreement to acquire the renowned provider of cloud-based whistleblowing systems was signed today. The company will play a key role in EQS Group's future global growth strategy for whistleblowing solutions.& ... Read more...
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In a move that will totally shake up the TV industry and bring an end to the Rupert Murdoch era in broadcasting, the Walt Disney Company has agreed to buy most of 21st Century Fox.
For $52.4 billion, plus an additional $13.7 billion in debt, the House of Mouse will acquire Fox's film and television studios — a boon ... Read more...
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Carrs Billington, which is part of the Carlisle-headquartered Carr's Group, has acquired an agricultural merchant in Skipton.
Following the deal, Pearsons Farm Supplies will be incorporated into the Carrs Billington retail network which now accounts for more than 30 stores across England, Scotland and Wales.
Chris Pearson, who along ... Read more...
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Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces that it has acquired Sperasoft Inc and Sperasoft Studio LLC (together, "Sperasoft"), for a total consideration of $27 million from the founders Igor Efremov, Alexei Kudriashov and Mark Rizzo (the "Sellers").
Headq ... Read more...
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Sparrows Group has enhanced its position in the renewables sector with the acquisition of Danish wind energy specialist Alpha Offshore Service.
The deal significantly strengthens the group’s operations and maintenance capabilities in the sector.
Alpha Offshore provides engineering personnel and inspection service ... Read more...
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Bain Capital has announced that it has officially acquired an 87.05% stake in Asatsu-DK (ADK), after a ... Read more...
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Oasis Outsourcing, the nation's largest privately held Professional Employer Organization (PEO), has announced the acquisition of Staff One HR. Staff One HR is based in Dallas, TX and has been providing extensive Human Resources and related PEO services to its client base since 1988. The combined company will now serve more than 8,000 clients and 260,000 worksite employees nationwide. Term ... Read more...
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The Board of AFH, a leading financial planning led wealth management firm, is pleased to announce the completion on 4 December 2017 of the acquisition of the assets of J W Wealthcare Ltd, based in the South East of England (the "Acquisition"). Following the Acquisition, John Walpole will join AFH as an adviser.
Under the terms of the Acquisition ... Read more...
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Saint-Gobain has finalized the acquisition of 100% of the equity capital of Wattex, a business owned by the founding family Baert and manufacturing non-woven specialty products for the bitumen roof market. Founded in 1953, and located in the region of Antwerp in Belgium, this company produces non-woven carriers made from glass-fiber reinforced polyester providing excellent performance ... Read more...
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Alliance Pharma plc, the specialty pharmaceutical company, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Alliance Pharmaceuticals Limited, has acquired all of the rights to Ametop from global medical technology business Smith &am ... Read more...
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Entrust Datacard, a leading provider of trus ... Read more...
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Storm Technology, a business technology consultancy specialising in Microsoft products, has acquired Dublin-based tech solutions company ... Read more...
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UK general rental company Speedy has acquired Prolift Access from owners Andy Pearson and Andrew Martin in a deal worth £11.4 million, while at the same time acquiring Platform Sales & Hire from Chris and Diane Caney and Duncan and Georgina Howard for £10.7 million. Both are currently members of the Access Alliance of independent regional rental companies.
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Speedy, the UK's leading tools, equipment and plant hire services company, operating across the construction, infrastructure and industrial markets, today announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of powered access specialists Prolift Access Limited ("Prolift") and Platform Sales &a ... Read more...
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Myndshft Direct today announced its acquisition of Order Simplicity, a powerfully complete order management system designed to meet each individual client's specific needs. All of the system's modules inte ... Read more...
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Monarch Media, Inc., a leading e-learning and training solutions provider is pleased to announce the acquisition of the GroupMind Express platform. The purchase was effective as of July 1, 2017.
"GroupMind's focus on customizable tools and processes that enable the use of collective intelligence for strategic planning and decision-making, assessm ... Read more...
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Dods Group PLC is pleased to announce it has acquired and subscribed for 30% of the enlarged issued share capital of Social360 Limited for £1.65 million in cash.
Founded in 2009 by communications professionals, Social360 ... Read more...
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FFI Holdings PLC the world leader in the provision of completion contracts to the entertainment industry for films, television, mini-series and streaming product, announced today that on November 13, 2017 it completed the acquisition of EPS-Cineworks Digital Studios, a full service, digital, post-editing machine rental business, servicing numerous theatrical and te ... Read more...
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The Board of AFH, a leading financial planning led wealth management firm, is pleased to announce the completion on 10 November 2017 of the acquisition of Britton Financial Limited ("Britton") based in Colchester, Essex. Following the acquisition Ken Kerr ... Read more...
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Fire Door Solutions, headquartered in Stilwell, Kansas, is pleased to announce its acquisition of Trinity Fire Partners located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Trinity is the first of several acquisitions planned by Fire Door Solutions in the coming months as it aggressively pursues its strategy to lead in all things life safety. Dave Geenens, President ... Read more...
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Further to the announcement on 18 October 2017 of the proposed acquisition of Icelandic Group UK Limited and Firm Placing to raise gross proceeds of £55.9 million and the announcement on 6 November 2017 pertaining to the result of the General Meeting and shareholder approval f ... Read more...
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RWS Holdings plc, a world leading provider of intellectual property support services (patent translations, international patent filing solutions and searches), commercial translations and linguistic validation, is pleased to announce that completion of its acquisition of Moravia has occurred, details of which were announced on 18 October 2017. ... Read more...
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Centrica plc has acquired REstore NV (“REstore”), Europe’s leading demand response aggregator, for €70 million (£62 million) in cash.
Headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium, REstore manages 1.7GW of peak load from a portfolio of industrial and commercial (I&C) customers across Belgium, the UK, France and Germany ... Read more...
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Gordon Dadds Group PLC, the acquisitive London-based legal and professional services business, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the corporate tax advisory business and certain assets of CW Energy LLP for a total ... Read more...
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Gresham House, the specialist alternative asset manager, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the asset management business of Hazel Capital LLP, a leading UK manager of new energy infrastructure. In addition to the asset management business, Hazel Capital owns and manages several Energy Storage System or battery ... Read more...
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Mycronic acquired Vi Technology for $9.28 million. Mycronic has a long-term goal to reach net sales of $597.5 million, with acquisitions as part of the growth strategy.
Vi Technology manufactures SPI and AOI inspection systems, and has delivered approximately 3,000 systems to 500 customers.
“Through Mycronic 4.0, we already offer adva ... Read more...
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Aquila Services, a company formed to acquire and operate growing businesses operating in the affordable housing services sector, is pleased to announce that the Group has today completed the acquisition of the development consultancy and financial modelling services business of pod LLP a ... Read more...
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Marlowe plc, the support services group focused on acquiring and developing companies that provide critical asset maintenance services, announces that it has acquired dB Audio and Electronic Services ("dB"), a provider of fire protection services based in Tonbridge, Kent.
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Aggregated Micro Power Holdings plc, a distributed energy company specialising in the sale of wood fuels and the financing and installation of distributed energy projects including biomass boiler ESCOs (Energy Supply Contracts), stand by power generation and battery storage facilities, is pleased to announce that it has today agreed to acquire 100% of Billington Bi ... Read more...
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Serco Group plc, the international service company, has reached agreement to acquire BTP Systems LLC , a provider of satellite communication and radar engineering technical services to the US defence industry. The business is to be acquired on a cash-free, debt-free basis for $20m, with the consideration to be satisfied us ... Read more...
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In September, Swedish furniture retailer Ikea quietly snapped up TaskRabbit in a bid to transform its longstanding retail model.
TaskRabbit was an early pioneer of the “ ... Read more...
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Marshalls plc, a leading hard landscaping manufacturer, announces today the acquisition of CPM Group Limited, a pre-cast concrete manufacturer specialising in underground water management solutions, for a total cash consideration of £38.3m.
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Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of the privately-held US company The Omnicon Group, Inc. ('Omnicon') for an initial consideration of $29 million.
Omnicon provides a range ... Read more...
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AIM listed specialist technical fluid power products supplier Flowtech Fluidpower plc (LSE: AiM: symbol ... Read more...
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Whitbread PLC announces that Costa has acquired 49% of its South China Joint Venture from its JV partner, Yueda, for RMB 310 million (£35 million). This acquisition provides full ownership in this important growth market and is in line with Whitbread's strategy to focus on key international opportunities.
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David Higham Associates is acquiring Gregory & Company, the agency founded by Jane Gregory in 1987 and representing Val McDermid.
Gregory and her staff will be moving into David Higham’s Soho offices at the start of next year, the company said.
Speaking on the decision to acquire Gregory & Co, Anthony Goff, m.d. of ... Read more...
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Vianet Group plc, the international provider of actionable data and business insight through devices connected to its Internet of Things platform, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Vendman Systems Ltd , a leading Enterprise Resource Planning and mobile software provider for unattended retailing, for a total consideration (in ... Read more...
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Ergomed plc, is pleased to announce that, further to the Company's announcement on 28 September 2017, the acquisition of PSR Group BV ("PSR") has completed following the admission to trading on AIM of the 2,081,389 new ordinary shares of 1p each at 8.00 a.m. on 2 October 2017.
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Angling Direct Plc, the largest specialist fishing tackle and equipment retailer in the UK, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Fosters Fishing Limited for a total consideration of £3.0 million payable in cash.
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Air Partner plc, the global aviation services group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of SafeSkys Limited, a leading Environmental and Air Traffic Control services provider to UK & International airports.
The acquisition has been funded from Air Partner's existing cash resources, aligns to Air Partner's long-term strategy and objecti ... Read more...
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Next 15, the digital communications group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Charterhouse Research Limited through its data and insights subsidiary, MIG Global Limited. Charterhouse is a leading specialist financial market research consultancy.
Charterhouse was founded in 2004 by four leading market researchers, Julie Ir ... Read more...
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Impax Asset Management Group plc, the AIM quoted investment management group, today announces that it has entered into agreements to acquire 100% of Pax World Management LLC, subject to certain closing conditions.
Strategic rationale for the acquisition
Combination of two pioneering firms focused on the transition to a ... Read more...
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Harvey Nash, the global technology recruitment and outsourcing group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Crimson Limited, cementing the Group's position as the market leading technology talent provider in the UK's IT and digital sectors.
Crimson, founded in 2000, is a UK IT solutions and recruitment ... Read more...
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Zuercher Technologies, a TriTech company, is excited to announce the acquisition of IMPACT and honored to welcome employees and customers into the Zuercher family. Zuercher selected IMPACT to advance its mission because of the shared company vision of a single public safety software focus and strong customer satisfaction emphasis. The partnership will advance Zuercher’s geographical reac ... Read more...
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Cellnex Telecom has completed its acquisition of Alticom, a Dutch infrastructure provider, in a deal worth €133 million.
The deal includes the consolidation of Alticom’s 30 long-range, high-capacity telecommunications towers, which enables the transmission for voice, data and audio-visual content operators.
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McBride plc, the leading European manufacturer and supplier of Co-manufactured and Private Label products for the Household and Personal Care markets, announces that it has agreed to acquire Danlind a/s, a supplier of auto dish-wash and laundry products, based in Denmark.
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CHT Group, a leading silicone specialities supplier in Europe, is pleased to announce the acquisition of ICM Silicones Group; headquartered in Cassopolis, Michigan, USA.
ICM Silicones Group is a leading solutions provider for high performance silicone emulsions and silicone elastomer applications in America. ICM Silicones Group consist of five separate operating ... Read more...
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Avnet (NYSE: AVT) has announced that it has acquired Dragon Innovation, expanding the global distributor´s portfolio of offerings for customers as they move from design to prototype to volume production, the company said.
Dragon Innovation´s proven process and deep hardware experience help customers understand manufacturing costs and schedules ... Read more...
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WPP announces that it has acquired Design Bridge Limited ("Design Bridge"), a leading independent and highly-awarded brand design agency. Design Bridge combines strategic thinking, intuition and creative excellence to bring brands to life through great ideas that connect with people.
Founded in London in 1 ... Read more...
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Filta Group Holdings plc, the provider of fryer management and other services to commercial kitchens, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Grease Management Ltd for a total consideration of up to £1.11 million in cash, being £1.0 million of initial consideration plus an amount of up to £110,000 in ca ... Read more...
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Staysure has acquired rival travel insurance company Avanti.
Effective from 16 August 2017, the deal with Avanti further strengthens Staysure’s position in the highly competitive insurance marketplace and reinforces its credentials as the UK’s leading over 50s travel insurance provider.
The purchase will result in the in ... Read more...
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Deloitte North West Europe today announces the acquisition of Acne, the award-winning European creative agency.*
Founded in 1996, Acne is an internationally acclaimed marketing house focusing on storytelling for brands. They offer creative, strategic, digital, film and photography services for a range of clients, particularly in the lifestyle and luxury retail se ... Read more...
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Deposit Solutions, the leading Open Banking platform for deposits and operator of investment platform ZINSPILOT, today announced that it has acquired Berlin-based platform for retail deposits SAVEDO. With the acquisition of SAVEDO, Deposit Solutions is further expanding its B2C capabilities, adding more than 18,000 registered clients, 13 partner banks and two new re ... Read more...
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Scapa Group plc, a global supplier of bonding solutions and manufacturer of adhesive-based products for the healthcare and industrial markets, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entir ... Read more...
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The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of premium student accommodation across the UK, is pleased to announce that the Group has acquired, on an unconditional basis, the freehold of the former St Mary's Hospital (the "Site") in Bristol for £8.08 million (excluding costs).
The current sit ... Read more...
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Drug discovery alliance and development partnership company Evotec AG, has acquired Aptuit in order to expand its position as a leading player in the external innovation marke ... Read more...
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DFS is pleased to announce it has exchanged contracts to acquire all the outstanding share capital of Sofology Limited for an initial enterprise value of £25 million, on a debt-free cash-free basis, subject to a potential further earn-out payment ("the Acquisition"). The Acquisition is subject to regulatory approval, detailed below.
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B&M European Value Retail S.A., the UK's leading multi-price value retailer, today announces the acquisition by its subsidiary, EV Retail Limited, of the entire issued share capital of Heron Food Group Limited ("Heron") a discount convenience retailer operating predominantly in the North of England with 251 stores.
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HomeServe plc, the international home repairs and improvements business, has entered into an agreement to acquire Help-Link UK Limited to create a new UK-wide home heating business, bringing together installations, servicing and repairs.
Martin Bennett, CEO of HomeServe UK, said ... Read more...
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The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of premium student accommodation across the UK, is pleased to announce that the Group has exchanged contracts to acquire the freehold of the Franciscan International Study Centre (the "Property") in Canterbury for £5.8 million (excluding costs). The acquisition is expected to com ... Read more...
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Shearwater Group plc (AIM: SWG), the digital resilience group, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the business and assets of Newable Consulting Limited ("Newable" or the "Business"), a leading UK based provider of risk, technology, governance, cyber security assurance and advisory services (the "Acquisition"). ... Read more...
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Hannover Re has reached an agreement to acquire the UK holding company Argenta Holdings plc (“Argenta”), which owns the companies Argenta Syndicate Management and Argenta Private Capital as well as a pro rata share of the Lloyd’s syndicate Argenta Syndicate 2121. The parties have agreed to maintain confidentiality regarding the purchase price.
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Ingenico has announced the acquisition of payment services outfit Bambora from Nordic Capital in a deal worth €1.5 billion.
The transaction, which will be “fully financed through available cash and debt”, is in line with Ingenico’s mission to provide a more integrated client offering and omnichannel solutions.
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ConvaTec Group Plc , a leading global medical products and technologies company, has agreed to acquire Woodbury Holdings ("Woodbury" or "The Company"), a US-based independent national distributor of incontinence and catheter-related supplies, from MTS Health Investors LLC for an enterprise value of $120.5 million.
Woodbury prov ... Read more...
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Judges Scientific, a group involved in the buy and build of scientific instrument businesses, announces that its majority owned subsidiary Bordeaux Acquisition Limited has today acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Crystallon Ltd, the holding company of Oxford Cryosystems Limited. Oxford Cryosystems is based in Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire and manufactures cryogenic c ... Read more...
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Cairn Homes plc, the Irish homebuilding company, announces that it has completed the acquisition of 8.64 acres of land from RTÉ, Ireland's national broadcaster, at its Montrose campus in Donnybrook, Dublin 4.
The total consideration for the purchase was €107.5 million.
The acquisition of the RTÉ Montro ... Read more...
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EDF Energy Services, a joint venture between EDF Energy and Dalkia, has agreed to acquire Imtech UK and Ireland from Endless LLP. Imtech is a leading engineering services company and provider of technical services to construction, industrial, commercial and public sector clients in the UK and Ireland. Completion of the deal is subject to merger con ... Read more...
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Kistler Group is taking over Aachen-based IOS GmbH, provider of MES software and hardware systems, with immediate effect. In doing so, Kistler can now offer the manufacturing industry a modular production monitoring system that covers the entire value chain, from sensors to production planning and control.
Monitoring and data acquisition products for the manufact ... Read more...
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UDG Healthcare plc, a leading international healthcare services provider, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Vynamic LLC, a US-based healthcare industry management consulting firm, for a total consideration of up to $32m.
Vynamic is headquartered in Philadelphia and its primary service offerings include: brand strategy, planning and launch, advanced commercial operations capabi ... Read more...
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Next 15, the digital communications group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Velocity Partners Limited (“Velocity”), a B2B digital agency with a focus on technology clients. Velocity was founded by Doug Kessler and Stan Woods in 2000, who will remain in the business following its acquisition. Clients include multi-national ... Read more...
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Ivanti, a Clearlake Capital-backed company and a provider of solutions for integrating and managing the IT digital workplace, has acquired RES Software, a digital workspace software company focused on improving the consumption of IT services through secure, automated workspace, and identity provisioning.
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Falanx Group Limited a cyber defence and intelligence provider working with blue chip, SME and government clients worldwide, is pleased to announce it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Cloudified Limited for a total consideration of approximately £180,000.
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Premier is pleased to announce that it has signed a sale and purchase agreement to acquire a further 3.75% interest in Licences PL089 and P534, which contain the Wytch Farm field, from Maersk Oil North Sea UK Ltd for a cash consideration of £11.7 million (less final completion adjustments which will reduce the overall consideration paid). The acquisition will be financed from ... Read more...
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Further to the acquisition of the Seed Portfolio on 4 May 2017, Impact Healthcare REIT plc (ticker: IHR) is pleased to announce that the Company has completed the acquisition of Saffron Court, Leicester for a total consideration of £3.4 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.7%. The acquisition was funded through the Company's cash resources.
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Oxford Metrics plc the international software company servicing government, life sciences, entertainment and engineering markets, is pleased to announce the acquisition of IMeasureU. Using wearable sensors and its own proprietary software, IMeasureU has developed a world-leading high-fidelity motion measurement system which enables researchers and elite athletes to g ... Read more...
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Verimatrix has acquired the MiriMON technology and development team from Genius Digital, the expert in audience analytics for TV.
This client device data collection technology has already been integrated within the Verimatrix Verspective Operator Analytics solution suite and ViewRight Ultra downloadable app packages.
As a part of Verspective, the technology prov ... Read more...
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Mobile adtech outfit, Glispa has acquired Tel Aviv-based RelevanTech, a carrier distribution company.
This follows the acquisition of Sao Paolo-based Mobils. ... Read more...
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Hampshire law firm Moore Blatch has acquired Calvert Smith & Sutcliffe, based in Richmond.
Established in 1917, Calvert Smith & Sutcliffe employs 25 staff who will continue to operate from their existing office.
The acquisition comes at a time of expansion for Moore Blatch, which has offices in Southampton, Lymington, Richmo ... Read more...
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CareTech Holdings PLC, a pioneering provider of specialist social care services in the UK, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Selborne Care Limited ("Selborne") for a total consideration of £16.9 million in cash.
Selborne is a high quality provider of specialist residential care, sup ... Read more...
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Marlowe plc, the support services group focused on acquiring and developing companies that provide critical asset maintenance services, announces that it has acquired Advance Environmental Limited, a provider of water treatment and hygiene services based in Brackley, Northamptonshire.
Founded in 1997, Advance Environmental employs 40 people and services ... Read more...
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Qrious Acquires Ubiquity to Create a Combined Marketing Automation and Analytics Offering.
Spark NZ-owned big data and analytics software business, Qrious, has today announced it has signed a conditional agreement to acquiremarketing automation provider, Ubiquity, in a move that will create a game-changing marketing automation and analytics offering in the New Zealand ma ... Read more...
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Microsoft has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Hexadite, a security firm based in Boston and with researchers operating out of Israel. According to Microsoft, it plans to eventually integrate Hex ... Read more...
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Cathelco has announced the acquisition of Echo Marine Service, the service centre for Hydro Electrique Marine (HEM) desalinators based in Palma de Mallorca. The opportunity has arisen following the retirement of Echo Marine’s founder, Erik Hansen.
The venture is a logical step for Cathelco, which purchased Antibes-based HEM in 2015 to complement its ran ... Read more...
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Banco Santander today announces that it has acquired Banco Popular. The acquisition takes place following an auction conducted by the Single Resolution Board and FROB in which Santander was selected as the successful bidder, paying a notional consideration of €1. As part of the transaction Santander will complete a rights issue for a total amount of €7 billion. This will cover th ... Read more...
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Cpl Resources plc, Ireland's leading employment services group, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire 91% of RIG Healthcare Group, a specialist healthcare recruiter in the UK. Cpl also provides trading update for the full year to 30 June 2017.
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The Board of LXi REIT plc is pleased to announce that the Company has exchanged contracts to acquire the Priory Care Home, Leeds for £8.4 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.3% (net of acquisition costs to the Company).
The Property is fully let to Priory Elderly Care Limited and guaranteed by its parent company, Priory Investments Ho ... Read more...
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The Board of LXi REIT plc (ticker: LXI) is pleased to announce that the Company has acquired the SIG manufacturing facility at Welton, Carlisle (the "Property") in a sale and leaseback transaction. The purchase price for the Property is £9.3 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.0% (net of acquisition costs to the Company).
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The Board of AFH, a leading financial planning led wealth management firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Parker Sage Independent Financial Advisers Limited ("Parker Sage"), an IFA providing independent financial advice in Canary Wharf, London and the northern home counties, which was completed on 31 May 2017 (the &quo ... Read more...
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London Stock Exchange Group PLC said Tuesday it has acquired The Yield Book and Citi Fixed Income Indices from US financial firm Citigroup Inc for USD685.0 million.
The Yield Book is a fixed income analytics platform that focuses on mortgage, government, corporate and derivative securities.
Citi Fixed Income Indices is an index business made up of a family of fi ... Read more...
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Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, which specialises in the control and efficient use of steam, and in peristaltic pumping and associated fluid path technologies, announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire Chromalox, Inc. (Chromalox) from Irving Place Capital for a cash-free, debt-free consideration of US$415 million (£319 million).
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Clipper Logistics plc , a leading provider of value-added logistics solutions and e-fulfilment to the retail sector, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Tesam Distribution Ltd.
Tesam is a provider of a variety of warehousing and distribution services to the retail sector. The business,which operates from three sites in and ... Read more...
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Telia Company acquires 100 percent of Nebula Top Oy, a Finnish provider of cloud services to SME and SoHo customers, at an enterprise value of EUR 165 million on a cash and debt free basis. The transaction will ensure Telia’s competitive position in the SME and SoHo segments.
Nebula Top Oy was founded in 1997 and offers highly automated ... Read more...
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Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces the acquisition of 100% of Strongbox Ltd, a holding company with subsidiaries in China and Indonesia trading under the Red Hot CG ("Red Hot") brand. Red Hot are specialists in the production of graphical art assets for video games.
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Universal Medica Group has acquired medical training firm Europharma in a bid to “pursue greater ambitions” and complies with the EU’s ‘Horizon 2020’ strategic framework to boost the added value of innovative services.
The group will also take over Europharma’s graphic design and technology efforts for the conception and impl ... Read more...
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Dalata Hotel Group plc is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Receivers Declan McDonald and Ken Tyrrell of PwC to acquire the freehold interest of the Maldron Hotel Portlaoise and adjoining Midway Foodcourt. Dalata have also agreed a simultaneous sub-sale of the foodcourt to a third party. The net cost of the transaction to Dalata is €6.8 million. It is expected ... Read more...
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Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces the acquisition of GameSim Inc., a specialist in outsourced engineering services and technology platforms for the video games industry and other virtual simulation applications, from its Founder and President, Andrew Tosh.
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Oakley Capital Investments Limited1 is pleased to announce that Oakley Capital Private Equity III2 has reached an agreement to acquire a majority stake in TechInsights. Fund III is expected to invest US$49.9 million in the business and will invest alongside Henry Elkington, the CEO of the current parent company (AXIO), who brings extensive experience in the industry and will become Cha ... Read more...
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Drum Income Plus Real Estate Investment Trust (DRIP REIT) has acquired Kew Retail Park in Southport for £8.65 million.
The 53,858 square foot investment is currently occupied by Poundstretcher, Carpetright, Wickes, Carphone Warehouse, Dreams and Sofology. The purchase price reflects an acquisition yield of 8.78% and bolsters DRIP REIT's presence ... Read more...
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Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces that it has acquired XLOC Inc. for a total consideration of $0.9 million from its founders, Stephanie O'Malley and Mason Deming.
Based in Raleigh, NC, XLOC has developed the leading web-based integrated globalization content management syste ... Read more...
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Brunvoll AS in Norway has signed an agreement with Incus Investor to acquire all of the shares in Scana Propulsion, including Norway-based subsidiaries Scana Volda and Scana Mar-El, and three sales companies in the US, Singapore and China.
Brunvoll Holding has also signed an option agreement for the acquisition of Scana Volda AS Real Estate, which owns the manufa ... Read more...
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Impact Healthcare REIT plc is pleased to announce that the Company has completed the acquisition of the Core Seed Portfolio and the Mulberry Portfolio (together, the "Seed Portfolio") for a total consideration of £148,754,000. All outstanding lending facilities have been repaid in full and the Seed Portfolio has been acquired debt-free by the Company. The te ... Read more...
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Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc (Spirax Sarco), which specialises in the control and efficient use of steam, and in peristaltic pumping and associated fluid path technologies, is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Gestra AG and associated businesses (Gestra), details of which were announced on 3rd April 2017.
Nicholas Anderson, Group Chief Exec ... Read more...
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The acquisition is expected to enhance Delta Capita’s Securities Finance Managed Services (SFMS).
Business and technology consultancy Delta Capita has acquired Appendium for an undisclosed sum to further develop its sell-side solution, which is set to go live later this quarter.
The deal will allow Delta Capita to i ... Read more...
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The Mission Marketing Group plc , the marketing communications and advertising group, is pleased to announce that it has acquired RJW & Partners Ltd, a company providing consultancy services to the pharmaceutical and medical devices industries, working in pricing, market access and payer communications. Initial consideration is £1.75m for the business and &am ... Read more...
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IDEC’s position in the HMI market strengthened by acquisition of APEM, a French group with a wide international footprint. European presence expands significantly, and new industry segments are also added.
IDEC Corporation, a leading manufacturer of industrial automation and control devices, announces the recent acquisition of APEM. Together, IDEC and APEM are ... Read more...
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Tekcapital plc, an international provider of technology and intellectual property services, announces that Belluscura Ltd, has acquired the entire issued share capital of Nanotether Discovery Science Ltd for a total consideration of approximately £265,000, which has been satisfied entirely by the issue of new ordinary shares in Belluscura.
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Sports Direct International plc announces that, on 19 April 2017, it received the approval of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court to acquire certain assets of Eastern Outfitters LLC, comprising the businesses of Bob's Stores and Eastern Mountain Sports pursuant to a s.363 sale process, following the filing by Eastern Outfitters L ... Read more...
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Diploma PLC, the international group of businesses supplying specialised technical products and services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 100% of Abacus ALS Pty Ltd ("Abacus").
Abacus is a long-established supplier of clinical diagnostics instrumentation and consumables to the Pathology and Life Sciences sectors. Abacus has p ... Read more...
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Keller Group has acquired instrumentation and monitoring company, GEO-Instruments, in North America.
Instrumentation and monitoring is increasingly sought by clients to control construction quality or monitor structural, ground or environmental properties such as vibration or noise during project execution. GEO-Instruments supply, manufacture, i ... Read more...
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Independent Oil and Gas plc, the development and production focused Oil and Gas Company, is pleased to announce it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement ("SPA") regarding the acquisition of the recently decommissioned Thames Gas Pipeline in the Southern North Sea ("SNS") for a nominal consideration from Perenco UK Limited, Tullow Oil SK Limited an ... Read more...
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JP Morgan Asset Management has acquired the company responsible for providing trains for Britain’s TransPennine Express franchise, in an £855m deal.
JP Morgan's decision to make a long-term infrastructure investment in Beacon Rail Leasing comes after previous owner, private equity fund Pamplona Capital Partners III, launched a bidding ... Read more...
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Intertek Group plc, a Total Quality Assurance provider to a range of industries worldwide, announces that it has completed the acquisition of KJ Tech Services GmbH (KJ Tech), a leading provider of vehicle, component, lubrication and fuel testing services based in Germany.
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MySale Group plc the leading international online retailer, is pleased to announce the acquisition of certain trade and assets of Identity Direct, a leading international retailer of personalised products.
Founded in 1992 Identity Direct has a rich heritage in providing consumers with personalised gifts and products, including; apparel, sporting goods, labels and ... Read more...
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Porvair, the specialist filtration and environmental technologies group, announces the acquisition of J. G. Finneran Associates, Inc. JGF, based in Vineland, New Jersey, designs, manufactures and distributes specialist laboratory consumables including filters, vials, microplates, closures and ancillary products.
On 4 April 2017, Porvai ... Read more...
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Tax Systems, a leading supplier of corporation tax software and services is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of OSMO Data Technology Limited in return for the issue of 4,701,492 new ordinary shares of 1 penny each in the capital of the Company, which, at the mid closing price as at 3 April 2017, represents a value of £3.2 mill ... Read more...
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Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, which specialises in the control and efficient use of steam, and in peristaltic pumping and associated fluid path technologies, announces that it has signed a conditional sale and purchase agreement to acquire Gestra AG and associated businesses (Gestra) from Flowserve Corporation for a cash-free, debt-free consideration of €186 million (&poun ... Read more...
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HML Holdings plc, a leading provider of property management, insurance and ancillary services to residential property blocks, is pleased to announce that it has exchanged contracts for the acquisition of Faraday Property Management Limited, a property management business based in Holborn. The Company anticipates completion of the acquisition will occur on 1 April 2017.
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Ideagen, a UK-based information management software provider, has announced the acquisition of PleaseTech, a specialist in software solutions for collaborative authoring and review of corporate documentation.
Boasting over 180 customers worldwide, PleaseTech's PleaseReview software product is utilised by a number of high-profile pharmaceu ... Read more...
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Randall & Quilter American Holdings Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of the sale and purchase agreement to acquire Linco Limited; a wholly owned captive insurer of Ameripride Services Inc. and Alsco Inc. The transaction is subject to regulatory approvals, anticipated within 30 days.
The Company is domiciled in Bermuda and provided reinsurance cover ... Read more...
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CPPGroup Plc, the international assistance business, today announces that it has acquired Blink Innovation Limited for an initial consideration of €1m and an earn-out based on future products developed by Blink. The initial sum will be paid on completion with a total maximum earn-out based on up to 20% of defined profits generated up to a maximum of €20m in ... Read more...
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Ferrero International has entered into an agreement to acquire premium US chocolate maker Fannie May Confections Brands in a deal that the Italian chocolate group said would increase its product line-up in the market.
Fannie May, which produces chocolate under the Fannie May and Harry London brands, was founded in 1920 in Chicago. ... Read more...
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Byotrol plc, the specialist anti-microbial technology company, is pleased to announce the purchase of the entire share capital of Winch Pharma Consumer Healthcare Ltd for an initial cash consideration of £70k. Deferred consideration of up to £44k will be payable in ca ... Read more...
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PSA Group, the maker of Peugeot and Citroen cars, agreed to buy General Motors Co.'s ( GM ) Opel unit in a transaction valued at 2.2 billion euros. The deal includes the Germany-based Opel, its U.K. nameplate Vauxhall, as well as the GM Financial's European operations.
The combination is expected to ge ... Read more...
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Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC, the international online information and events group, has agreed to acquire 100% of the equity of RISI, the leading price reporting agency for the global forest products market.
In its recent strategy upda ... Read more...
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Informa, the International Exhibitions, Events, Business Intelligence and Academic Publishing Group, today announced the agreed acquisition of Yachting Promotions Inc. ("YPI"), the operator of some of the largest yachting and boat shows in the US, for £106m.
The addition of YPI from Active Interest Media ("AIM"), the privately-owned specia ... Read more...
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Cloud based SaaS workflow tools and website products for property professionals
Strong fit with ZPG mission & strategy to offer UK's most comprehensive products
Highly experienced team with deep expertise of UK property and software markets
ZPG Plc owner of some of ... Read more...
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Avingtrans PLC is pleased to announce the acquisition of a majority stake in superconducting magnet and cryogenic systems company Space Cryomagnetics Limited, trading as 'Scientific Magnetics' (the "Acquisition") for total consideration of £347k.
Scientific Magnetics, based in Abingdon, Oxford with 15 members of staff, ... Read more...
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Premaitha Health PLC, a leading international molecular diagnostics group focused on prenatal testing, announces regulatory clearance for the completion of the acquisition of Yourgene Bioscience Co., Ltd.
The acquisition of Yourgene, announced on 21 December 2016, has now received regulatory clearance as required by Taiwanese law. Legal completion of the ... Read more...
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UBS Group AG and Northern Trust Corporation announce that UBS AG has entered into an agreement for Northern Trust to acquire UBS Asset Management's fund administration servicing units in Luxembourg and Switzerland.
The acquisition will enable Northern Trust to expand its presence in Luxembourg and gain local fund administration capabilities in Switzerland ... Read more...
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A London-based studio which provides creative services to the games industry has been acquired by Keywords Studios in a seven-figure deal.
The transaction for Hackney’s Spov Ltd, which provides cinematics, UI, visual effects and motion graphics for the video game and film markets, is for a cash consideration of up to £1.2m and will see the stu ... Read more...
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The German-owned JET Group, which makes skylights and ventilation products, has acquired Xtralite Ltd of Blyth, Northumberland — a leading manufacturer of customised roof lighting — to complement the work of Wednesbury-based roofing manufacturer JET Cox.
Group CEO Eric Pans said: “We are very enthusiastic about the technical competence and s ... Read more...
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The portfolio comprises 19 projects totalling 343MW of generating capacity, with a further 66MW project under construction and due online by the end of February.
The transaction is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2017. The sell-off will remove all of Infinis's generating portfolio, said Terra Firma, which owns the developer.&am ... Read more...
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Up-and-coming German startup Shop.co announced today the acquisition of Zen Shopping. Shop.co uses Artificial Intelligence and advanced algorithms to give users a smart browser extension that provides one universal cart (that works on every shop in ... Read more...
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Further to the announcement on 11 January 2017 that National Express Group PLC ("National Express") had reached an in principle agreement for Trenitalia to acquire the c2c rail franchise, National Express is pleased to announce that the transaction completed on 10 February 2017, with Trenitalia assuming immediate responsibility for operations.
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Bupa today announces it has completed its acquisition of Oasis Dental Care, the UK's leading private dental provider, following regulatory referral from the European Commission to the UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
This is an important milestone for Bupa, with the acquisition playing a significant part in Bupa's stra ... Read more...
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Johannesburg - Mondi Group has acquired 100% of the outstanding share capital of Excelsior Technologies from funds managed by Endless LLP and certain other minority shareholders, for a total consideration of £33m, on a debt and cash- free basis.
Excelsior is a vertically-integrated producer of innovative flexible packaging solutions, mainly for food app ... Read more...
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Playtech today announces the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Eyecon Limited and Eyecon Pty. Ltd, a specialist supplier of online gaming slots software to an international customer base, for a maximum total consideration of £50 million.
Eyecon was founded in Brisbane, Australia in 1997 and is a specialist software supplier with a partic ... Read more...
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BATM Advanced Communications Limited , a leading provider of real-time technologies for networking solutions and medical laboratory systems, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the ... Read more...
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HomeServe accelerates the development of its digital presence by acquiring shareholdings in Checkatrade and Habitissimo, established market leaders in home repairs and improvements
Expands our offering beyond home emergencies to help consumers looking for a single online source to solve home emergencies, repairs and improvements
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HML Holdings plc, a leading provider of property management, insurance and ancillary services to residential property blocks, announces the acquisition of Goodacre Property Services Limited ("GPS"), a property management business based in Keston Kent.
HML Andertons Limited, the subsidiary of HML Holdings plc covering the geographical area of Ken ... Read more...
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Telit Communications PLC (AIM: TCM, "Telit", the "Group"), a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), has agreed to acquire GainSpan Corporation ("GainSpan") for $8 million in cash (subject to certain working capital adjustments).
GainSpan designs, develops, manufactures and commercialises ultra-low power Wi-Fi systems-on-ch ... Read more...
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Nottingham-based Ryley Wealth Management has acquired a counterpart in what the business has hailed a "significant step in its growth strategy".
The addition of Hallmark (East Midlands) Ltd, which was founded in 1999 by Gary Hamson (pictured, front centre), takes Ryley's headcount to 26 staff, compared with 14 a year ago.
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SATO, a leading global provider of Auto-ID solutions that empowers workforces and streamlines operations has acquired all shares of UK-based inline digital printing (IDP) leader, DataLase.
Thai customers will in the near future enjoy the benefits provided by the innovative IDP technology brought about by this move.
The two companies first t ... Read more...
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AFH, a leading financial planning led wealth management firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the assets of Aberdeen Wealth Management Limited ("Aberde ... Read more...
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Castor Networks has acquired Watum Solutions effective immediately, a prominent supplier of IT networks and satellite communication for the shipping and offshore industry.
Watum Solutions is specialized in designing, installing and maintaining IT and VSAT systems on board of commercial vessels, offshore vessels and drilling platforms and is active in Euro ... Read more...
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Independent Oil and Gas plc, the development and production focused Oil and Gas Company, is pleased to announce it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") regarding the 100% acquisition of a currently disused pipeline in the Southern North Sea ("SNS") for a nominal consideration. The pipeline will provide the proposed export route ... Read more...
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Morses Club PLC, the UK's second largest home collected credit lender, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Shelby Finance Ltd., a provider of online instalment loans.
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CBRE Global Investors announces the acquisition of Jägersro Center in Malmö, Sweden on behalf of the CBRE European Shopping Centre Fund ... Read more...
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Styles&Wood, the integrated property services and project delivery specialist, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of specialist mechanical, electrical and environmental consultancy services provider, The GDM Group Limited ("GDM"), for an initial consideration of £4.0 million, to be satisfied in cash and shares ... Read more...
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Square Up Media has continued its rapid expansion with the acquisition of Factory Media.
The company, which publishes Square Mile, Foodism, and Escapism magazines, agreed the purchase with owners Forward Dimension Capital (FDC).
The deal means Square ... Read more...
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FinnAust Mining Plc, the AIM and FSE listed company with projects in Greenland & Finland is pleased to announce Greenland Government approval with respect to the acquisition of Avannaa Exploration Limited ('Avannaa' and the 'Acquisition'). Avannaa is an exploration company with advanced projects in southwest Greenland. The Company has also applie ... Read more...
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Michelin has consolidated its position in the European online restaurant booking market with the acquisition of Spanish firm Restaurantes.com.
The company, which is based in Madrid has more than 5,000 establishments signed up and saw more than 700,000 covers booked in 2015.
In January last year, Michelin acquired Bookatable, enabling it to ... Read more...
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Sanne is pleased to announce that, following receipt of regulatory approvals, its Acquisition of International Financial Services Limited and IFS Trustees, previously announced on 30 November 2016, has now completed.
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QinetiQ announces this morning that it has acquired Meggitt Defence Systems Limited and Meggitt Holdings Canada Inc. from Meggitt for £57.5 million on a cash-free, debt-free basis.
Meggitt Target Systems is a leading international provider of unmanned aerial, naval and land-based target systems and services for test and evaluation ("T&E&quo ... Read more...
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Oakley Capital Investments Limited1 has today been informed that Oakley Capital Private Equity III2 ("Fund III") has agreed to acquire a portfolio of European real estate websites including Casa.it in Italy and atHome.lu in Luxembourg (collectively "the business"). Oakley is backing the existing m ... Read more...
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Volution Group plc a leading supplier of ventilation products to the residential and commercial construction markets, announces that, in line with its strategy, it has acquired the entire share capital of Breathing Buildings Limited. The deal provides an exit for the company's previous backers including MMC Ventures.
Breathing Buildings is based ... Read more...
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IP Group plc, the developer of intellectual property-based businesses, is delighted to announce that it has agreed to acquire Parkwalk Advisors Ltd, the UK's leading university spin-out focused EIS fund manager, for an initial consideration of £10m.
Founded in 2009, Parkwalk is the largest EIS growth fund manager focused on university ... Read more...
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SigmaRoc is pleased to announce that it has conditionally agreed to acquire Ronez, a wholly owned subsidiary of Aggregate Industries, part of the LafargeHolcim Group, for £45.0 million in cash (the "Consideration"). In conjunction with the Acquisition, the Company also announces that it has conditionally raised approximately £50 million (b ... Read more...
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Air Partner plc, the global aviation services group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Clockwork Research Limited, a leading Fatigue Risk Management consultancy.
The Acquisition is being funded from Air Partner's existing cash resources and is expected to be earnings enhancing in its first full year of ownersh ... Read more...
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Telekom Austria Group has struck a deal to acquire a controlling stake in Croatian fixed-line operator Metronet.
The telco is acquiring the stake through its existing local operator Vipnet from a range of Croatian corporations, financial institutions and individuals, including Quaestus Private Equity Fund.
Metronet primarily serves the busi ... Read more...
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Ideagen PLC, a leading supplier of Information Management software to highly regulated industries, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of IPI Solutions Limited ("IPI") for a net consideration of £5.54m.
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IPI is a profitable and cash generativ ... Read more...
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Fitbit has acquired software assets from Pebble. The deal is about Pebble's intellectual property in the form of OS, watch apps, and cloud services.
Additionally, Fitbit also hires Pebble's software engineers and testers. As much as 40% of Pebble's engineers have received job offers from Fitbit already. Those who don't will get sev ... Read more...
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Be Heard Group Plc, the digital marketing services group, announces the acquisition of Kameleon Worldwide Limited, the award-winning content marketing agency.
Founded in 2008 by Mark Webster and Richard Armstrong, Kameleon is one of a new breed of agencies using content, analytics and technology to change the way that brands connect with consumers. The agency pro ... Read more...
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Helios is pleased to announce that, in line with its strategy of increasing underwriting capacity through acquisition, on 2 December 2016 it acquired Salviscoint Limited Liability Partnership (Salviscount), a limited liability member of Lloyd's ("LLV"), for a consideration of £0.8 million in cash. The 2016 underwriting capacity of Salviscount ... Read more...
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SUSE has become not only HPE's Linux of choice, but it's now its chief cloud developer as well.
The relationship between SUSE and HPE is, in a word, complicated. ... Read more...
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Breedon, the UK's largest independent construction materials group, announces it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the Sherburn Minerals Group ("Sherburn") for a total consideration of up to £15.7 million.
Sherburn is a leading independent heavyside building materials business headquartered in County Durham, emplo ... Read more...
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Senvion, a global manufacturer of wind turbines, has acquired 100% of the shares of EUROS Group (Berlin, Germany). EUROS covers all areas of rotor blade design and production as well as master plug and mold design. EUROS' mold and master plug manufacturing facilities in Żory-Warszowice and Ustron in Poland are part of the transaction. The acquisition ... Read more...
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JD Sports Fashion Plc, the leading retailer of sports, fashion and outdoor brands, announces that on 27 November 2016 it acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Go Outdoors Topco Limited. Cash consideration of £112.3m has been paid with the Group also assuming net debt of approximately £16m as part of the transaction.
Ba ... Read more...
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Ctrip.com International, a leading travel service provider in China, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Skyscanner. The travel metasearch engine, available in over 30 languages, currently has over 50m visitors per month and has an annual turnover of £120m.
The terms of the acquisition value Skyscanner at approximately £1.4bn and will ... Read more...
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Deal will secure the jobs of more than 150 workers on site and hundreds more in the local and regional supply chain
SIMEC and Liberty House, part of the international energy, metals and industrials group GFG Alliance, have reached an agreement with Rio Tinto Aluminium to buy the hydro-power and aluminium smelting operat ... Read more...
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Charles Taylor announces today that it has agreed to acquire a closed book of international life assurance business from Zurich International Life Limited and Allied Dunbar International Fund Managers Limited from Zurich Insurance Company Ltd.
The acquisitions are part of Charles Taylor's strategy to make tactical acquisitions in the int ... Read more...
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Georgia Healthcare Group PLC announces that it has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement ("SPA"), subject to competition agency approval, to acquire JSC ABC Pharmacia, the fourth largest pharmaceutical retailer and wholesaler in Georgia, from certain private shareholders (the "Transaction"). GHG will merge ABC with its existing pharma busines ... Read more...
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Today, Bupa announces it has agreed to acquire Oasis Dental Care, the UK's leading private dental provider, from Bridgepoint, the European private equity group, in a transaction totalling £835 million.
The move is a significant milestone in Bupa's strategy to offer customers high quality dental services. Bupa will become a major dental p ... Read more...
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RedstoneConnect, a leading provider of technology and services for smart buildings and commercial spaces, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Commensus Plc ("Commensus") for a total consideration of £2.4 million.
Commensus is a leading provider of fully managed IT support services internationall ... Read more...
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In two data-related announcements today, the leading Cassandra distro is going to the cloud and open source GIS gets some Enterprise ecosystem chops.
I've written a lot about NoSQL before, but one thing I haven't addressed is how the major cloud providers have found it indispensable to their platforms. ... Read more...
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DCC plc, the international sales, marketing, distribution and business support services group, announces that DCC Energy has agreed to acquire Gaz Européen Holdings SAS, a natural gas retail and marketing business which supplies business and public sector customers in France. The acquisition is highly complementary to Butagaz's strong market position in liquefied pet ... Read more...
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The German site will be used as Tesla’s first manufacturing plant in Europe in an effort to increase production output
Tesla has entered into an agreement to acquire Grohmann Engineering, an automotive manufacturer in Germany, which will become Tesla Grohmann Automation, after increasing its output target to 5 ... Read more...
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Intel has acquired German commercial drone software startup MAVinci for an undisclosed price.
Intel’s Anil Nanduri, head of the drone business, said in an interview with VentureBeat that the startup has best-in-class flight-planning software. It may seem odd for the world&r ... Read more...
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Renew, the Engineering Services Group supporting UK infrastructure, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Giffen Holdings Limited. Giffen, which is based in St Albans, specialises in mechanical, electrical and power services within the railway environment, working for both Network Rail and London Underground as well as a select number of Train Operating Companies ... Read more...
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Capital & Counties Properties PLC has acquired the freehold interest of Tower House, 10 Southampton Street, Covent Garden, from Derwent London PLC for £67.5m before purchaser's costs.
The property is a substantial corner building located at the junction of Southampton Street and Tavistock Street with views towards the Piazza. The multi-l ... Read more...
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Cloud services provider Evolve IP closed its acquisition of Xtium on Thursday, giving the company a complementary business serving customers in highly regulated industries.
Guy Fardone, Evolve IP's president and founding partner, told CRN that Xtium, based in King of P ... Read more...
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Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces that it has acquired Player Research Ltd ("Player Research") for a total consideration of up to £1.3 million from its founder, Graham McAllister, and others (the "Sellers"). Based in Brighton, UK, Player Research pro ... Read more...
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Crossrider, the online distribution and digital product company, today announces the expansion of its app distribution business with the acquisition of PC maintenance software product, DriverAgent, from eSupport.com, Inc. for a total consideration of $1 million.
The bolt-on acquisition is in line with Crossrider's new strategy, announced at the t ... Read more...
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Time Out Group plc, the global multi-platform media and e-commerce business with food & cultural markets, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of YPlan, on a debt free cash free basis.
London-based YPlan is the "mobile-first" events discovery and booking platform. It offer ... Read more...
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Primary Health Properties PLC ("PHP"), the UK's leading investor in modern primary healthcare facilities, announces that it has completed the acquisition of its first primary care centre in the Republic of Ireland.
Primary Health Properties ICAV, an Irish investment vehicle wholly owned by PHP, has taken delivery of a new, purpose built ... Read more...
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Further to the announcement made on 3 August 2016, InterQuest Group plc, the specialist recruiter in the technology, analytics and digital market is pleased to announce that it has served notice exercising its call option to acquire the remaining shares in RDW-RD Limited.
Completion of the acquisition of the remaining RDW shares is expected to take pla ... Read more...
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600 Group Plc, the AIM listed distributor, designer and manufacturer of branded machine tools and industrial laser systems, is pleased to announce that following its successful application to the Spanish Courts it has acquired the entire manual machine tools business of Kondia, for a total consideration of 50,000 Euro's.
Kondia, formerly Spains largest ma ... Read more...
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A new acquisition by Temasek unit Surbana Jurong will boost its presence in the fast-growing security and surveillance sector.
Surbana, an urban planning and infrastructure development consultancy, has acquired 100 per cent of Aetos Holdings, also a subsidiary of state investment firm Temasek Holdings. The deal was completed yesterday for an undisclosed amount.&l ... Read more...
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ICAP plc (IAP.L), a leading markets operator and provider of post trade risk mitigation and information services, announces today that it has acquired Abide Financial (Abide), a market-leading global regulatory reporting specialist.
Abide will become a subsidiary of ICAP's Post Trade Risk and Information (PTRI) division. Collin Coleman, ... Read more...
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WSP Global Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a definitive agreement in connection with the acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Mouchel Consulting, the engineering consulting services business of Mouchel Limited, which is held by Kier Group plc. The purchase price of approximately GBP GBP 75 million ($CAD 120.4 million) (the "P ... Read more...
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Prairie Mining is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Debiensko Hard Coking Coal Project, a fully permitted, "mine ready" project of significant global scale. This is a transformational acquisition marking Prairie's entry into the hard coking coal sector, complementing Prairie's advanced Lublin Coal Project, and creating a multi-project coal d ... Read more...
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Park Group plc, the UK's leading multi-retailer gift voucher and prepaid gift card business focused on the corporate and consumer markets, today announces the acquisition of corporate employee and customer engagement specialists, Fisher Moy International Ltd. ("FMI"), for an undisclosed all-cash sum.
FMI is profitable, debt-fre ... Read more...
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Gresham Computing plc, the leading software and services company that specialises in providing real-time transaction control and enterprise data integrity solutions, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement (the "SPA") with the C24 shareholders to acquire the entire issued share capital of C24 Technologies Ltd (the &qu ... Read more...
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IG Group ("IG"), a global leader in online trading, today announces that it has agreed, subject to final approvals, to purchase DailyFX, a leading global news and research portal, and its associated assets, from FXCM Inc. for a total consideration of $40 million (currently £30.8 million). It is anticipated that the transaction will complete by the ... Read more...
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Sard Verbinnen & Co, a leading strategic, financial, and crisis communications consultancy, today announced the acquisition of ARC Research (“ARC”). Founded in 1995 and based in New York, ARC offers a unique brand of research-based consulting centered around a results-driven analytical approach that enables clients to better understand relationships with key constituenc ... Read more...
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Hexagon Safety & Infrastructure has acquired ... Read more...
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Greatland Gold plc, the London Stock Exchange AIM listed precious and base metals exploration and development business, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the Havieron Gold Project in Western Australia.
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Greatland agrees to acquire 100% of the Havieron Project in Western ... Read more...
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Stonehouse-based Arc Energy Resources has bought CLG Engineering — a neighbouring firm that provides CNC milling and turning services to a number of sectors, including oil and gas, rail and automotive.
Founded in 1979, the latter exports products and special components to more than 10 countries. Arc Energy Resources specialises in the supply of corros ... Read more...
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Styles&Wood, the integrated property services and project delivery specialist, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of specialist critical facilities and data centre services provider, Keysource Limited ("Keysource"), for an initial consideration of approximately £2.0 million to be satisfied in cash and shares ( ... Read more...
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PWC has strengthened its tax reporting practice with the acquisition of Selera Labs, a data technology firm.
The acquisition comes at a time when tax authorities around the world are requiring increasing amounts of data from organisations.
Selera Labs’ technology platform, Data Ignition, monitors logistics and transaction ... Read more...
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STM Group Plc, the cross border financial services provider, is pleased to announce that on 12 September 2016 it entered into a conditional agreement with the majority shareholders of London & Colonial Holdings Limited ("London & Colonial" or "LCH") to acquire the entire issued share capital of LCH and its subsidiaries for a ... Read more...
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R&Q is pleased to announce that, subject to regulatory approval, it has agreed to acquire RLGI, a UK non-life insurance company in run-off, from The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited.
RLGI underwrote non-life insurance from 1985 to 1999; the remaining liabilities relate to employers' liability originating from cover provided ... Read more...
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Midwich, a specialist audio visual and document solutions distributor to the trade market with operations in the UK and Ireland, France, Germany and Australasia, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Holdan Limited in the UK for a maximum consideration of approximately £7.9m (the "Holdan Acquisition") and the acquisition of Wired Limited ("Wired ... Read more...
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Immedia, a supplier of digital audio content solutions for leading brands and global businesses, announces that it has acquired the business and certain assets comprising AVC Media, based in Aberdeen, from the Administrators of AVC Media Enterprises Limited and AVCME Holdings Limited for a cash consideration of £200,000, payable in full at completion. ... Read more...
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Ideagen PLC, a leading supplier of Information Management software to highly regulated industries, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Logen Ltd, a company based in Sofia, Bulgaria specialising in the provision of audit software and related consultancy services.
Logen is a reseller of Ideagen's GRC audit management and risk assessment solution, Pe ... Read more...
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Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of the entire share capital of Millbrook Group Limited ("Millbrook") from Rutland Partners and Millbrook's management shareholders. The purchase consideration of £122 million, on a debt and cash-free basis, (of which &a ... Read more...
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The board of Water Intelligence, a leading provider of non-invasive leak detection and remediation solutions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of NRW Utilities Limited ('NRW'), a UK-based water services business for a total consideration of £575,173.
Strategic Rationale for the Acquisition:
As discus ... Read more...
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The Board of HWMG (the "Board"), a leading UK based financial planning and discretionary wealth management group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Network Direct Limited ("NDL"), a national network of financial advisers based in Wolverhampton, West Midlands for a maximum total consideration of up to £4 million, of which £ ... Read more...
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Ascential plc (LSE: ASCL.L), the international, business-to-business, media company with a focused portfolio of market-leading events and information services products, today announces that it has agreed to acquire 100% of US-based e-commerce analytics provider Oneclickretail.com LLC ("One Click Retail") for initial cash consideration of $44m plus future earn outs.&am ... Read more...
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One Media iP Group Plc (AIM: OMIP), a digital media content provider, which consolidates, exploits and monetises intellectual property rights around music and video, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the exclusive rights and ownership to the to the Owl Music Catalogue on a complete buy-out basis for €21,000 (twenty one thousand Euros). The Owl catalogue comprises of ... Read more...
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Hybrid cloud monitoring and management specialist ScienceLogic said Thursday that it completed its first-ever acquisition last week, purchasing AppFirst, an application monitoring software developer based in Bloomington, Minn.
Once integrated into the ScienceLogic platform, the AppFirst technology will add, as a native capability, granular and near real-time visi ... Read more...
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ENGINEERING firm Keltbray Group has acquired some of the assets of the collapsed construction business Dunne Group, which fell into administration on July 18.
The collapse of the Bathgate business led to the immediate loss of 524 jobs, however administrators FRP Advisory said that more than 400 former Dunne employees had found new work.
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Bahrain based Investcorp has acquired the United Kingdom’s largest independent cybersecurity service provider Nebulas.
Founded in 2001 in London and employing 50 staff, Nebulas provides a broad range of IT security products and services including managed security services and cyber threat intelligence to predominantly mid to large enterprises ... Read more...
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Future plc, the international media group and leading digital business, has acquired Next Commerce Pty Ltd ("Next Commerce"), a digital shopping comparison business with operations in Australia and across South East Asia, for an undisclosed cash consideration.
Future has rapidly growi ... Read more...
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Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM listed oil and gas exploration, development and production company focused on Europe, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of Shale Petroleum (UK) Limited for a nominal consideration of £1. As consequence of this acquisition Europa has increased its equity interest in PEDL299 and PEDL343 explor ... Read more...
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Siemens has acquired a majority stake (85%) in Materials Solutions Ltd, a specialist in additive manufacturing (AM) processing and production. The remaining 15% will be held by the founder of the company Carl Brancher.
Materials Solutions, based in Worcester, UK, uses selective laser melting (SLM) technology to make metal parts. A specialty of the company is maki ... Read more...
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The Board of Tritax Big Box REIT plc is pleased to announce that it has acquired a distribution facility at Trafford Park, Manchester, let to Kellogg Company of Great Britain Limited, whose ultimate parent is the Kellogg Company. The purchase price is £23.5 million (excluding purchaser's costs), reflecting a net initial yield of 5.9% on the asset acquisition. The purc ... Read more...
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Ideagen PLC, a leading supplier of Information Management software to highly regulated industries, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Covalent Software Limited ("Covalent") for a net cash consideration of £3.6m ("the Acquisition") payable from Ideagen's existing cash reserves. ... Read more...
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Magento Commerce has acquired RJMetrics, a cloud-based analytics platform tuned for digital commerce business intelligence, the company said.
The Magento core platform will include a powerful native solution enabling merchants to better understand and optimize their commerce business based on actionable data and insights into customers and merchandising, ch ... Read more...
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Hill & Smith Holdings PLC ('Hill & Smith' or 'the Group'), the international group with leading positions in the supply of infrastructure products and galvanizing services to global markets, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of Signature Limited ("Signature") for a total cash consideration of ... Read more...
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MedaPhor Group plc, the global provider of advanced ultrasound skills training simulators for medical professionals, announces the acquisition of Inventive Medical Limited ("IML"), a UK company which is the global supplier of cardio ultrasound simulation products under the HeartWorks brand, for a total consideration of £3m payable in shares ... Read more...
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Defenx PLC, the mobile security software solutions company, announces that it has acquired 95.2% of Memopal Srl, a cloud backup and synchronisation business from majority owners Pi Campus Srl, Translated Srl, Thesis Impianti SpA and a further 14 private investors (together, the "Sellers") for a total consideration of up to €1.78 million and the assumption of ... Read more...
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Accenture has acquired Spanish tech company, Tecnilógica which has expertise in open sourcetechnologies for developing multi-channel applications for a wide range of mobile, web, touchscreens, wear ... Read more...
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Spectris plc, the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of the German privately-held DISCOM Elektronische Systeme und Komponenten GmbH. The up-front purchase consideration of EUR15.8 million will be met from existing cash and bank facilities and is subject to routine balance sheet adjustments. In addition, con ... Read more...
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PontDrive, a Chicago-based presentation-sharing software startup, has been acquired by LinkedIn, the companies announced Tuesday.
The company’s 15 employees will relocate to LinkedIn’s Chicago ... Read more...
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Charles Taylor plc announces today that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Charles Taylor Insurance Services Limited, has acquired CEGA Solutions Limited, the holding company of the CEGA Group1, a specialist provider of technical medical assistance and travel claims management services, for a maximum consideration of £29.8 million.
The transaction marks an im ... Read more...
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Cybersecurity firm Secarma has acquired Manchester-based application security company Pentest Limited for an undisclosed sum.
As a result of the deal, Secarma is expected to add new resources to Pentest Limited, including a team of ethical hackers.
Managing director for Pentest Limited, John Denneny, said: “In order for us to cont ... Read more...
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The Board of BCA announces that it has acquired Paragon Automotive Limited and subsidiary companies, the UK automotive services group. The Paragon acquisition is an important further step in the progression of BCA's strategy of delivering a broad-based automotive support services business that is able to provide a one-stop-shop for the handling of vehicles throughout their life ... Read more...
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Plastics Capital, the niche plastics products group, announces the acquisition of Synpac Limited for a maximum cash consideration of £3.1 million, on a cash and debt-free basis, to be satisfied from existing debt facilities. The Acquisition is expected to be earnings enhancing in the first full financial year following completion.
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The Samsung Group announced earlier this year that it has formed a new team to grow its automotive-related business. Samsung is also said to be interested in electric and smart cars, it has even modified a race track it owns ... Read more...
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Private healthcare giant Bupa UK has agreed a deal to acquire The Regent Building at MediaCityUK.
The 145,000 sq ft office building, which is still under construction, will act as Bupa’s regional headquarters when completed.
Bupa pre-let the MediaCityUK office building last year, signing a 15-year lease for the entire scheme in Fe ... Read more...
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Imperial Innovations Group plc notes today's announcement by portfolio company Cell Medica of its acquisition of Delenex Therapeutics AG ('Delenex') based in Schlieren, Switzerland.
Cell Medica is a cellular immunotherapy company, focused on the development, manufacture and marketing of cell-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancers ... Read more...
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IG Design Group plc (formerly International Greetings plc), one of the world's leading designers, innovators and manufacturers, of gift packaging and greetings, social expression giftware, stationery and creative play products, is pleased to announce today the acquisition, of 100% of the share capital of Lang Companies Inc., the design-led supplier of high-quality branded consu ... Read more...
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Historic Lincolnshire cleaning products business Fenland Laundries has acquired the remaining 50 per cent of its Micronclean joint venture.
Fenland was founded in 1877 and established Micronclean in 1980 with Berendsen Cleanroom Services Ltd.
It has acquired Berendsen's 50 per cent stake in Micronclean for an undisclosed sum and wil ... Read more...
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Costain, the engineering solutions provider, announces that it has completed the acquisition of SSL, a provider of innovative technology-based solutions, primarily for the highways sector but with the potential for wider application across the Group.
SSL, established in 1979 and with 165 people, provides integrated hardware and software ... Read more...
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Exova Group plc EXO.L, a leading global provider of testing, calibration and advisory services, announces that it has acquired Jones Environmental Forensics Limited, a North Wales-based independent environmental analysis business that provides testing and complex forensic analysis services in the contaminated land and water market.
Founded in 2007, Jones ... Read more...
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Atlas Mara Limited ("Atlas Mara" or the "Company"), the sub-Sahara African financial services group, is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of 100% of Finance Bank Zambia Limited and its subsidiaries ("FBZ"). Consideration for FBZ will be settled by approximately $61 million in cash and 3.3 million Atlas ... Read more...
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Following Epson Italia S.p.A's agreement to acquire 100% of the capital of Fratelli Robustelli S.r.l. ("Robustelli"), a player in the textile printing industry, Epson has said it envisages further growth for its digital printing business in the Middle East.
The agreement aims to drive synergies and further increase customer value by expa ... Read more...
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Cortec is pleased to publicly announce the latest acquisition of the Cortec® Corporation. Croatian company CortecCros became a wholly owned subsidiary of Cortec Corporation® after signing a contract between Crosco, Oil Services Ltd. - daughter company of Ina - one of the biggest oil producers in Central Europe and Cortec Corporation. Cortec has previou ... Read more...
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UK Oil & Gas Investments PLC announces that it has signed agreements with Celtique Energie and Magellan Petroleum to acquire 100% ownership of the 300 sq km (116 sq miles) Weald Basin licence PEDL234 (the "Licence"). The acquisitions more than double the Company's net acreage holdings in the prime Kimmeridge Limestone Oil province, as proven by the Hor ... Read more...
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WatchGuard Technologies, a leader in advanced network security solutions, today announced the acquisition of the HawkEye G threat detection and response technology from Hexis Cybe ... Read more...
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Begbies Traynor Group plc today announces the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Pugh Auction Group Limited. The 25 strong team, including management, will be integrated with the Group's existing Eddisons property services division.
Pugh & Co was established in 2000 and is the largest firm of commercial pr ... Read more...
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Solid State plc, the AIM listed supplier of specialist industrial/ruggedised computers, electronic components, secure communications systems and battery power solutions to the electronics market, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Creasefield Limited, a complementary custom batteries business, for a maximum consideration of £1.54 million.
The Com ... Read more...
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Helios is pleased to announce that, in line with its strategy of increasing underwriting capacity through acquisition, it has acquired Nameco (No 346) Limited, a limited liability member of Lloyd's, for a consideration of £3.75 million in cash. The 2016 underwriting capacity of the LLV is £3.3 million (this compares with Helios's 2016 capacity of & ... Read more...
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Pinnacle Technology Group plc, the AIM listed provider of 'IT as a Service', is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of adept4 Limited, a provider of cloud based IT services and solutions headquartered in Warrington, funded through the issue of £5 million of unsecured loan notes to the Business Growth Fund Plc . Pinnacle als ... Read more...
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Tern Plc, the investment company specialising in the cloud and mobile sectors, announces that it has agreed, subject to contract and completion of satisfactory due diligence, to acquire Flexiant Limited from Flexiant Corporation Limited on the following terms:
Tern will acquire the entire issued share capital o ... Read more...
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AURASIAN Minerals plc is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement made on 18 April 2016, the Company has now received acceptances from all of the shareholders of Moroccan Minerals Limited in relation to the offer from Aurasian for the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of MML.
In line with the terms of the heads of agreement announced on ... Read more...
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Scapa Group plc, a leading global manufacturer of bonding products and adhesive components for applications in the healthcare and industrial markets, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of EuroMed, Inc ("EuroMed"), the hydrocolloid-based wound care solutions business based in Orangeburg, New York. The purchase price co ... Read more...
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CHS will be rebranded under OPEN's medical communications agency Succinct and overseen by that agency's chief executive officer Rob Barker.
He said: “Choice is a valuab ... Read more...
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ARM has acquired Apical, a global leader in imaging and embedded computer vision technology that will allow next generation devices to understand and act intelligently on information from their environment. Apical is one of the UK's fastest-growing technology companies* and its advanced imaging products are used in more than 1.5 billion smartphones and approximately 30 ... Read more...
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StepStone, the international private markets manager, has acquired Swiss Capital for an undisclosed sum.
Swiss Capital is an alternative asset manager offering customized products across hedge funds and debt to institutional investors, primarily in Switzerland, Germany and Austria.
Following the deal StepStone will launch StepStone Private ... Read more...
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Keller announces that it has acquired the freehold of a processing and warehousing facility at Avonmouth, near Bristol, for £62m from GJ3 Limited and GJ4 Limited, pursuant to a settlement agreement in connection with the previously announced contract dispute arising on a project completed in 2008.
As set out in Keller’s Annual Report & ... Read more...
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Etalon Group Limited, one of Russia's largest and longest-established development and construction companies, announces that it has acquired six adjacent land plots in the Moscow Metropolitan Area ("MMA") for the development of a new residential real estate project. The 9.62-hectare territory is located in the Mytishchinsky district of the Moscow regi ... Read more...
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JLEN is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Energiequelle GmbH to acquire 100% of the Parc Éolien Le Placis Vert wind farm. The consideration for the acquisition, which is expected to complete over the coming weeks (subject to the customary consents), is approximately €2.5 million.
The project is l ... Read more...
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The Board of AdEPT, one of the UK's leading independent providers of unified telecommunications solutions, today announces it has signed an agreement with effect from 1 May 2016 to acquire the entire issued share capital of Comms Group UK Limited ("Comms Group"), a well-established UK based specialist provider of unified communications, Avaya IP telep ... Read more...
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K&C REIT plc, the residential real estate investment trust ("REIT") group, is pleased to announce that, on 6 May 2016, the Company agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of The Osprey Management Company Limited from Ms Susan Hards for an aggregate consideration of £1.6 million (the "Acquisition"). Osprey owns a portfolio of ... Read more...
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Falanx Group announces that on 5 May 2016, the Company agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Advanced Security Consulting Limited for a total consideration of approximately £435,000 . Falanx also announces a placing of new ordinary shares of no par value in the capital of the Company ("Ordinary Shares") and the issue of&n ... Read more...
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Acquisition of Elevate enhances Standard Life's position as a leading platform provider for advisers
Adds over 160,000 customers and assets under administration ("AUA") of £9.8bn
Enhances Standard Life's position as a leading platform provider for professional advisers incre ... Read more...
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In line with its strategy to develop its Packaging Distribution business in the UK protective packaging market, Macfarlane Group PLC has today confirmed the acquisition of the packaging business of Edward McNeil Limited.
Edward McNeil is based in Glasgow and has traded for well over 50 years. It currently has 12 employees and is an established regional ... Read more...
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Cairn Homes Plc the Irish homebuilder, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of Argentum Property Holdco Limited for a total consideration of €105.6m2, on the same terms as previously disclosed.
The Argentum deal includes the purchase of the Argentum business and six related development sites. ... Read more...
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Petropavlovsk PLC today announces that it has entered into an agreement with Russia's Alliance Mining Group ("AMG") and Lexor Group S.A. ("Lexor" and, together with AMG, the "Contributors") to acquire Amur Zoloto LLC ("AZ"), an established gold company with production and development assets in the Khabarovs ... Read more...
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Armstrong Ventures plc (AIM:AVP), the AIM listed company investing in the media, technology and healthcare sectors, announces today that it has conditionally agreed to acquire MelodyVR Ltd, a company which has developed technologies, products and services that enable users to consume immersive virtual reality ("VR") music experiences, for a total consideration of & ... Read more...
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RPS announces the acquisition of DBK. This transaction represents an important enhancement of our project management capability in the UK and adds to our international presence in this market.
In recent years RPS has developed a significant capability in both BNE: Europe and AAP to assist our clients manage complex, large scale infrastructure and property develop ... Read more...
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The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP), the owner and operator of premium student accommodation across the UK, is pleased to announce that the Group has acquired the 50 per cent. share in Empiric (Southampton) Limited previously owned by an investment fund affiliated with Revcap Advisors Limited ("Revcap"). As a result, the Group now owns 10 ... Read more...
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JenCap Holdings, LLC, a consolidator of specialty insurance distribution and program management businesses, including managing general agencies, specialty program underwriters, transactional wholesale brokers and captive managers, has acquired specialist MGA and wholesaler Trivedi-Capacity ... Read more...
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The Company is pleased to announce that its investee company, Cryptosoft Limited, a leader in policy driven authentication and encryption services for connected Internet of Things ("IoT") and machine-to-machine ("M2M") devices, has acquired the entire share capital of Device Authority Inc ("Device Authority"), a leading authenticati ... Read more...
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Independent Oil and Gas plc, the development and production focused oil and gas company, is pleased to announce that its wholly owned subsidiary, IOG North Sea Limited, has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement ("SPA") to acquire from Alpha Petroleum Resources Limited ("Alpha") the 50% of Blocks 48/22b and 48/23a in the Southern North Sea not ... Read more...
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Petards, the AIM quoted developer of advanced security and surveillance systems is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of QRO Solutions Limited ("QRO") for a maximum consideration of £1,255,000. The consideration, which will be satisfied in cash from Petards existing cash reserves, includes deferred consideratio ... Read more...
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A leading provider of localisation, audio and localisation testing services
Positions Keywords as the global leader in localisation and voice-over recording for video games world-wide, doubling the Group's current audio capability
Brings a highly complementary client base, with a strong track record of working ... Read more...
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WS Atkins plc, the design, engineering and project management consultancy, is pleased to announce that on 11 April 2016 it completed its previously announced acquisition of the Projects, Products and Technology segment of EnergySolutions.
PP&T is an innovative nuclear energy business, comprising 650 people delivering a wide range of technical engineering ... Read more...
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Telit Communications PLC, a global enabler of the Internet of Things (IoT), has agreed to acquire several cellular module product lines, related IP and related assets from Novatel Wireless, Inc, for an initial cash purchase price of $11 million and conditional earn-out consideration, which Telit expects to be non-material.
As part of the Acqui ... Read more...
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Liontrust Asset Management Plc, the specialist independent fund management group, today announces that the Company together with its indirect subsidiaries, Liontrust Investment Partners LLP and Liontrust Fund Partners LLP has entered into a conditional agreement to purchase (the "Acquisition") the European income fund management bus ... Read more...
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Keywords, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces that it has agreed with the selling shareholders of Kite Team to acquire the 50% of Kite Team not already owned by Keywords 20 months sooner than originally provided for under the terms of the acquisition agreement (the "Agreement") in order to deliver the opera ... Read more...
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Aconex Limited, provider of a leading cloud and mobile collaboration platform for the global construction industry, today announced that the acquisition of Conject Holding GmbH, announced on 17 March 2016, was completed with effect from 1 April 2016.
Conject is a leading cloud and mobile collaboration service provider in Europe and other regions. The acquisition ... Read more...
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FluidOil Limited, a provider of oil upgrading technology solutions, has completed the acquisition of the intellectual property of Vancouver, Canada-based Ivanhoe Energy Inc. ("Ivanhoe as well as the acquistion of its Texas, USA-based subsidiary Ivanhoe Energy Holdings Inc.
Ivanhoe Energy was recognised as an international leader in heavy oil de ... Read more...
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Judges Scientific, a group involved in the buy and build of vbusinesses, announces that it has today acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Dia-Stron Limited, an instrument maker based in Andover, Hampshire. Dia-Stron designs and manufactures systems to test the mechanical properties of fibres (the "Acquisition"). The Board expects the Acquisition to b ... Read more...
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Acquisition of leading home assistance business with over 300 partners and 0.4m customers across the U.S. and Canada
HomeServe's largest single step in U.S. expansion, increasing total footprint by 9.4m households to over 40m households
Significant new marketing opportunities and growth potential through furth ... Read more...
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The 600 Group PLC, the AIM listed distributor, designer and manufacturer of industrial products, is pleased to announce that it has agreed the acquisition of the remaining 20% of TYKMA Inc, the US based laser marking business it acquired 80% of in February 2015. The consideration will be satisfied by the issue of 12,000,000 1p ordinary shares in the Group and ... Read more...
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Judges Scientific, a group involved in the buy and build of scientific instrument businesses, is pleased to announce that the Company's wholly-owned subsidiary, Fire Testing Technology ("FTT"), has acquired the business of Fire Instrumentation & Research Equipment ("FIRE").
FIRE is a highly regarded fire testing ... Read more...
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Entertainment One Ltd. today announces that it has acquired a 65% controlling stake in Renegade Entertainment, LLC ("Renegade 83"), a reality television production company, from the Renegade 83 Sellers. The acquisition further enhances eOne's reality television production capabilities, in line with the Group's strategy.
Based in ... Read more...
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1pm, the AIM listed independent specialist provider of finance facilities to the SME sector, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Bradgate Business Finance Limited ("BBFL") for an aggregate consideration of up to £2.75 million, comprising £2.20 million payable in cash on completion and up to a further £0.55 million in shares over the ... Read more...
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Micro Focus International plc, the international software product group, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire share capital of Spartacus Acquisition Holdings Corp. the holding company of Serena Software Inc. and its subsidiaries (together, "Serena" or "the Serena Group") at an enterprise value of $5 ... Read more...
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Clinical-stage company ImmunogenX has acquired the assets of Alvine Pharmaceuticals, which develops biologics to target autoimmune / inflammatory diseases.
The acquisition includes Latiglutenase, an orally administered mixture of two recombinant gluten-specific proteases including glutamine-specific cysteine protease (EP-B2) and a proline-specific prolyl endopept ... Read more...
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Georgia Healthcare Group PLC announces that it has signed a binding Memorandum of Understanding, subject to relevant regulatory approvals, to acquire a 100% equity stake in JSC GPC ("GPC"), one of the top three pharmaceutical retailers and wholesalers in Georgia.
The acquisition of GPC supports GHG's expansion strategy and its a ... Read more...
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CareTech Holdings PLC, a pioneering provider of specialist social care services in the UK, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Oakleaf Care Limited and all of the residential properties from which it operates. Oakleaf is a Northampton-based specialist in the care and rehabilitation of men with acquired brain injury. The tota ... Read more...
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Palace Capital, the property investment company that focuses on commercial property outside London, announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Gregory Projects Limited. The Target is a special purpose vehicle and is the owner of Broad Street Plaza, an award winning leisure development in Halifax, West Yorkshire.
The amou ... Read more...
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Next 15, the digital communications group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Publitek Limited, a specialist technical content marketing business that services customers in the global semiconductor and electronic component market.
Publitek was founded by its CEO, Bob Jones, who will remain in the business following its ac ... Read more...
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Mercia is delighted to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Enterprise Ventures Group Limited, a leading provider of early stage and growth finance through third party managed funds in the North of England, for a total consideration of up to £11.0 million, plus net cash. The acquisition is expected to be immediately earnings enhancing. Enterprise V ... Read more...
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Diploma PLC, the international group of businesses supplying specialised technical products and services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 100% of Cablecraft Limited, a group of businesses headquartered near Dunstable in the UK and providing essential cable identification, management and termination products and solutions to a broad base of primarily UK based customers.&nb ... Read more...
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Tyman plc, a leading international supplier of engineered components to the door and window industry, announces the acquisition of Giesse, an Italian based manufacturer of hardware for aluminium windows and doors.
The Acquisition represents a strategic opportunity to add a design led hardware offering to Schlegel, the Group's International Division, with ... Read more...
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Venture Life Group PLC, the international consumer self-care group focused on developing, manufacturing and commercialising products for the ageing population, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Periproducts Limited in accordance with the timetable announced on 1 March 2016.
As set out in the circular posted to shareholders on 12 February ... Read more...
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Goldcrest Resources plc, the gold focused company with interests in projects located in Ghana, announces that, further to its announcement dated 19 January 2016, the conditions precedent to the completion of the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Taoudeni Resources Limited, being receipt of all necessary consents and approvals required for the transfer of shares in Taoud ... Read more...
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Clinigen Group plc, the global pharmaceutical and services company, has acquired Totect® (dexrazoxane) from Biocodex USA, a product that is patent protected in US, Canada and Mexico.
Totect® is an emergency medicine used to reverse the toxic effects of anthracycline anti-cancer treatment. Occasionally, anthracyclines when administered, accid ... Read more...
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Vertu, the automotive retailer with a network of 126 sales and aftersales outlets across the UK, announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Sigma Holdings Limited and its subsidiary Greenoaks (Maidenhead) Limited (together "Greenoaks") for a total cash consideration of £21.9m. In addition to the purchase of the share capital of Greenoa ... Read more...
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Palace Capital, the property investment company that focuses on commercial property outside London, has acquired 249 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes for a consideration of £7.2 million in an off market transaction. The consideration was satisfied from the Company's existing cash resources.
The office building is on a large site a few minutes& ... Read more...
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Next Fifteen Communications Group plc, the digital communications group, announces that on 25 February 2016 it acquired the remaining 25% minority interests in Morar Consulting Limited, its research and advisory agency, and settled in full the remaining obligation for the original purchase of 75% issued share capital made on 3 December 2014 (the “Outstanding Deferred Morar Co ... Read more...
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Regency Mines Plc, the natural resource development and investment Company with interests in oil and mineral exploration, announces that further to the announcement of 22 February 2016, the Company has now completed the acquisition of a 5% interest in Horse Hill Development Ltd from Angus Energy PLC for a consideration of £400,000.
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LSL Property Services plc has, through a wholly owned subsidiary, acquired a 65% interest in Group First Limited who provide mortgage and protection brokerage services to the purchasers of new homes through its subsidiaries, Mortgages First Limited and Insurance First Brokers Limited. The consideration for the initial investment is £9.1m in cash with 50% payable on completion ... Read more...
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Market Tech Holdings Limited, the holding company that combines approximately 15 acres of iconic London real estate assets, including the main Camden Markets, with digital capabilities to deliver a living, working, retail and leisure space, is pleased to announce that it has exchanged contracts to acquire the freehold of 101 Camley Street, King's Cross for a total cash consider ... Read more...
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Castle Street Investments plc, is pleased to announce that it has acquired C4L Group Holdings Limited, a successful and growing network services and data centre hosting business, for a total consideration of £20.2 million in cash and shares.
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Acquisition of C4L is a key component in building out Castle St ... Read more...
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Dalata is pleased to announce that it has acquired DS Charlemont Limited, which owns the former Charlemont Clinic Site, in Dublin 2, from UK and Ireland regeneration developer, U+I plc, for a consideration of €11.9 million. The consideration is payable in cash.
The site is superbly located in Dublin 2, fronting on to Charlemont Street and Charlemont Mall ... Read more...
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Acal plc, a leading international supplier of customised electronics to industry, today issues a trading update for the year ending 31 March 2016, covering the 4 months period from 1 October 2015 to 31 January 2016, and announces the acquisition of Plitron Manufacturing Inc.
Trading update
During the 4 months ended 31 January 2016, the Grou ... Read more...
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Sanne, the specialist provider of outsourced corporate and fund administration, reporting and fiduciary services, has entered into an agreement to acquire Chartered Corporate Services ("CCS"), a Dublin-based corporate services business established in 2005 that specialises in the delivery of company secretarial, liquidations, payroll and VAT reporting ... Read more...
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Real Good Food plc announces the acquisition of Chantilly Patisserie by its wholly owned subsidiary Haydens Bakery Ltd for a total consideration of £1.75m to be satisfied from existing cash resources. Chantilly Patisserie will be run as a trading division of Haydens.
Chantilly Patisserie, based in Paignton, Devon, employs some 40 sta ... Read more...
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GRIP, the market-let UK residential property fund owned by Grainger and APG, announces that it has acquired the freehold interest in Kew Bridge Court, an unbroken, predominantly private rented residential estate of 94 flats, 4 houses and 80 car parking spaces in Kew Bridge, London W4, for a total consideration of c.£57.3m. The asset has been acquired from a partnersh ... Read more...
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PROACTIS Holdings PLC, the specialist Spend Control software provider, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Due North Limited , a well-respected provider of eProcurement solutions from its parent company, Access Intelligence PLC, for a gross cash consideration of £4.5 million.
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Castleton, the software and managed services provider to the public and not-for-profit sectors, is pleased toannounce that on 29th January 2016, it acquired Kypera Holdings Limited for a net cash consideration of £3.5 million.
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Kypera provides fully integrated housing management and finance so ... Read more...
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Amerisur Resources Plc, the oil and gas producer and explorer focused on South America, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Platino Energy Ltd , a private company, from COG Energy ("COG") for a total consideration of US$7MM.
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Payment to COG of a total of US$7MM on closing. The consideration ... Read more...
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Ace Liberty & Stone Plc, the active property investment company, capitalising on commercial property investment opportunities across the UK, today announces the buyout of Fineous Limited's 62% holding in Radcliff Property Limited for £1,235,000. This transaction will result in a 100% ownership of Radcliff by Ace.
As a ... Read more...
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WPP announces that its global digital agency POSSIBLE Worldwide has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Conrad Caine GmbH, a full service digital agency headquartered in Munich, Germany.
Founded in 1998, Conrad Caine delivers digital strategy, user experience, asset creation, campaigns and CRM to its clients. Conrad Caine employs 140 people at its headquarters ... Read more...
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Riverbed announced the acquisition of Ocedo, a leading provider of software-defined networking and SD-WAN solutions. Financial terms were not disclosed.
Ocedo, which is based in Karlsruhe, Germany, developed an advanced software-defined branch office networking solution, with a portfolio of products that include secure gateways, wireless access points and switches, and a ... Read more...
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Wilmington plc , the knowledge leader in Risk & Compliance, Finance, Legal, and Insight, announces the acquisition of JMH Publishing Ltd, a leading UK provider of specialist and accredited online education for the healthcare industry and owner of the respected trading brand "Wellards".
As part of Wilmington, Wellards will becom ... Read more...
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BT today welcomed the Competition and Markets Authority's (CMA) decision to approve its acquisition of EE, unconditionally without remedies.
The CMA's decision paves the way for BT to complete the acquisition of EE in the coming weeks and to incorporate the business into the wider BT Group in the months to come.
There will b ... Read more...
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Sound Energy, the Mediterranean focused upstream gas company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a binding agreement with Maghreb Petroleum Exploration S.A. for the purchase of MPE's 25% working interest in three onshore gas permits located in Morocco.
The Sidi Moktar Licences cover 2,700 square kilometres ... Read more...
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FD, a leading provider of software and consulting services, announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of QuantumKDB (UK) Limited ("Quantum") for total consideration of up to £2.2m. The acquisition provides the Group with complementary consultancy expertise to support the growth of its Kx business and is expected to be earnings enhancing ... Read more...
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NESF is pleased to announce the signing and completion of the share purchase agreement to acquire a portfolio comprising three operating solar PV plants totalling 53.3MWp for a total net consideration of £61.7 million (including transaction costs) plus working capital. The total net consideration includes the long-term fully-amortising project financing currently dr ... Read more...
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Gama Aviation Plc, one of the world's largest business aviation service providers, is pleased to announce the conditional acquisition of Aviation Beauport Limited; a privately owned Jersey based business offering a range of business aviation services. The acquisition of Beauport is conditional upon approval from the Jersey Competition Authority which is expected to complete by ... Read more...
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Epwin Group Plc, the vertically integrated manufacturer of extrusions, mouldings and fabricated low maintenance building products, supplying the Repair, Maintenance and Improvement , new build and social housing sectors, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Stormking Plastics Limited, for consideration in cash and Epwin Group Plc shares with part ... Read more...
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JLIF, the FTSE 250 listed infrastructure investment company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Iridium Concesiones de Infraestructuras, a subsidiary of Grupo ACS, to acquire an effective 40% stake in the Barcelona Line 9 Section II metro project. Line 9 runs directly through the heart of the city centre, connecting the airport and the port district. ... Read more...
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Hansteen, the UK and Continental European property investment company, announces that it has acquired a further 31.6 million units in the Ashtenne Industrial Fund from Britel Fund Trustees Limited for £15.4 million cash, reflecting a price per unit of £0.4869. The price represents an effective 5% discount to Hansteen's carrying value for the Fund as at 30 Ju ... Read more...
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On 26 October 2015, Caledonia Investments plc announced (under RNS number 3369D) that it had agreed to acquire Gala Bingo Holdings Limited, the UK's largest retail bingo operator, from Gala Coral Group Limited, in a transaction which valued the business at £241m. The acquisition was conditional on change of control approval by the Gambling Commission, which Caledonia ... Read more...
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NIBC Bank N.V. and SNS Bank N.V. (SNS Bank) have reached an agreement on the acquisition of SNS Securities N.V. With this transaction, NIBC expands its service offering with capital market solutions, equity and fixed income brokerage, research and execution services for independent asset managers from the current activities of corporate finance and principal investments to the combined ... Read more...
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On 2 March 2015, Castleton (AIM: CTP) announced the acquisition of Opus Technology Group Limited the provider of software solutions to the social housing market.
Opus has performed strongly since Acquisition with 6 new customers having signed orders with a total order value of £0.5 million. In the year to 30 September 2015 Opus achieved &p ... Read more...
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The Company is pleased to announce that on Friday 11 December 2015 it completed the acquisition of SG Systems (UK) Limited (“SG”).
SG is a growing anti-theft solutions and merchandising company that provides a range of security products and services to large national, key regional and independent retailers across the UK, Europe and the USA. Th ... Read more...
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Energy Assets Group plc, the largest independent provider of industrial and commercial (I&C) gas metering services in the UK and a major provider of utility infrastructure services and electricity metering and data services, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Blyth Utiliti ... Read more...
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CSSG has acquired Access Locksmiths Limited, trading as Access Key and Lock, a locksmithing business based in Fareham and trading from five outlets along the south coast.
The maximum consideration for the entire issued share capital of Access is £2 million, comprising 2,027,027 new ordinary shares in CSSG ("Consideration Shares"), & ... Read more...
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Midatech Pharma, the specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development and commercialisation of multiple therapeutic products, today announces the successful completion of its acquisition of DARA BioSciences, Inc, an oncology supportive care pharmaceutical company, further to the announcements on 4 June 2015 and 3 December 2015. As previously disclosed, the merger was approve ... Read more...
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CEO of Gaetano Holdings Ltd(London) and its subsidiary Gaetano Llc (Chicago), Excellency Youness Fathi, is excited to announce the final acquisition of Komi Oil Ltd (Ko ... Read more...
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Providence Resources P.l.c, the Irish based Oil and Gas Exploration Company, today announces that through its wholly owned subsidiary, Exola Limited, Providence has entered into an exclusive option agreement with PSE Kinsale Energy Limited over the southern portion of Offshore Petroleum Lease 1, which is immediately adjacent to the Barryroe oil field in the North Celtic Sea B ... Read more...
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Tracsis plc, a leading provider of software and technology led products and services for the traffic & transportation industry, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Ontrac Limited and Ontrac Technology Limited.
Based in Gateshead and London, Ontrac is an award winning software development and IT ... Read more...
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CareTech Holdings PLC, a pioneering provider of specialist social care services in the UK, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of ROC North West Limited and all of the children's residential properties from which it operates ("ROC"). ROC is a North West based provider of residential care and education services f ... Read more...
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Johnson Service Group PLC, the leading textile services group, has acquired the entire share capital of Ashbon Services Limited, a specialist linen hire and laundry business based in Lincolnshire, for a cash consideration of £6.25 million, on a debt free, cash free basis.
Ashbon, which serves the catering, hotel and leisure industries from its processin ... Read more...
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The Board of Greencoat UKW Wind PLC, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Stroupster Wind Farm from BayWa r.e. renewable energy GmbH ("BayWa r.e.") for a total consideration of £85 million (excluding cash balances).
The acquisition, which is expected to complete on 1 December 2015, w ... Read more...
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Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, the world leader in the control and efficient use of steam, and in peristaltic pumping and associated fluid path technologies, announces that it has acquired the business and assets of Flow Smart Inc., (Flow Smart) for £5.7 million from the founding shareholder and partners.
Flow Smart, based in Seaford, Delaware ... Read more...
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Abzena plc, a life sciences group providing services and technologies enabling the development and manufacture of biopharmaceutical products, has conditionally raised £20 million (net of expenses) by way of a placing of 35,004,972 new Ordinary Shares at 60 pence each with certain existing and new shareholders, and has agreed to acquire The Chemistry Research Solution LLC (&am ... Read more...
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Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd. is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to acquire, subject to change of control approval from the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA), the entire issued share capital of FNF Title Insurance Company Limited (FNF), a Maltese subsidiary of Fidelity National Title Group in the USA.
FNF ... Read more...
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Polymetal International plc is pleased to announce that it has increased its interest in the Lichkvaz property in Armenia to 100%.
Polymetal purchased an additional 75% stake in the company holding Lichkvaz property in Armenia, and increased its ownership from 25% to 100%. The consideration comprises 1,084,853 Polymetal shares equal to US$9.7 million (0. ... Read more...
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Tullett Prebon plc announces that it has agreed terms with ICAP plc for the acquisition by Tullett Prebon of ICAP's global hybrid voice broking and information business, including ICAP's associated technology and broking platforms (including iSwap and Fusion) and certain of ICAP's joint ventures and associates ("IGBB") (the "Transactio ... Read more...
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Metal Tiger, the natural resources investing company is pleased to announce the acquisition of a strategic interest in prospecting licences situated along the Mahumo Structural Corridor, in the Kalahari Copper Belt in Botswana, in Joint Venture with ASX Listed MOD Resources Limited.
The acquisition represents the conclusion of a number of months ... Read more...
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Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Plc an LSE listed property company that invests in direct real estate and real estate loans in Europe, has acquired four offices for €24.9 million, reflecting a yield on cost 5.7%. The acquisitions will be funded from the Company's cash resources.
The portfolio comprises 72,200 sq ft and is 86% occupied with a WA ... Read more...
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InteliSecure, the leading managed security service provider (MSSP) delivering critical asset protection for enterprise organizations worldwide, today announced it has acquired Pentura, Ltd., a leading information security and MSSP based in the United Kingdom. The combination of InteliSecure and Pentura creates one of the world's largest managed security services organizations f ... Read more...
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Workspace Group PLC, home to new and growing companies across London, is pleased to announce the exchange of contracts for two separate acquisitions for a total of £24.4m.
The first is for the acquisition of Alexandra House in Wood Green, N22, for £14.0m. Alexandra House is a 55,000 sq. ft. office building, currently let entirely to the London ... Read more...
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One Media iP Group Plc, the digital media content provider, which consolidates, exploits and monetises intellectual property rights around music and video, is pleased to announce that it has acquired in its entirety, the Alan Peters Music Masters Catalogue together with the modest revenues and licenses controlled by Classic Hits 2000 Ltd and Golden Archive Ltd for a consideration of &a ... Read more...
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NESF is pleased to announce the signing and completion of three separate share purchase agreements, with unrelated counterparties, to acquire special purpose vehicles owning North Farm, Birch and Thurlestone.
North Farm is a 11.5MWp operating solar power plant that was commissioned in March 2015. The plant has been accredited under the 1.4 Ren ... Read more...
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Electra Private Equity PLC, together with Exponent Private Equity, is pleased to announce the proposed acquisition of Photobox Group, Europe's leading digital consumer service for personalised products and gifts.
Present in 22 European markets, Photobox Group is the parent of the PhotoBox, Moonpig, PaperShaker, Sticky9, Hofmann, Posterjack and posterXXL b ... Read more...
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Venn Life Sciences, a growing Clinical Research Organisation providing clinical trial management and resourcing solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device clients, announces the completion of the acquisition of Kinesis Pharma BV.
The final terms of the initial consideration for the acquisition, following the adjustment mechanism set out in the ... Read more...
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Staffline, the Staffing and Employability organisation, providing people and operational expertise to industry, today announces the acquisition of Diamond Recruitment Group, a leading recruitment agency based in Northern Ireland.
Diamond specialises in temporary and permanent recruitment solutions and has expertise in a number ... Read more...
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The directors of Hayward Tyler Group plc, the specialist engineering group, are delighted to announce the conditional acquisition of the trade and assets of the Peter Brotherhood business from Dresser-Rand Company Ltd, a Siemens-owned business, for a total consideration of US$15 million, subject to an adjustment for a working capital benchmark. The consideration will be paid in cash an ... Read more...
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Avon is pleased to report the acquisition of the trade and assets of the "Argus" thermal imaging camera business of e2v technologies (UK) Limited, a subsidiary of e2v technologies plc, for £3.5million in cash. The acquisition was funded from existing debt facilities.
Based in Chelmsford, UK, Argus is a leading designer and manufacturer ... Read more...
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Sports Direct International plc, the UK's leading sports retailer, announces that it has entered into: a sale and purchase agreement with Sandra Minor to purchase shares in Warrnambool which, following completion of that purchase will result in Sports Direct owning just over 50% of Warrnambool; and a conditional put and call option agreement (the Option Agreem ... Read more...
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Mattioli Woods plc, the specialist wealth management and employee benefits business, is pleased to announce it has acquired the pension administration business of Lindley Group Limited for a total cash consideration of £199,001. The acquisition is being funded from the Group's existing cash resources and results in a cash outflow on completion of approximate ... Read more...
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PTSG, the niche specialist services provider, is pleased to announce that on 1 October 2015 it completed the acquisition of Integral Cradles Ltd, based in Gatwick and London, for a maximum consideration of £4.0m, comprising an initial payment of £1.2m and £2.8m in redeemable loan notes.
The initial payment will be satisfied by &p ... Read more...
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Rathbone Brothers Plc ("Rathbones") announces that it has agreed to purchase the remaining 80.1% of Vision Independent Financial Planning Ltd ("Vision") and Castle Investment Solutions Ltd ("Castle") (the "Vision Group").
Vision is an independent specialist financial advice network focusing on high net worth priva ... Read more...
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Tracsis plc, a leading provider of software and technology led products and services for the transportation industry, is pleased to announce that on 25th September it acquired the entire issued share capital of SEP Limited and SEP Events Limited ("SEP").
Based in North Yorkshire, SEP are leading providers of traffic ... Read more...
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Capita today announces that it has acquired Electranet, a leading supplier for the design, delivery and support of highly secure network and communication infrastructure in the UK, for a cash consideration of £37m on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The business runs one of the UK’s few commercial sites that is approved to hold UK government protectively marked information, allowi ... Read more...
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INCA ONE GOLD CORP is pleased to announce that Chala One SAC, its wholly owned operating subsidiary in Peru, has acquired a carbon desorption plant for the Chala One processing plant.
The addition of the desorption plant is th ... Read more...
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Further to its announcement of 9 September 2015, Safestay, the owner and operator of a new brand of contemporary hostel, is pleased to announce that 1,209,677 Consideration Shares were admitted to trading at 8.00 a.m. today.
Following admission of the Consideration Shares and in accordance with the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency ... Read more...
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IMImobile, the London based global technology company which provides software and services for enterprise mobile engagement, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire Archer Digital Limited an established leading provider of mobile engagement solutions in South Africa.
For over 10 years, Archer has delivere ... Read more...
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Harworth Group plc, the UK property regeneration company, announces the acquisition of Sinfin Lane Industrial Park in Derby for £6.95 million, with a net initial yield of 9.0%.
Sinfin Lane Industrial Park consists of 471,508 sq ft of industrial space with open storage and development landwith a historical consent for residential use ad ... Read more...
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Intertek Group plc, a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide announces that it has acquired Dansk Institut for Certificering A/S (DIC), a quality assurance and certification company in Denmark.
As one of the leading certification bodies in Denmark, the acquisition of DIC allows Intertek to expand its capabilities and footprint in business assu ... Read more...
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The Board of Victoria, a manufacturer, supplier and distributor of design-led flooring, is delighted to announce that it has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital and shareholder indebtedness of Interfloor Group Limited, the UK market-leading manufacturer of carpet underlay and related accessories, for a total enterprise value of £65.0 m ... Read more...
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Mattioli Woods plc, the specialist wealth management and employee benefits business, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire share capital of Taylor Patterson Group Limited and its subsidiaries from its shareholders for a total consideration of up to £8.3 million.
Taylor Patterson was founded in 1979 and provides wealth management ... Read more...
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Irish-based recycling vehicle technology and software provider AMCS, has announced the acquisition of P&L Software Systems Limited, a supplier of waste management software in the UK.
P&L, which is headquartered in Adderbury, Oxfordshire, provides software for the management of waste which includes categorising materials, recording load weights and ... Read more...
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Lookers plc, one of the leading UK motor retail and aftersales service groups, announces that it has acquired Addison Motors Limited, trading as Benfield Motor Group ("Benfield"), for £87.5m in cash.
The acquisition is being funded using new b ... Read more...
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The Board of Tandem Group plc (AIM: TND), designers, developers and distributors of sports, leisure and mobility equipment, announces that it has acquired 100% of the share capital of leisure products business, E.S.C. (Europe) Ltd ("ESC" or the "Acquisition").
The initial consideration for the Acquisition is £2.1 mill ... Read more...
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WPP announces that its wholly owned operating company Grey Group, the global communications network, has agreed to acquire nudeJEH, a leading award-winning advertising and digital agency in Thailand. Following the acquisition, nudeJEH will join Grey Group Thailand and be known as GREYnJ United.
Founded in 2011 through the merger of Nude Communication ... Read more...
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Kalibrate Technologies plc (AIM: KLBT), the provider of strategy and technology services to the global fuel retail industry, is pleased to announce that it has secured a Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS") contract with Morrisons, one of the UK's biggest food retailers with 505 stores.
Kalibrate has been selected to support Morrisons ... Read more...
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The Board of the Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited is pleased to announce that it has entered into binding sale and purchase agreements ("SPAs") to acquire three solar assets: Bluefield EIS Solar Limited ("Solar EIS"), Bluefield Kite Limited ("Kite") and Bluefield Peregrine Lim ... Read more...
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Ricardo plc ("Ricardo") a market leading engineering and consulting company announces today that it has acquired Cascade Consulting Holdings Ltd an environmental consultancy specialising in the UK water sector.
The acquisition follows the successful collaboration with Cascade Consulting that began in February 2015 and will bring additional capab ... Read more...
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Costain, the engineering solutions provider, announces that it has completed the acquisition of Rhead Group, a professional services consultancy with a focus on programme and commercial management.
Rhead Group, established in 1985 and operating with over 550 people, provides a range of solutions for the lifecycle of infrastructure, cons ... Read more...
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Jelf, an independent consultancy which provides a broad range of insurance, financial services and employee benefit services to corporates and individuals, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Libra Insurance Services Limited ("Libra"), a general insurance broker based in Bushey, Hertfordshire.
The purch ... Read more...
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In line with the Group's strategy to develop its Packaging Distribution businesses, Macfarlane Group PLC ("Macfarlane") announces that it has today concluded an agreement to acquire One Packaging Limited ("One"), for a consideration of up to £2.75 million. The initial consideration of £2.0 million will be paid in ... Read more...
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Rotork p.l.c. ("Rotork"), the market-leading actuator manufacturer and flow control company, today announces the acquisition of M&M International Srl ("M&M"), a subsidiary of Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc.
M&M, based in Bergamo, Italy, is a leading manufacturer of solenoid valves, piston actuated valves a ... Read more...
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Oakley Capital Investments Limited (AIM: OCL), the AIM-listed company established to provide investors with access to the investment strategy being pursued by Oakley Capital Private Equity L.P. ("Fund I") and its successor fund, Oakley Capital Private Equity II ("Fund II"), announces that Fund II has acquired a minority stake in Daisy Group ... Read more...
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LTG is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Eukleia, a provider of e-learning to the financial services sector. The consideration comprises an initial payment of £7.5m of which £6.0m will be paid in cash and £1.5m in new LTG shares, at a price of 22 pence per share, issued to the shareholders of Eukleia (& ... Read more...
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APC Technology Group PLC (AIM: APC), the provider of technologies and services intended to help improve organisational sustainability and specialist distributor of electronic components, is pleased to report that it has completed the acquisition ("Acquisition") of Energy Efficiency Verification Specialists, EEVS Insight Ltd ("EEVS"). EEVS is the UK&a ... Read more...
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Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC the fast growing multinational pharmaceutical group, today announces that it has agreed to acquire Roxane Laboratories Inc. and Boehringer Ingelheim Roxane Inc. (together, "Roxane"), from Boehringer Ingelheim ("Boehringer"). Roxane is a well-established US specialty generics company with a highly differentiated pro ... Read more...
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Benchmark is pleased to announce the acquisitions of the entire issued share capital of Norwegian aquaculture genetics and research business Akvaforsk Genetics Center AS ("AFGC") and 80% of the issued share capital of Akvaforsk Genetics Center Inc. ("Spring Genetics"), a US based tilapia genetics and breeding business (the "Acquisitions& ... Read more...
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Non-Standard Finance, which has been established to acquire and operate one or more non-standard consumer finance businesses, has entered into an agreement to acquire the Home Credit Division of S&U plc ("S&U") which trades as Loansathome4u for £82.5 million, payable in cash from NSF's existing resources, subject to approval by S&U ... Read more...
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Further to recent announcements, NewRiver Retail Limited (AIM: NRR), the UK REIT specialising in value-creating retail property investment and active asset management, is pleased to announce the completion of three strategic acquisitions totalling £121 million marking the deployment of the majority of the £150 million raised in the Company's recent equity fund ... Read more...
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Bilby Plc (AIM: BILB.L), the holding company for P&R Installation Company Limited ("P&R"), a leading gas heating and building services provider, has today announced that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Purdy Holdings Limited ("Purdy Holdings") for a total consideration of £8.07 million (the ... Read more...
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HICL Infrastructure Company Limited ("HICL" or the "Company"), the listed infrastructure investment company advised by InfraRed Capital Partners Limited (the "Investment Adviser"), is pleased to announce the proposed acquisition of a 99.9% interest in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police 'E' Division Headquarters P3 Pro ... Read more...
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HUW is pleased to announce that, in line with its strategy of increasing underwriting capacity through acquisition, it has agreed in principle to acquire Nameco (No 76) Limited and Kempton Underwriting Limited, limited liability members of Lloyd's ("LLV"s), for a total consideration of 1,454,535 new ordinary shares in the Company. The agreed aggregate price of t ... Read more...
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The Board of EMIS Group, the UK leader in connected healthcare software and services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Pinbellcom Group Limited ("Pinbellcom"), a leading supplier of administration and compliance software to both the primary and the secondary care markets, from its founders for £3.0m net of cash acquired. The acquisition is in line w ... Read more...
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NewRiver Retail Limited (AIM: NRR), the UK REIT specialising in value-creating retail property investment and active asset management, announces that it has exchanged contracts to acquire the Ramsay Retail Warehouse Portfolio (the "Portfolio") for a total consideration of £69.1 million, equating to a net initial yield of 8.0 per cent. on the income ... Read more...
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Devro, one of the world's leading manufacturers of collagen products for the food industry, yesterday entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in PV Industries B.V. ("PVI"). PVI is a leading manufacturer of high quality collagen gel products for the meat processing industry. Based in the Netherlands, PVI offers Devro access to a strong technical ... Read more...
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Avanti Communications Group plc ("Avanti" or "the Group"), a leading provider of satellite data communications services in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, has been appointed by Quantis to supply a major broadcast deployment for the Aragon Government in Spain. The multi-year contract builds on Avanti's existing par ... Read more...
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Capita today announces that it has acquired GL Hearn, a market-leading UK property consultacy business, for a cash consideration of £25m on a cash free, debt free basis, plus a deferred consideration of £5m.
GL Hearn provides commercially driven advice to land owners, developers, house builders, investors, retailers and the pub ... Read more...
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Idox plc (AIM: IDOX), a leading independent supplier of software & services, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Cloud Amber Limited ("Cloud Amber"), a leading provider of solutions delivering integrated intelligence for the management and control of traffic and public transport networks, for a total consider ... Read more...
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Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (the "Company") is pleased to announce that they have completed the acquisition of the previously announced West Raynham solar energy plant. The Company signed binding agreements to acquire the plant on 27 March 2015. The ground based solar photovoltaic ("PV") asset based in Norfolk, UK, has a capacity of ... Read more...
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Action Hotels, the leading owner, developer and asset manager of branded three and four-star hotels in the Middle East and Australia, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire the business and assets of the 73 room ibis Budget hotel at Melbourne Airport, Australia, for $8.8m (the "Acquisition").
The Acqui ... Read more...
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LondonMetric Property Plc ("LondonMetric" or the "Company" or the "Group") announces that it has acquired a Next Distribution warehouse for £29 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.3%. The off market acquisition is from a private property company and will be funded from the Company's existing resources. ... Read more...
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Redcentric plc, a leading UK IT managed services provider, is pleased to announce that it has won a major new contract with the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) worth in excess of £3.5 million.
Through the two year contract Redcentric will provide Database as a Service (DBaaS) devised to support a national infrastructure ... Read more...
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MedicX Fund, (LSE: MXF), the specialist primary care infrastructure investor in modern, purpose-built, primary healthcare properties in the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce that it has contracted to acquire, by way of forward funding, a new primary healthcare medical centre in Mullingar, Westmeath. The property is due to be completed in August 2016.
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DS Smith Plc ("DS Smith"), the leading provider of recycled corrugated packaging in Europe, is pleased to announce today that we have reached an agreement to acquire the corrugated activities of Grupo Lantero, including several operations in which DS Smith currently has a minority holding. The business is a well-invested Iberian corrugated prod ... Read more...
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ITV plc today announced that it has agreed to acquire Boom Supervisory Limited, the holding company of the Twofour Group, as ITV continues to strengthen its global content business. The acquisition, which will be earnings enhancing from day one, supports ITV Studios' growth internationally by increasing its exposure to factual entertainment formats and drama and bringing new cr ... Read more...
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On 15 May 2015, the Company announced a fundraising with the use of proceeds to include the exercise an option to invest in unquoted new ordinary shares in CQCL. The option was granted to TGL in November 2014 for providing professional services regarding several CQCL business development initiatives.
Touchstone has now made an investment in CQCL by investing &a ... Read more...
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NESF is pleased to announce the signing of two SPAs to acquire the special purpose vehicles which own the
Bowerhouse and the Wellingborough solar power plants, respectively. Bowerhouse is located in Somerset, and is to be accredited under the 1.4 ROC regime. The plant was connected to the grid on 27 March 2015 and the SPA will be completed upon achieve ... Read more...
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TRIAX is an international market leader of innovative, high-tech solutions for reception and distribution of TV, radio and internet. TRIAX’ products and solutions are used by broadcasters, cable operators, local networks and private households. Following Nielsen & Nielsen Holding’s 28 years of successful ownership, TRIAX is now ready for further product an ... Read more...
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MS INTERNATIONAL plc is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Petrol Sign B.V. ("Petrol Sign"), a company based in the Netherlands, from Lambooij Holdings B.V. The consideration for the acquisition is €3.4 million on a cash and debt free basis and includes "normalised" working capital. The consideration has been sat ... Read more...
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Ten Alps plc (AIM: TAL), multimedia producer of high quality TV and radio together with integrated publishing and communications content, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire Reef Television Limited, an award-winning producer of innovative content for multiple broadcasters, for a total consideration of approximately £5 million (comprising £2 million initial cons ... Read more...
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Unite Students, the UK's leading developer and manager of student accommodation, announces that the Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund ("USAF"), in which the Group has a 22% stake, has exchanged contracts to acquire a 2,100 bed student accommodation portfolio for £271 million. The acquisition will be funded in cash from the proceeds of USAF's recent equ ... Read more...
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Ediston Property Investment Company plc (LSE: EPIC) announces that it has exchanged contracts to acquire a B&Q Extra retail warehouse in Coatbridge, Scotland, from Harcourt Life Assurance Company Limited for £16.80 million (net of acquisition costs), which reflects a net initial yield of 7.46%.
The property extends to 103,000 sq. ft. ... Read more...
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Malin Corporation plc. ("Malin"), an Irish-based global life sciences company, today announced it has invested €34.5 million in Altan Pharma ("Altan"), to acquire a 65% shareholding of the company. Altan is a private Irish headquartered specialty pharmaceutical company, which has acquired the GES Group ("GES& ... Read more...
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Russia's largest producer of zinc and zinc alloys, is pleased to announce the conclusion of share purchase agreement of JSC "Korbalihinsky mine" dated June 09, 2015.
Basic conditions:
- Seller - JSC "Sibir-Polymetal"
- Amount of transaction - RU ... Read more...
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John Menzies plc is pleased to announce the earnings enhancing acquisition of AJG Parcels Limited (AJG), by its logistical services subsidiary Menzies Distribution, for a cash consideration of £7.5m.
Menzies Distribution currently handles over 100m delivery units per annum and is expert in time critical logistics management. The acquisition of AJG Par ... Read more...
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ISG plc ("ISG" or the "Group"), the international construction services group, today announces that it has acquired a further 49% interest in ACE, its Brazilian fit out partner from the existing shareholders Mr Marcelo Amarante (CEO) and Mr Edo Rocha. ISG acquired 20% of ACE in June 2013 with an option to acquire the remaining 80%, and now owns 69%.
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Union Jack Oil plc ("Union Jack" or "the Company"), an onshore oil and gas exploration company with a focus on drilling, development and investment opportunities in the United Kingdom hydrocarbon sector is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with Celtique Energie Petroleum Ltd. ("Celtique") to acquire an additional 10% interest in ... Read more...
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LondonMetric Property Plc ("LondonMetric" or the "Company"), in partnership with Marks & Spencer ("M&S"), has assembled a portfolio of five M&S Simply Food stores for £26.0 million to add to its convenience retail portfolio.
It has simultaneously re-geared the leases on four ... Read more...
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British American Tobacco ("BAT") has signed an agreement to acquire TDR d.o.o. and other tobacco and retail assets ("TDR") from Adris Grupa d.d. ("Adris") for a total enterprise value of €550 million.
TDR is the leading independent cigarette manufacturer in Central Europe with a market lea ... Read more...
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Hansteen Holdings PLC (LSE: HSTN), the UK and Continental European property investment company, announces that it has exchanged contracts on the acquisition of 13 multi-let and single-let industrial properties located in established commercial zones across Germany, from Benelux Industrial Partners, for a total of €21.65 million, inclusive of costs. Completion of the purchase is d ... Read more...
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SEGRO plc ('SEGRO') has exchanged contracts to acquire 90 per cent of Vailog Srl ('Vailog') from the majority shareholder, FBH Spa ('FBH'), for €39.6 million (£28.1 million1), subject to completion adjustments. This transaction will allow SEGRO immediately to establish a strategic big box warehouse presence and operating platform i ... Read more...
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Amino Technologies plc (stock code: AMO), the Cambridge-based leader in digital entertainment solutions for IPTV, OTT and in-home multimedia distribution, announces that it has acquired Booxmedia Oy ("Booxmedia") for an initial consideration of €7.9m.
The acquisition significantly enhances Amino's offering by adding a ... Read more...
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Circassia Pharmaceuticals Plc (Circassia or the Company), a specialty biopharmaceutical company, is pleased to announce that it intends to make an all cash offer to acquire Aerocrine, a Swedish listed company focused on the development and commercialisation of medical diagnostic products for use in the diagnosis and management of patients with asthma, for a total conside ... Read more...
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SABMiller is to become the new owner of London-based modern craft brewer Meantime Brewing Company ("Meantime").
Meantime is a pioneer in British modern craft beer, giving SABMiller an entry point into the fastest-growing segment of the UK beer market and complementing its imported super-premium lagers such as Peroni Nastro Azzurro and Pilsner Urquell.&l ... Read more...
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Cape plc, the international provider of critical industrial services to the energy and natural resources sectors, announces today that it has acquired Redhall Engineering Solutions Limited ("Redhall Engineering"), for a total consideration of £6 million. The acquisition will be funded from the Group's existing debt facilities and is expected t ... Read more...
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Air Partner, a leading provider of private aviation services to industry, commerce, governments and private individuals worldwide, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Cabot Aviation, a leading global Aircraft Remarketing broker for a total consideration of up to £1.2 million.
It is expected that the acquisition will be earnings ... Read more...
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James Fisher ("James Fisher" or the "Group") announces today the purchase of the assets and intellectual property rights of X-Subsea Holding Limited ("X-Subsea") for a total consideration of £14.8m. Headquartered in Aberdeen, X-Subsea went into administration on 27 April 2015 following the collapse of its Norwegian parent co ... Read more...
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HSS, the tool and equipment-hire company, announces that it has acquired All Seasons Hire Ltd ("All Seasons"), one of the leading heating, ventilation and air-conditioning ("HVAC") hire companies in the UK, for a total cash consideration of £11.4m.
All Seasons specialises in the supply and installation of temporary, ... Read more...
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JUST EAT plc ("JUST EAT" or the "Company"), the world's leading online and mobile marketplace for takeaway food, announces the proposed acquisition of the entire issued and outstanding capital stock of Menulog Group Limited ("Menulog") for a total cash consideration of A$855 million (£445 million)(the "Acquisition& ... Read more...
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James Fisher ("James Fisher" or the "Group") announces the acquisition of the entire share capital of Mojo Maritime Limited ("MML" or the "Company").
The initial consideration is £3.2m in cash, plus potential future consideration of £0.3m if the earnings before interest ... Read more...
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X5 Retail Group ('X5' or the 'Company'), a leading Russian food retailer, and A&NN Investments ltd, one of biggest privately-owned investment groupings, announce the acquisition by X5 Retail Group of 100% stake in SPAR Retail, owned by A&NN Investments Ltd. SPAR Retail operates 26 stores under the ... Read more...
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Zoopla Property Group Plc (LSE:ZPLA) ("ZPG", "the Group" or the "ZPG Group"), the digital media business which owns and operates some of the UK's leading online property brands including Zoopla and PrimeLocation, today announces that it has conditionally agreed to acquire Ulysses Enterprises Limited ("uSwitch", and tog ... Read more...
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Clinigen Group plc ("Clinigen", the "Company" or the "Group", AIM: CLIN), the specialty global pharmaceutical company, has agreed to acquire Idis Group Holdings Limited ("Idis"), creating the market leader in the ethical unlicensed supply of medicines ("the Acquisition"). Idis is being acquired for an enterpr ... Read more...
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Further to the announcements of 27 March and 10 April, MRS, the human capital resource consultancy quoted on AIM, wishes to update shareholders on the acquisition of the D&M Group of companies ("the Acquisition").
On 4 March MRS' Australian subsidiary entered into an agreement with Halcyon Capital Management Pty Ltd (" ... Read more...
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Savills plc, the international real estate advisory firm, is pleased to announce the proposed acquisition by Savills UK (Savills) of the business and assets of Smiths Gore, a long established partnership providing rural property services in the UK, for up to £40 million in cash (including up to £8.5 million in respect of net current assets to be transferred on completion).& ... Read more...
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Utilitywise PLC (AIM:UTW), a leading independent utility cost management consultancy, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of t-mac Technologies Ltd for an initial consideration of £10m. The acquisition is in line with the Company's stated strategy of broadening its service offering and, in particular, expanding into energy management systems. ... Read more...
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Personal Group (AIM:PGH), a leading provider of employee benefits and employee related insurance products in the UK, today announces the establishment of Personal Group Mobile Limited ("Personal Group Mobile" or "PGM"), a Mobile Virtual Network Operator ("MVNO") aimed at providing salary sacrifice phones and airtime to its est ... Read more...
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Quantum Pharma Plc (AIM: QP.), a growing manufacturer, supplier and service provider to the niche pharmaceutical and healthcare sector, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 100 per cent of the share capital of Lamda (UK) Limited, Lamda Laboratories SA and Lamda Pharmaceuticals SA, collectively 'Lamda' (the "Acquisition") for a total ... Read more...
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Volution Group plc ("Volution" or "the Group" or "the Company", LSE: FAN), a leading supplier of ventilation products to the residential construction market, today announces that it has completed the transaction to acquire 100% of the shares in Brüggemann Energiekonzepte GmbH ("Brüggemann"), a leading supplie ... Read more...
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Crawshaw Group plc (the "Company") (AIM: CRAW), the fresh meat and food-to-go retailer, announces that it has acquired 100% of the share capital of Gabbotts Farm Limited for £3.9m utilising existing cash resources on a "debt free cash free" basis from Cribbin Family Butchers (Holdings) Ltd.
Gabbotts Farm Limited is ... Read more...
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British Land announces it has completed the acquisition of One Sheldon Square, Paddington Central, for £210 million from the Employees Provident Fund, Malaysia. This brings our total investment at Paddington Central to 800,000 sq ft with a further 146,000 sq ft currently under construction at 4 Kingdom Street and 210,000 sq ft of consented future development at 5 Kingdom Street. ... Read more...
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NESF is pleased to announce the signing of two separate share purchase agreements, with unrelated counterparties, to acquire special purpose vehicles which own Glebe Farm and Hawkers Farm. Both plants were constructed under Engineering, Procurement and Construction contracts negotiated by NESF's investment advisor, NextEnergy Capital Limited.
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Tekcapital plc (AIM: TEK), an international provider of technology and intellectual property services, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the exclusive license to a patent-pending technology for the measurement of glucose in breath from Purdue University. The technologyaddresses the need for a safe, fast, accurate and non-invasive method for health professionals to analyse sample ... Read more...
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Getech (AIM; GTC), the geoscience business specialising in the provision of data, studies and services to the oil, gas and mining exploration sectors, is pleased to announce that further to the announcement of 24 March 2015, the agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of ERCL Limited, an upstream oil and gas consultancy, (the "Agreement") has now completed. ... Read more...
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Intelligent Energy ("IE"), the energy technology company, is pleased to announce it has completed the acquisition of the portable fuel cell and disposable fuel cartridge assets of Société Bic (S.A.) ('BIC').
Summary of strategic rationale
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Begbies Traynor Group plc (the "Group"), the business recovery and property services consultancy, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the trade and assets of Broadbents Business Recovery Services Limited ("Broadbents"), a Yorkshire based insolvency practice.
Broadbents was established in 2010 and has offices in York and ... Read more...
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Dalata Hotel Group plc is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Maldron Hotel Wexford.
The Company has agreed to acquire the freehold interest in the Maldron Hotel Wexford for a consideration of €3.53 million. The consideration is payable in cash.
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Mincon Group plc (ESM:MIO AIM:MCON), the Irish engineering group specialising in the design, manufacture, sale and servicing of rock drilling tools and associated products, is pleased to announce that it has acquired, for cash, the business and assets of Marshalls Hard Metals Limited, one of Europe's leading tungsten carbide manufacturers.
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Entu (UK) plc ("entu" or the "Company") (AIM: ENTU), the home improvement group providing energy efficiency products and services to homeowners in the UK, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Astley Facades Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries (together the "Astley Companies") f ... Read more...
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FD (AIM:FDP.L, ESM:FDP.I), a leading provider of software and consulting services, announces it has acquired the entire issued share capital of ActivateClients Limited ("ActivateClients"). The earnings enhancing acquisition provides complementary software products, particularly HTML5 capabilities, that are expected to enhance the Company's software platform.
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New solar acquisition takes TRIG to thirty investments
- Expansion of TRIG's portfolio with the acquisition of the Four Burrows Solar Park ("Four Burrows") in Cornwall, South-West England with a generating capacity of approximately 7.2MW
- TRIG's portfolio now totals 30 project investments (18 onshore win ... Read more...
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CAV is a specialist aerospace manufacturing business, which supplies complex metallic components and sub-assemblies to several major original equipment manufacturers including Airbus, Embraer and Gulfstream. The company operates from seven sites - four in the UK, two in Poland and one in Mexico.
It is a business that Better Capital has been tracking f ... Read more...
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Development Securities today announces that it has bought its 50:50 joint venture partner, McLaren Property's stake in the £100 million 'Circus Street' regeneration project in Brighton for a total consideration of £4.0 million.
Resolution to grant planning consent was secured in September 2014 to transform a derelict fruit and vegetable mark ... Read more...
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St Ives plc ("St Ives" or the "Group"), the international marketing services group, announces that it has acquired Solstice Consulting LLC ("Solstice"), a Chicago-based digital consultancy specialising in mobile-first digital product design and engineering services.
Established in 2001 and trading under the n ... Read more...
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ARX Equity Partners ("ARX"; www.arxequity.com), together with experienced healthcare investor Joseph Priel, completed the 100% buy-out of Slovenian healthcare services provider, Diagnosticni Center Bled doo (“DCB”; www.dc-bled.si). Details of the transaction were not disclosed.
DCB is the largest private healthcare service provider i ... Read more...
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Diploma PLC, the international group of businesses supplying specialised technical products and services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 100% of Rutin AG, the Swiss non-trading holding company of the Kubo Group ("Kubo") of companies based in Switzerland and Austria.
Kubo is a long established and leading supplier of seals, O-Rings, ... Read more...
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ITV plc today announced that it has agreed to acquire Talpa Media B.V., the entertainment show producer behind worldwide hit formats, including The Voice, The Voice Kids, Utopia, I Love My Country and Dating In The Dark for an initial cash consideration of approximately £355 million. The acquisition is a further mil ... Read more...
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Dalata Hotel Group plc is pleased to announce today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Holiday Inn in Belfast.
The Company has agreed to acquire the freehold interest in the Holiday Inn Belfast for a consideration of £18.5 million (€25.6 million).
The Holiday Inn Belfast is a 4 star hotel ... Read more...
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SRT, the AIM-quoted provider of maritime domain awareness technologies, is pleased to announce that it has acquired joint and several rights to a US registered patent granted in March 2009 (US Patent Ref: US7512095) (the "Patent") which covers the use of Carrier Sense Time Division Multiple Access ("CSTDMA").
The Com ... Read more...
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Rotala is pleased to announce the acquisition from Rolling Solutions Limited and Mr Julian Peddle of the entire share capital of Green Triangle Buses Limited ("GTB") for a cash consideration of £900,000 ("The Acquisition"). At completion Rotala also repaid approximately £368,000 to GTB's bankers to settle the outstanding overdraft. At ... Read more...
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Johnson Matthey, a global leader in sustainable technologies, announces that on 28th February 2015 it completed the acquisition of the battery materials business of Clariant AG (Clariant) for US $75 million. This completes the transaction which was first announced on 29th October 2014.
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Charles Taylor plc announced today that its subsidiary Charles Taylor Vesta Limited has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire three of the SC Management group's ("SC Management") operating companies from its shareholders, SCE Establishment Liechtenstein and S.C. Management (Bermuda) Ltd (the "Acquisition").
SC Management is the ind ... Read more...
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RPC, the international rigid plastic supplier to packaging and non-packaging markets, is pleased to announce the completion of the acquisition of Promens Group AS ("Promens"), details of which were announced on 27 November 2014, following receipt of all required anti-trust clearances.
Pim Vervaat, Chief Executive of RPC, commented:
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MXC is pleased to announce that it has acquired Calyx Managed Services Limited ("Calyx") from Better Capital for a total consideration of £9 million, which has been satisfied using the existing cash resources of the Company.
Calyx is headquartered in Manchester and has a national footprint. The business has an excellent track record of successfully deliveri ... Read more...
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NAHL, the leading UK consumer marketing business focused on the Personal Injury market, operating under the National Accident Helpline brand, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Fitzalan Partners ("Fitzalan"). The Group is paying up to £4.3m for Fitzalan made up of an initial cash consideration of £3.0m and a further cash of up to £1.3 ... Read more...
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Sirius Real Estate is pleased to confirm that it has completed the acquisition of two multi-let business parks located in Aachen and Bonn for a total consideration of €21.8 million, inclusive of acquisition costs.
The Aachen business park is located in the expanding Würselen district, just west of the Company's Bonn and Cologne parks and well si ... Read more...
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The Board of AFH is pleased to announce the acquisition of K.L. Plester Financial Services Holdings Limited ("Plester"), based in Kidderminster, Worcestershire. The acquisition of Plester, which was completed on 9 February 2015, represents the seventh acquisition since the Company listed on AIM in June 2014 and the fourth during the current financial year. ... Read more...
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Further to its announcement on 19 December 2014, International Personal Finance plc ("IPF" or the "Company"), a leading international provider of consumer credit, today announces the completion of its acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of MCB Finance Group plc ("MCB"), a consumer finance company established in Finla ... Read more...
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ValiRx Plc (AIM: VAL), a life science company with a focus on cancer therapeutics for personalised medicine, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the assets and intellectual property rights of the Finnish gene expression and biomarker technology 'Transcript Analysis with the Aid of Affinity Capture' ("TRAC") for use by its wholly owned bio ... Read more...
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Conviviality Retail Plc (AIM: CVR), one of the UK's largest franchised off-licence and convenience store brands trading primarily under the Bargain Booze fascia, is pleased to announce that on 4 February 2015 it entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of GT News (Holdings) Limited ("GTN") for a net cash consideration of £6 m ... Read more...
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Oakley Capital Investments Limited (AIM: OCL), the AIM-listed company established to provide investors with access to the investment strategy being pursued by Oakley Capital Private Equity L.P. ("Fund I") and its successor fund, Oakley Capital Private Equity II ("Fund II"), announces that Fund II has acquired a significant majority of the share ... Read more...
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Saga plc ("Saga") today announces that it has agreed to acquire Bennetts, the UK's premier motorbike insurance specialist, as a further step in the implementation of Saga's strategy to enhance the range of insurance solutions it provides.
Bennetts, which Saga has agreed to acquire from BGL Group, provides insurance cover for mor ... Read more...
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Kingspan, the global leader in high performance insulation and building envelopes, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with Ergon Capital Partners II NV and Bremhove NV, to acquire 100% of the shares of Steel Partners NV, the holding company of the Joris Ide Group ("Joris Ide").
Joris Ide is a pan European manufacturer ... Read more...
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Acquisition of European domain services businesses for up to £14.9m
NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, "NCC Group" or "the Group"), the international, independent provider of Escrow, Assurance and Domain Services, has acquired the Belgium and Luxembourg based Open Registry group of companies ("Open Registry Group& ... Read more...
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Spectris plc ("Spectris") (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of the privately-held ReliaSoft Corporation ("ReliaSoft"), based in Arizona, USA. The purchase consideration of $42 million (approximately £28 million), on a debt and cash-free basis, will ... Read more...
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Judges Scientific, the parent company of a group engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of scientific instruments, announces that it has today acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Armfield Limited ("Armfield"), a Hampshire-based instrument maker. Armfield designs and markets engineering equipment and research instruments for educational applications, togeth ... Read more...
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Cambridge, UK: Abcam plc (AIM: ABC), a global leader in the supply of life science research tools, today announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Firefly BioWorks Inc ("Firefly") ("the Acquisition") on a cash-free/debt-free basis for £18.5m ($28.0m). The consideration, which is payable in c ... Read more...
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Real Good Food plc is a diversified food business, serving a number of market sectors including retail, manufacturing, wholesale, foodservice and export. The Group is a major distributor of sugar in the UK through its Napier Brown subsidiary, and manufactures a wide range of baking ingredients, jams and sweet bakery products. Its brands include Whitworths Sugar, Renshaw and R&W Scott. ... Read more...
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Tavistock Investments Plc ("Tavistock" or "Company"), the integrated financial services group, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a conditional contract for the acquisition of Standard Financial Group Limited ("Standard"), the holding company of an independent financial advisory business which operates predominantly through its reg ... Read more...
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NewRiver Retail Limited (AIM: NRR), the UK REIT specialising in value-creating retail property investment, active asset management and risk controlled development, announces that it has today completed the acquisition (the "Acquisition") from LVS, a subsidiary of Bravo (a fund advised or managed by Pacific Investment Management Company LLC), of ... Read more...
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Victoria PLC, (LSE: VCP) a manufacturer, supplier and distributor of design-led carpets and floorcoverings, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Whitestone Weavers group of companies, comprising Whitestone Weavers Limited, Carpet Line Direct Limited, Gaskell Mackay Carpets Limited, View Logistics Limited and Thomas Witter Carpets Limited (together "Whitestone")(the & ... Read more...
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Helical Bar has exchanged contracts to purchase a new long leasehold interest in 23 - 28 Charterhouse Square, London, EC1 from the Governors of Sutton's Hospital in Charterhouse (Charterhouse). The purchase follows Charterhouse obtaining the early surrender of the existing long lease to Royal Bank of Scotland. Helical is paying £16m for the new 155 year lease and Charterhouse wil ... Read more...
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Unite Students, the UK's leading developer and manager of student accommodation, has acquired a development site, subject to planning, in the centre of Coventry. It is envisaged that the site will provide a home for approximately 280 students and is scheduled to be open in time for the 2017/18 academic year.
The scheme is expected to achieve returns in line with ... Read more...
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Charles Taylor plc announces today it has agreed for its subsidiary, Metrowise Limited, to acquire Scottish Widows International Limited ("SWIL"), a Jersey life insurer in run-off, from Scottish Widows plc. SWIL provides unit-linked life insurance policies and portfolio bonds to individual investors.
The acquisition is part of Charles Taylor&a ... Read more...
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Horizon Discovery Group plc (LSE: HZD) ("Horizon" or the "Company"), the international life science company supplying research tools and services to organizations engaged in genomics research and the development of personalized medicines, today announced it has agreed to acquire Haplogen Genomics GmbH, a biotechnology company based in Vienna, Austria (" ... Read more...
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Acal plc (LSE: ACL, "Acal" or the "Group"), a leading international supplier of customised electronics to industry, today announces the acquisition of Foss AS Fiberoptisk Systemsalg ("Foss"), a designer and manufacturer of customised fibre optic solutions, for an initial consideration of NOK 117m (£ ... Read more...
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Galasys PLC, a leading provider of ticketing systems and solutions to the fast growing theme park industry in Asia, is pleased to announce that it has acquired I Logic Solutions Sdn Bhd ("iLogic") whose main business activity is consultancy, system study & design, implementation and training of leisure and entertainment software solutions in Malaysia. ... Read more...
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The Board of EMIS Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Medical Imaging (UK) Limited and MIDRSS Limited (together 'Medical Imaging'), leading provider of services delivering diabetic eye screening and ophthalmology imaging to the NHS in England and with a growing presence assisting Ireland's national health service, the HSE. The acquisition is in line wit ... Read more...
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IS Solutions (AIM: ISL), is pleased to announce the proposed acquisition of Speed-Trap Holdings Limited, parent company to Celebrus Technologies Limited ("STH") for an aggregate consideration of approximately £7.5 million, to be satisfied partly in cash and partly by the allotment and issue of IS Solutions shares credited as fully paid ("Consideration Shares&am ... Read more...
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NewRiver Retail Limited (AIM: NRR), the UK REIT specialising in value-creating retail property investment and active asset management, announces it has completed contracts for the acquisition of the Sands Portfolio, which includes the Arndale Shopping Centre in Morecambe and five UK High Street assets (the "Portfolio"), for a total consideration of & ... Read more...
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Group plc ("Man Group") announced today that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Silvermine Capital Management LLC ("Silvermine" or the "Company"), a Connecticut-based leveraged loan manager with $3.8 billion of funds under management across nine active collateralised loan obligation ("CLO") structures as of ... Read more...
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Jelf, an independent consultancy which provides a broad range of insurance, financial services and employee benefit services to corporates and individuals, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Beaumonts Insurance Group Limited ("Beaumonts") including its two trading subsidiaries Beaumonts Insurance Brokers Limited and Beaumonts (Leeds) Li ... Read more...
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Equistone Partners Europe Limited ("Equistone"), one of Europe's leading mid-market private equity investors, today announces it has entered into an agreement to sell its majority holding in A-Plan, a UK based, independent insurance broker to HgCapital.
Founded in 1963, Oxfordshire based A-Plan provides products from a wide range of in ... Read more...
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SafeCharge (AIM: SCH), the international provider of payments services, risk management and IT solutions for online businesses, today announces the acquisition of CreditGuard Ltd. ("CreditGuard"), for an initial cash consideration of US$8 million (NIS 31.4 million) and deferred consideration capped at US$0.4 million (NIS 1.7 million), ... Read more...
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Spectris plc ("Spectris") (LSE: SXS), the productivity-enhancing instrumentation and controls company, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of the privately-held Canadian group Engineering Seismology Group ("ESG"). The purchase consideration of C$64 million (approximately £36 million), on a debt and cash-free basis, will be me ... Read more...
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Daily Internet (AIM: DAIP) is pleased to announce the acquisition by the Company of Q4Ex Ltd ("Q4Ex"), a Liverpool based cloud Software as a Service ("SaaS") provider (the "Acquisition"). The initial consideration payable by the Company for Q4Ex will be £520,000, to be comprised of 30,588,235 ordinary shares of 0.5 pence each in the C ... Read more...
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Driver Group, the global construction consultancy to the construction and engineering industries, is pleased to announce the acquisition of initiate Consulting Limited ("Initiate"). Initiate are capital investment consultants providing development, project and construction management services to the infrastructure market in the UK. The total consideration for the acquisition is & ... Read more...
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Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc ("JLT"), one of the world's leading providers of insurance, reinsurance and employee benefits related advice, brokerage and associated services, has today announced that it has agreed to acquire Hayward Aviation Limited ("Hayward Aviation") from Towergate Insurance Ltd ("Towergate") for a cash considerat ... Read more...
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Proxama is pleased to announce that definitive agreements have now been entered into for the acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of Aconite and those such agreements have been completed, subject only to the admission to trading of the new Ordinary Shares allotted by way of initial consideration for acquisition.
The core business of Aconite comprises an esta ... Read more...
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BTG Plc (BTG or the Company), the specialist healthcare company, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire PneumRx Inc (PneumRx), a growing interventional pulmonology business, on a debt free cash free basis for an initial cash consideration of US$230 million (approximately £1471 million) and up to US$245 million (approxim ... Read more...
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The Innovation Group plc (LSE: TIG.L), a global provider of business process services and software solutions to the insurance, fleet, motor and property industries, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Ingleby (1879) Limited, the holding company of EMaC Limited ("EMaC") (the "Acquisition"), one of the UK's leading motor service pla ... Read more...
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ITE Group plc, ("ITE") the international exhibitions group, today announces that its wholly owned Turkish subsidiary, E Uluslar Arasi Fuar Tanitim Hizmetleri ("EUF"), has signed a binding agreement to acquire 100% of the shareholding of TF Fuarcilik ve Organizasyon Anonim Sirketi ("TFF").
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Globalworth Real Estate Investments Ltd. (AIM: GWI) ("Globalworth" or "the Company"), the real estate investment company targeting opportunities in Romania and the broader SEE and CEE regions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Skanska's first building in Green Court Bucharest. The gross consideration is Euro 44 million. Closing of the ac ... Read more...
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The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (ticker: ESP) is pleased to announce that the Group has exchanged contracts to acquire a 199 year lease on a direct-let, premium student accommodation property in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, for a consideration of £9.4 million. The acquisition is expected to complete on or about 17 December 2014.
Curzon Point is ... Read more...
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Derwent London plc ("Derwent London") has exchanged contracts to acquire the freehold of Angel Square, Islington EC1 in London's Tech Belt from an overseas investor for £75.03m before costs.
The prominent corner property, opposite our successful Angel Building EC1, consists of three multi-let connected buildings around a central courty ... Read more...
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The Board of Stobart Group Limited, the Support Services and Infrastructure group, is pleased to announce financial close on a project to construct a £110m, 20.2MWe/ 7.8MWth combined heat and power biomass plant ("CHP Plant") at the Group's site in Widnes. In conjunction with the project the Group has signed a 16 year index-linked fuel supply agreement ... Read more...
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The Company announces that it has acquired a retail warehouse in Bletchley, Milton Keynes for £9.9 million, reflecting a net initial yield of 6.5%. The property is let to Matalan Limited for a further 6.5 years at a rent of £675,800 per annum.
The property comprises a freehold, 51,488 sq ft, retail warehouse in a prominent position on the south side o ... Read more...
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GLI Finance Limited ("GLI Finance" and the "Company") announces on 14 November 2014, it entered into a conditional sale and purchase agreement with Sancus Holdings Limited ("SHL") (the "SPA"), under which the Company has conditionally agreed to acquire the respective entire issued share capitals of Sancus Limited ("SL ... Read more...
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IMI announces the proposed acquisition of B&R Holding GmbH ("Bopp & Reuther") for an enterprise value of €152.6m (£120m1). Bopp & Reuther will become part of IMI's Critical Engineering division. In the calendar year 2013, its revenues were €90m and EBITDA was €11.2m with an improved performanc ... Read more...
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LiteBulb (AIM: LBB), the branded product developer, announces that it has entered into a conditional share purchase agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Concept Merchandise Limited ("Concept") (the "Acquisition").Concept has an excellent track record of earnings growth, is highly cash generative and debt free. It has been profitable f ... Read more...
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Porta Communications PLC (AIM: PTCM), the international marketing and communications group, today announces the acquisition of PPS Group Limited ("PPS") for a total consideration of £6,161,270. PPS is a leading independent consultancy specialising in reputation management, community engagement and political consensus building, advising on projects such as comp ... Read more...
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Vertu Motors plc is pleased to announce that it has acquired the trade and certain assets of two Ford main dealerships in Bolton and Wigan, and two satellite operations in Walkden and Horwich, from Gordons (Bolton) Limited ("Gordons"). The Gordons business has represented Ford in Lancashire for over 100 years and employs 218 people across the four locations.
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Hansteen Holdings PLC (LSE: HSTN), the UK and Continental European property investment company, announces that, on behalf of Hansteen UK Industrial Property Unit Trust II ("HPUT II"), it has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of seven multi-let offices and a portfolio of five industrial estates. The combined purchase price of £36.2 million reflects a yie ... Read more...
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Further to the announcement of 3 November 2014, Touchstone announces that it has successfully concluded an investment in accordance with its investment policy.
Through a wholly owned special purpose vehicle, Touchstone has acquired the assets, intellectual property rights and businesses that constitute GOS Systems (website: ... Read more...
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The Board of AFH is pleased to announce the acquisition of the assets of chartered financial planners Knight O'Byrne Limited ("Knight O'Byrne"), headquartered in Cornwall.
Today's acquisition will add £51m of funds under management, taking the Company's total funds under management above the & ... Read more...
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MartinCo plc (AIM: MCO), one of the UK's largest property franchise businesses, today announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Xperience Franchising Limited and Whitegates Estates Agency Limited (together "Xperience"), comprising the entire property franchise business of Legal & General (the "Acquisition") for a considera ... Read more...
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Johnson Matthey today announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the battery materials business of Clariant AG (Clariant) for US $75 million. The transaction, which is expected to complete early in 2015, covers all of the assets of Clariant's Energy Storage business including its manufacturing facility in Candiac, Quebec, an R&D centre and pilot plant in Moosburg, G ... Read more...
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Chime, the international communications and sports marketing group, announces the acquisition of the business and assets (the "SJX Business") of SJX Partners, LLC (the "Seller"), a sports and entertainment marketing business based in Connecticut, United States. Chime is acquiring the SJX Business from the Seller.
The SJX Busi ... Read more...
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The Directors of Thor Mining PLC' ("Thor") (AIM, ASX: THR) are pleased to announce completion of a significant step in the acquisition of the Pilot Mountain tungsten project, in the US state of Nevada, from Black Fire Minerals Limited ("Black Fire") (ASX: BFE) (termed the "Acquisition").
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Idox plc (AIM: IDOX), a leading independent supplier of software & services, has acquired Digital Spirit GMBH, a leading supplier of compliance solutions for an undisclosed sum from Infinitas Learning BV.
Digital Spirit, based in Berlin, provides compliance software and content to corporate, public and commercial customers across Europ ... Read more...
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Young and Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. ("Young's") is delighted to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of 580 Limited, a company that through itself and its subsidiaries owns and operates four pubs in prime London locations. The total consideration is £10.4 million on a debt free basis.
The pubs wil ... Read more...
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The Board of UKOG (AIM: UKOG) is pleased to announce that it has today completed the acquisition of Northern Petroleum Plc's ("Northern Petroleum") UK production and exploration oil and gas licence interests for a total consideration of £1.5 million.
The licence interests acquired comprise: a 10% and 5% working interest in th ... Read more...
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Old Mutual plc ("Old Mutual" or the "Group") today announces that Old Mutual Wealth, its leading retail investment business in the UK and cross-border markets, will acquire Quilter Cheviot (the "Acquisition") for a consideration of up to £585 million.
The acquisition of Quilter Cheviot will add a s ... Read more...
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X5 Retail Group N.V., ("X5" or the "Company"), a leading Russian food retailer, announced today that the Company has acquired a 100% participation interest in "Agrotorg- Samara". X5 has received all necessary approvals from the Federal Anti-monopoly Committee for the acquisition.
"Agrotorg-Samara", e ... Read more...
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Mears, the support services group to the Social Housing and Care sectors in the UK, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Omega Group ("Omega" or "Omega Group") for an initial cash consideration of £20 million. Omega is a leading private sector provider of residential lettings and management services to the Social Housing market, with a portfol ... Read more...
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MD Medical Group Investments Plc ("MD Medical Group", "MDMG" or the "Company" - LSE: MDMG), Russia's leading provider of private women's and children's healthcare, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the Avicenna Medical Center ("Avicenna"), the largest private healt ... Read more...
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Finsbury Food, (AIM: FIF) a leading manufacturer of cake and bread bakery goods, today announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Fletchers Group ("Fletchers"), the group of bakeries that produces morning goods and specialist bread products for leading UK grocery retailers and foodservice customers.
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Breedon Aggregates, the UK's largest independent aggregates business, has agreed terms with Barr Holdings Limited to acquire Barr Quarries Limited ("Barr Quarries"), the market-leader in aggregates in south-west Scotland, for £20.8 million in cash. Completion is expected by the end of this month and remains subject to TUPE consultations and final due d ... Read more...
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On 9 September the Board of Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (the "Company") announced that it had entered into a conditional contract to acquire the Target Portfolio from L&P Ethical Investment Initiative Limited and L&P Alternative Investments Limited (together, the "L&P Sellers"), details of which were included in the circular to sh ... Read more...
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Diploma PLC, the international group of businesses supplying specialised technical products and services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 80% of Technopath (Distribution) ("TPD"). Put and call options have been included in the transaction to allow Diploma to acquire the outstanding 20% of shares over a period of up to 5 years.
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Restore plc ("Restore" or "the Company"), the UK office services provider, today announces that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire Cintas Document Management (UK) Limited ("CDMUK"), the UK records management and scanning division of Cintas Corporation of the US, for a total consideration payable by the Company of & ... Read more...
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HICL Infrastructure Company Limited ("HICL" or the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries the "Group"), the listed infrastructure investment company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 50% incremental interest in the Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals PPP Project ("P&P") from Balfour Beatty ... Read more...
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Pressure Technologies announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Quadscot Holdings Limited ("Quadscot") (the "Acquisition"), a provider of high quality computer controlled and conventional precision engineering and machining services primarily to the oil, gas and petrochemical industries.
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Dillistone Group Plc, the AIM quoted supplier of software and services for the recruitment sector, is pleased to announce that on 29 September 2014 it signed an agreement to acquire ISV Software Limited ("ISV" or the "Acquisition") and that today WH Ireland will complete a placing on behalf of Dillistone of 526,316 new ordinary shares of 5p each in the ... Read more...
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Chime Communications plc, the international communications and sports marketing group, announces the acquisition of ABC Sports Management Limited ("ABC"), one of the UK's top athlete management businesses, with particular strength in rugby union.
ABC, which currently manages the careers of several leading players in internati ... Read more...
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The Board of Empiric Student Property plc (LSE: ESP) is pleased to announce that the Company has exchanged contracts to acquire the freehold of Talbot Studios, an operating, direct-let, premium student accommodation property in Nottingham, for consideration of £8.2m.
The purpose-built student accommodation property, which opened in 2012, is to be acqu ... Read more...
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Sage Group has agreed to acquire PAI Group, Inc., a provider of payroll and HR services for small and medium-sized businesses in the US. The acquisition accelerates Sage's move to the Cloud in this market by leveraging PayChoice& ... Read more...
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Cisco Systems plans to acquire privately held Metacloud, which specialises in private clouds based on the OpenStack-based open-source cloud computing platform.
The goal with the acquisition is to accelerate Cisco’s Intercloud strategy, which was announced in March. At the time, the company said it would invest over $1 billion (€ 771.7 million) ... Read more...
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Intermediate Capital Group has exercised its option to purchase the 49.255% of Longbow Real Estate Capital LLP that it does not already own from the eight individual partners of the LLP.
Completion of the acquisition is anticipated in October.
An initial payment totalling approximately £13m will be made to the part ... Read more...
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Banco Santander has reached agreement to acquire the listed Canadian company Carfinco Financial Group Inc for C$298m. Santander will pay C$11.25 per share, which represents a premium of 32% on the share price during the last 90 trading sessions.
The board of directors of Carfinco has approved the transaction and will recommend to its shareholders that they vote in favour ... Read more...
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MySale Group plc (AIM:MYSL), a leading online retailer with established flash sales sites in Australia, New Zealand and South-East Asia and an expanding international presence in the US and UK today announces it has acquired 60% of Scandinavia's leading flash sale website, invitetobuy.dk ("Invitetobuy") and established a partnership with them for further Europea ... Read more...
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Glanbia plc ('Glanbia' or the 'Group'), the global performance nutrition and ingredients group, announces that it has agreed to acquire The Isopure Company, LLC (the "Business" or "Isopure") (www.theisopurecompany.com) for cash consideration of US$153 million (t ... Read more...
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WYG plc ("WYG" or the "Group"), the global programme, project management and technical consultancy, today announces the acquisition of Alliance Environment and Planning Limited ("Alliance Planning") and provides an update on trading for the six month period ending 30th September 2014. The Group's Annual General Meeting ... Read more...
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Immunodiagnostic Systems Holdings PLC today announces that it has acquired Diametra, an Italian company specialised in the development and commercialisation of manual immunoenzymatic assays.
Diametra is based in Spello, Umbria and employs approximately 25 staff. In the year-ended 31 December 2013, Diametra generated revenues of €3.3m and an E ... Read more...
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The Company is pleased to announce it has conditionally raised £3 million (before expenses) by way of a placing of 8,000,000 Placing Shares at 37.5 pence per Placing Share with institutional investors. In addition, it is also announced that the Company had completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Network Packaging for a maximum consideration of approximat ... Read more...
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WS Atkins plc ("Atkins" or "the Group") is pleased to announce it has completed its acquisition of Nuclear Safety Associates, Inc ("NSA"), a 130 people engineering and technical services firm, for an initial cash consideration of US$15m (approximately £9m), together with a potential US$12m (approximately £7 ... Read more...
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Tullow Oil plc ("Tullow" or "the Group") announces that its subsidiary Tullow Exploration & Production B.V., has entered into an agreement to sell its operated and non-operated L12/L15 block interests and non-operated Q4 and Q5 block interests to AU Energy B.V., a subsidiary of Mercuria Energy Group Limited for a consideration of €62.7 million ( ... Read more...
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In Chippenham, an affluent market town 30 miles from Bristol, Development Securities has acquired Borough Parade, a popular local shopping centre anchored by Waitrose and New Look for £16.3 million at a 7.0 per cent yield. The 82,000 sq. ft. shopping centre was acquired from joint owners, Clearbell Capital and Tristan Capital Partners, and is fully let to a range of national multiples in ... Read more...
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McKay Securities PLC, the only Real Estate Investment Trust focussed entirely on the office and industrial markets of London and the South East, is pleased to announce the freehold acquisition of Station Plaza, Theale from M&G Real Estate for £8.46 million, representing an initial yield of 10.1%.
Station Plaza consists of three high quality of ... Read more...
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SECURE Property Development & Investment PLC (AIM: SPDI, www.secure-property.eu), a South Eastern Europe focused property investment company, today announces that it has entered into a binding agreement to acquire the EOS Business Park, a fully let income producing office building in Bucharest, Romania. The property is the Romanian headquarters of Danone, the F ... Read more...
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The Company is pleased to announce that it has increased its interest in China Gas Holdings Limited ("China Gas") through an acquisition of 13,252,000 shares (the "Acquired Shares"). The shares were acquired from the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec Corp.) as part of a share placement. ... Read more...
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MD Medical Group Investments Plc ("MD Medical Group", "MDMG" or the "Company" - LSE: MDMG), Russia's leading provider of private women's and children's healthcare, today announces the proposed acquisition of 100% of shares ofIvicend Holding Ltd, the owner of the Avicenna Medical Center (also "Avicenna") ... Read more...
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The Company announces that it has exchanged unconditional contracts to acquire Stacey Bushes Industrial Estate in Milton Keynes for £9.2 million. The property produces a rent of £755,726 per annum which results in a net initial yield of 7.76% per annum. This follows the announcements regarding recent sales including the announcement dated 4 August 2014 with regards to the dispo ... Read more...
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Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate Plc ("KWERE" or the "Company"), a London Stock Exchange listed company that invests primarily in real estate and real estate loans in Europe (LSE: KWE), is pleased to announce that it hasentered into an agreement to acquire the Fairmont Hotel, St Andrews, Scotland from SABD Holding (UK) Limited. The purchase pr ... Read more...
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Saga plc ("Saga" or "the Group"), the UK's leading provider of products and services primarily tailored for the over 50s, today announces the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Destinology Ltd ("Destinology"), an online travel firm specialising in four and five star holidays to the UAE, Far East, Indian Ocean and Europe. The Grou ... Read more...
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Saga plc ("Saga" or "the Group"), the UK's leading provider of products and services primarily tailored for the over 50s, today announces the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Destinology Ltd ("Destinology"), an online travel firm specialising in four and five star holidays to the UAE, Far East, Indian Ocean and Europe. The Grou ... Read more...
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Telstra today announced it will acquire Silicon Valley-based company Ooyala, a leader in video streaming and analytics.
The US$270 million investment increases Telstra's ownership in Ooyala from 23 per cent (fully diluted) to 98 per cent and is in addition to the US$61 million previously invested in Ooyala over the past two years. This transact ... Read more...
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Vista Retail Support Holding Limited (“Vista”) has announced that its senior management team (the “team”) has completed a management buyout of the business, with the support of private equity house WestBridge Capital and its partners, Clydesdale Bank and Octopus Investment.
The business was initial ... Read more...
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TRIG today announces that it has acquired three large-scale ground-mounted fully operational solar PV generating projects, on agricultural sites in the South and East of England with an aggregate generating capacity of 56.6MW from a joint venture between the British Solar Renewables group, one of UK's most experienced solar developers with over 150 employees, and Santander. The aggregate v ... Read more...
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Globalworth Real Estate Investments Ltd. (AIM: GWI) ("Globalworth" or "the Company"), the real estate investment company targeting opportunities in Romania and the broader SEE and CEE regions, is pleased to announce the execution of a binding sale and purchase agreement for the acquisition of the company owning Timisoara Airport Park ("TAP"), a ... Read more...
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Avingtrans plc ("Avingtrans" or "the Company"), which designs, manufactures and supplies critical components and associated services to the global aerospace, energy, and medical sectors, announces that it intends to acquire the trade and certain business assets and liabilities relating to the manufacture of aerospace components from Tricorn Group plc's ( ... Read more...
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Venn Life Sciences (AIM: VENN), a growing Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) providing clinical trial management and resourcing solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device clients, announces the acquisition of Cardinal Systems SAS ("Cardinal"), a France based CRO specialising in Data Management and Randomisation systems.
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e2v technologies, a leading provider of technology solutions for high performance systems, today announces that it has agreed to acquire Seville-based Innovaciones Microelectronicas SL, trading as 'AnaFocus', a Spanish designer and developer of CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) imaging sensors for up to €34.2 million (&po ... Read more...
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Ithaca Energy Inc. (TSX: IAE, LSE AIM: IAE) ("Ithaca" or the "Company") is pleased to report that, further to the announcement made on 23 June 2014, it has now completed the acquisition of the three UK producing oil field interests from Sumitomo Corporation ("Sumitomo").
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Further to the announcement of 9 July 2014, Marimedia Ltd. (AIM: MARI), a provider of proprietary technology solutions for optimising online advertising revenue for website owners globally, is pleased to announce that it has exercised its option to purchase the entire issued share capital of Taptica Ltd. ("Taptica") for an estimated purchase price ranging between $11.6 million an ... Read more...
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Vp plc, the equipment rental specialist, today announces the acquisition of the business and assets of the trackside plant and equipment rental activity of Balfour Beatty Rail Limited ("TP&E"), part of the Balfour Beatty Group ("Balfour Beatty") for a cash consideration of £5.5 million.
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SEGRO plc ("SEGRO" or "the Group") today announces that it has acquired a portfolio of four UK logistics properties from Harbert European Real Estate Fund III, L.P, a fund advised by Harbert Management Corporation (Europe), LLC, for £49.5 million.
The purchase price, to be funded from existing resources, reflects a net initia ... Read more...
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K3, which supplies and supports Microsoft-based Enterprise Resource Planning software, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Retail Technology Limited ("RTL"), the Microsoft Dynamics based EPOS provider to smaller retailers, for a total consideration of £0.61m cash in addition to the existing cash in the business at completion.
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BSkyB today announces it has entered into agreements with 21st Century Fox to acquire 21st Century Fox's 100% stake in Sky Italia and its 57.4% interest in Sky Deutschland. The enlarged company will be a world-class multinational pay TV provider that serves 20 million customers and brings together the leading pay TV businesses in three of Europe's four biggest markets.
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Nasstar, a provider of Hosted Desktop cloud computing, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Kamanchi Limited ("Kamanchi"), a specialist IT outsourcer and Hosted Desktop provider in the recruitment sector, for a consideration of £2.5m. The acquisition is expected to be immediately earnings enhancing.
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Assura Group Limited ("Assura"), the leading primary care property investor and developer is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Park Medical Services Limited ("Park Medical").
Park Medical owns The One Life Building in Middlesbrough. The 3,300 square metre property accommodat ... Read more...
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KBC Advanced Technologies plc ("KBC" or "the Group") is pleased to announce that it has purchased FEESA Ltd ("FEESA"), a leading UK-based provider of specialised software and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, for an enterprise value of £10 million plus one million KBC shares, totalling £11.2 million. ... Read more...
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The Board of Alkane Energy plc, the independent gas to power company, is pleased to announce that following the Admission of the 22,222,222 Placing Shares on 21 July 2014 the Acquisition of three power response companies, Darent Power Limited, Leven Power Limited and Rhymney Power Limited (together the "Power Response Sites") has now completed.
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4d pharma (AIM: DDDD), a pharmaceutical company focusing on significant new therapeutic areas, is pleased to announce that it has today acquired the entire issued share capital of The Microbiota Company Limited ("Microbiota"), for a consideration of approximately £0.96 million (equivalent to 1.2 million euros), which, together with the effective assumption of the obliga ... Read more...
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The Board of EMIS Group, the UK leader in connected healthcare software and services, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Indigo 4 Systems Limited ("Indigo 4"), a leading supplier of clinical and administrative messaging and order communications solutions to healthcare organisations. The transaction furthers the Group's strategy of providing comprehensively connecte ... Read more...
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Morgan Advanced Materials plc (LSE: MGAM) has announced the completion of its acquisition of Germany-based Porextherm Dämmstoffe GmbH (Porextherm), further strengthening its world-leading presence in global high temperature insulation products.
Porextherm was established in 1989 and since then has developed a wide range of WDS® high-te ... Read more...
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Progility plc (AIM: PGY), the project management services group, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire share capital of Starkstrom Group Limited ("Starkstrom") for an aggregate consideration, payable in cash and loan notes, of £9.68 million from its owner managers.
Starkstrom is the holding company of, Starkstrom Limited, a UK ... Read more...
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Unite Students, the UK's leading developer and manager of student accommodation, announces that the Unite UK Student Accommodation Fund ("USAF"), in which the Group has a 21% stake, has acquired a 2,904 bed student accommodation portfolio for £137 million. The acquisition was funded through a combination of cash resources and existing debt facilities following U ... Read more...
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Galliford Try PLC ("Galliford Try" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Miller Construction business ("Miller Construction") from Miller Group Holdings (UK) Limited ("Miller Group") ("Acquisition"), for a total price of £16.57 million. The Acquisition is cash accretive and ... Read more...
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Cohort, the independent technology group, is pleased to announce its agreement to acquire a majority stake in Marlborough Communications (Holdings) Limited ("MCL"), a supplier of advanced electronic communications and surveillance technology, from its management for a cash consideration of up to £8 million.
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Cambria, the franchised motor retailer, is pleased to announce that it has today completed the Trade and Assets acquisition of its first Land Rover franchise and a further Jaguar franchise operating from one dealership in Barnet, North London, from Hadley Green Garages, which is owned by Lookers plc, for a total cash consideration of £10.47 million.
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Xchanging plc ('Xchanging'), the business process, procurement and technology services provider, today announces it has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of insurance software business, Total Objects Limited ('Total Objects'), for a ... Read more...
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Spirent Communications plc ("Spirent", the "Company" or the "Group") (LSE: SPT), a leading communications technology company, announces today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Radvision's Technology Business Unit (TBU), the part of the Radvision business responsible for delivering industry ... Read more...
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Standard Life plc confirms that Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited has today completed the acquisition of Ignis Asset Management Li ... Read more...
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Further to the announcements on 9 May, 5 June and 6 June 2014, Kennedy Wilson Europe Real Estate plc ("KWERE" or the "Company"), a LSE listed closed ended investment fund that invests primarily in real estate and real estate loans in Europe (LSE: KWE), is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisitions of the Fordgate Jupiter Portfol ... Read more...
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Monitise plc ("Monitise" or the "Company") (LSE: MONI), the global Mobile Money technology provider, today announces the acquisition of the business and assets of Markco Media Limited, along with the entire issued share capital of Last Second Ticketing Limited (together the "Acquisition"), which will instantly enhance Monitise's interna ... Read more...
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Velocys plc (VLS.L), the technology innovator for smaller scale gas-to-liquids (GTL), is pleased to announce the acquisition of Pinto Energy LLC ("Pinto Energy") and the Ashtabula GTL project.
Pinto Energy is one of the leading project developers of smaller scale GTL in North America. As its first facility, Pinto Energy is developing ... Read more...
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Castleton is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Montal Holdings Limited ("Montal"), a specialist outsourced IT managed services business focused on the provision of tailored solutions to the public sector, for a total consideration of £3.83 million (the "Acquisition").
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James Fisher ("FSJ.L) ("James Fisher") announces the acquisition of the entire share capital of Testconsult Limited and its subsidiaries for a total cash consideration of £8.0m.
Testconsult is a market leading provider of monitoring, instrumentation and testing services and also designs and produces specialist testing equipm ... Read more...
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BBGI SICAV S.A. (LSE ticker: BBGI) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of a further 41.2% equity interest in the E18 Roadway Project ("E18") in Norway from Sundt A.S., as announced on 30 May 2014. BBGI now owns 100% of the equity interest in E18.
E18 is a long term PPP concession contract to operate and maint ... Read more...
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Rame Energy plc, the international energy consultant, engineer and power generator, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Beco Ltd ("Beco"), one of the UK's longest established designers and installers of solar energy systems ("the Acquisition"), for a total consideration of £150,000. The Acquisi ... Read more...
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Mitchells & Butlers plc ("Mitchells & Butlers"), the UK's largest operator of managed pubs and restaurants, announces today that it has acquired the majority of the activities of the Orchid Group ("Orchid"), including 173 predominantly freehold pubs and the Orchid head office. The purchase price, paid entirely in cash, is £266 m ... Read more...
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Man Group plc ("Man Group") has agreed to acquire Pine Grove Asset Management LLC ("Pine Grove"), a US-based fund of hedge fund manager specializing in the management of credit-focused hedge fund portfolios with approximately $1.0 billion of assets under management. The transaction is subject to customary closing requirements and is expected to close in ... Read more...
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Acal plc (LSE: ACL, "Acal", the "Group" or "the Company"), a leading European specialist electronics supplier, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire Trafo Holding AS, trading as Noratel, based on an enterprise value of NOK735 million (£73.5 million)(1) on a debt free basi ... Read more...
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Oakley Capital Investments Limited (AIM: OCL), the AIM-listed company established to provide investors with access to the investment strategy being pursued by Oakley Capital Private Equity L.P. ("Fund I") and its successor fund, OCPE II Master L.P. ("Fund II") ... Read more...
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BBGI SICAV S.A. (LSE ticker: BBGI) is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Sale and Purchase Agreement with Sundt A.S. to acquire a further 41.2% equity interest in the E18 Roadway Project ("E18") in Norway. Upon completion, BBGI will own 100% of the equity interest in E18.
E18 is a long term PPP concession contract to oper ... Read more...
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HML Holdings plc (AIM: HMLH), a leading provider of property management, insurance and ancillary services to residential property blocks, announces the acquisition, with effect from 28th May 2014, of the block property management business of Alan Foster & Associates ("AF&A") based in Guildford, Surrey.
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bwin.party today announces that its Kalixa payments group has acquired PXP Solu ... Read more...
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SECURE Property Development & Investment PLC (AIM: SPDI), a South Eastern European focused property and investment company, today announces that, further to its announcement of 10 March 2014, it has completed the acquisition of Innovations logistics park in Bucharest, Romania, from Myrian Nes Ltd and Theandrion Estates Ltd for €12.6 million. The acquisition has been funded by & ... Read more...
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Restore plc ("Restore" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has today exchanged contracts to acquire Cannon Confidential from OCS Group UK Limited. Completion is expected to take place on 16 June 2014, following staff consultation.
Cannon Confidential, founded in 1998, provides secure shredding and recycling services from f ... Read more...
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WPP announces that its wholly owned operating company Millward Brown, a global leader in brand, media and communications research, has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Daedalus Consulting S.R.L. ("DAEDALUS"), one of the largest market research companies in Romania with the largest fieldwork centre in the country.
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Sepura, a leading global provider of critical communications solutions, today announces the acquisition of Fylde Micro Limited ("Fylde", www.fyldemicro.com), the UK-based radio trunking solutions company, for an initial cash consideration of £2.75 million.
Fylde develops and manufactures trunking controllers that ena ... Read more...
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Tracsis confirms that on 16 May 2014 it acquired the entire issued share capital of Datasys Integration Limited the holding company of Datasys Limited ("Datasys").
Based in Manchester, Datasys provides rail management software systems, business applications and hosting services for the majority of the UK's train operating companies. &a ... Read more...
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Synergy Health plc (LSE: SYR), a leading global provider of outsourced sterilisation services to the medical device market and healthcare sector, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Bioster S.p.A. and associated companies ('Bioster Group') for a cash consideration of €29.0 million (£23.6 million)on a cash and debt free basis. The acquisit ... Read more...
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Development Securities PLC ("Development Securities" or the "Company" or the "Group") today announces that it has agreed to acquire Cathedral Group (Holdings) Limited together with certain other entities forming part of its related business ("Cathedral"), a privately owned Greater London and South East of England specialist mi ... Read more...
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Cello Group plc (AIM: CLL, "Cello", or "the Group"), the insight and strategic marketing group, announces the acquisition of iS Healthcare Dynamics Limited ("iS"), an award-winning healthcare communications agency, specialising in medical communication services to UK, European and global healthcare clients.
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Labeyrie Fine Foods S.A.S., has issued EUR275 million of senior secured notes due 2021, priced at par with a 5.625 per cent coupon. Fitch Ratings has assigned a Long-term issuer Default Rating (IDR) of ‘B(EXP)’ with Stable Outlook. Fitch has assigned LFF’s proposed EUR275m senior secured notes a ‘B+(EXP)’/’RR3&rsqu ... Read more...
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Keywords, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces that the Group has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Binari Sonori S.R.L ("Binari Sonori") (the"Acquisition") from its three founding shareholders: Fulvio Sioli, Fabio Minazzi and Andrea Ballista (the "Selling Sharehold ... Read more...
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ITV plc today announced that it has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Leftfield Entertainment Group from its founder and CEO Brent Montgomery. This acquisition, which has already gained regulatory approval, makes ITV Studios US Group the largest unscripted independent producer in the US and will be earnings enhancing from day one.
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blinkx plc ("blinkx" or the "Company"), the Internet media platform that connects consumers with brands through professionally generated content, today announces that it has acquired LYFE Mobile, an innovative mobile Demand Side Platform (DSP) and Data Management Platform (DMP), in an all cash transaction.
LYFE Mobile offers ... Read more...
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Workspace Group PLC ("Workspace"), London's leading provider of space to new and growing companies, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Vestry Street Studios, Vestry Street, London, N1 for £12.55m.
Vestry Street Studios is a traditional Shoreditch warehouse of 23,000 sq. ft. popular with technology and media sector cust ... Read more...
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St Ives plc ("St Ives" or the "Group") is pleased to announce that it has today acquired The Health Hive Group Limited ("Hive"), a business providing strategic consulting and communications services to the healthcare and pharmaceuticals industries.
The acquisition of Hive is a continuation of the Group's strat ... Read more...
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Milestone, the AIM quoted (AIM: MSG) provider of digital media and technology solutions, is pleased to announce that it has acquired all rights and title to the publication, Disorder UK Magazine ("Disorder"), for a c ... Read more...
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Renew (AIM: RNWH), the Engineering Services Group supporting UK infrastructure, announces that it has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Clarke Telecom Limited ("Clarke"), an engineering services business focused in the wireless telecoms infrastructure market, for a cash consideration of £17m. The acquisition will be earnings enhancing to the ... Read more...
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Sopra Group SA, a French consultancy, systems integration and application outsourcing company, Thursday announced the proposed acquisition of Access Service Line, currently owned by IBM France, of technology giant International Business Machines Corp. or IBM. The financial details have not been made public.
Sopra said the acquisition wo ... Read more...
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Porta Communications plc ("Porta" or the "Group"), the AIM quoted international marketing and communications group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 51% of the issued share capital of Redleaf Polhill Limited ("Redleaf") (the "Acquisition"), a leading full service communications agency from its shareholders (E ... Read more...
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Restore plc ("Restore" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the acquisition of Magnum Secure Limited ("Magnum"), which was completed on 17 April 2014.
Founded in 1989, Magnum provides reco ... Read more...
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The Company is pleased to announce the conditional acquisition of all of the issued shares in European Wealth Management Group Limited ("EWMG").
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- Based on the Theoretical Post Consolidation Price, the Acquisition values EWMG at approximately £13.45 million with the value ... Read more...
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Grainger plc ("Grainger", the "Company" or the "Group"), the UK's largest listed residential property owner and manager, today announces the acquisition of a tenanted residential property portfolio in London for £160m from Property Investments (Chelsea) Limited. The purchase price is the investment value of the properties as a ... Read more...
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Helical Bar today announces that it has acquired a mixed-use portfolio of ten properties from IM Properties for a total consideration of £40.15 million, reflecting a 8.35% net initial yield. The acquisition will be funded through the Company's existing cash resources.
The portfolio, with a total floor area of circa 633,000 sq ft, includes mode ... Read more...
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Versarien plc (AIM: VRS), the advanced engineering materials group, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 85 per cent. of the issued share capital of 2-DTech from The University of Manchester. 2-DTech specialises in the supply, characterisation and early stage development of graphene products. The total consideration for the Acquisition is & ... Read more...
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Yesterday, NIBC closed the transaction with ALBIS Leasing AG for the acquisition of German bank Gallinat-Bank AG. The agreement was announced on 12 March 2014. NIBC is now the owner of Gallinat-Bank, which offers financing and leasing products to German medium-sized companies. The bank has total assets of around EUR 650 million.
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Parkmead is pleased to report that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of an additional 20 per cent. interest in UK production licence P.1293 (Block 14/18b ALL), containing the Athena oil field, from EWE VERTRIEB GmbH ("EWE").
Through Parkmead's acquisition of Lochard Energy Group PLC, completed in July 2013, the Comp ... Read more...
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Bond International Software plc, a world leading supplier of staffing, HR and payroll software and services, with operations in the UK, USA, Hong Kong, Japan, China, Singapore and Australia, is pleased to announce the conditional acquisition (the "Acquisition") of Eurowage Limited ("Eurowage"), which trades as FMP Europe, for a minimum conside ... Read more...
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Summit Germany, the German commercial real estate company, is pleased to announce that on 7 April it signed a binding agreement to acquire a loan facility on a portfolio of 11 commercial properties in Germany. Final completion is intended to take place in the next few days. The total cost of the acquisition is ca €45.5 million plus immaterial deal expen ... Read more...
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Further to the announcement on 28 August 2013, Bilfinger Berger Global Infrastructure SICAV S.A. ('BBGI' or the 'Company') is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of a 50% equity and loan note interest in four operational PPP Projects in Germany from Hochtief PPP Solutions GmbH.
All of the projects are availa ... Read more...
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Hibernia REIT plc ("Hibernia" or "the Company") announces that it has exchanged contracts to acquire the Gateway site, Newlands Cross, Naas Road, Dublin 22. The property comprises an industrial/logistics facility with potential for significant intensification. The cost of the acquisition is €10m and will be financed from existing cash resources. ... Read more...
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Sinclair IS Pharma plc (AIM:SPH.L) ("Sinclair" or "the Group"), the international specialty pharmaceutical company, announces that it has entered into agreements to acquire the global rights to Ellansé™, a combined dermal filler and collagen stimulator product range, through the acquisition of AQTIS Medical BV ("AQTIS") for ... Read more...
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Further to the announcement of 18 December 2013, Darty plc (the "Group") today confirms that through its subsidiary Etablissements Darty et Fils ("Darty France") it has completed the acquisition from M6 Group of 100 per cent of the share capital of Mistergooddeal.com, one of France's leading websites.
The pur ... Read more...
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Bilfinger Berger Global Infrastructure SICAV S.A. ("BBGI" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with Bilfinger Project Investments ("Bilfinger") for the acquisition of 37.5% of the equity and subordinated debt interests in Mersey Gateway Bridge ("MGB") Under the a ... Read more...
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Babcock International Group PLC ("Babcock"), the UK's leading engineering support services company, announces that it has entered into a conditional agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Avincis for £920 million (€1,100 million) from World Helicopters S.à r.l. (a portfolio company of investment funds affiliated with Investin ... Read more...
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Standard Life plc today announces that its global investment management business, Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited ("Standard Life Investments"), has entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Phoenix Group Holdings ("Phoenix") to acquire its asset management business, Ignis Asset Management Limited ("Ignis Asset Management" or ... Read more...
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Centrica plc, together with Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners L.P. and iCON Infrastructure Partners II, L.P. has agreed to acquire Bord Gáis Energy (BGE), the vertically integrated Irish energy business from Bord Gáis Éireann, the state owned energy company, for €1.1 billion (£920 million). The transaction is expected to close in the first hal ... Read more...
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Globalworth Real Estate Investments Ltd. (AIM: GWI) ("Globalworth" or "the Company"), the real estate investment company targeting opportunities in Romania and the broader SEE and CEE regions, is pleased to announce that the acquisition of the BOB and BOC office assets ("Founder Pipeline"), which was announced on 16 December 2013, has now compl ... Read more...
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Premier Farnell plc is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the business and assets of AVID Technologies Inc. (AVID), subject to certain conditions, for a cash consideration of $13 million, payable on completion. Based in Twinsburg, Ohio, AVID is a privately owned engineering design services company that has expertise i ... Read more...
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Vislink plc ("Vislink" or the "Group"), the global technology business specialising in high performance wireless communications products and services for the broadcast, defence and security markets, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of Pebble Beach Systems for a total consideration of £14.9 million, comprising £12 ... Read more...
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Jaywing plc (AIM: JWNG) ("Jaywing" or the "Company"), a marketing and consulting business that operates largely in the digital marketing sector, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Epiphany Solutions Limited ("Epiphany"), a search marketing agency based in Leeds and London.
The consideration for 100% of Epipha ... Read more...
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Minoan Group Plc is pleased to announce that Stewart Travel Limited ("Stewart"), the Group's travel division, has agreed to acquire the trade and assets of Martin Singer Travel ("MST"), a successful, long established, profitable independent business within 8 miles of Aberdeen Airport. The city of Aberdeen has a fast expanding corporate travel ma ... Read more...
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EKF Diagnostics Holdings plc (AIM: EKF), the point-of-care diagnostics business, announces that it has acquired Separation Technology, Inc. ("STI"), the Florida based manufacturer of in vitro diagnostics ("IVD") devices for the haematology testing market for a cash consideration of $4.0m (c. £2.4m) to be satisfied ou ... Read more...
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Vectura Group plc (LSE: VEC; "Vectura" or the "Company") announces the acquisition of Activaero GmbH ("Activaero") for a total consideration of €130 million (£108 mil ... Read more...
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Cape plc, the international provider of critical support services to the energy and mineral resources sectors, announces today that it has acquired UK-based Motherwell Bridge, a leading provider of storage tanks, gasholders and heat exchangers to the energy and steel markets.
The total consideration for the acquisition amounts to £37 ... Read more...
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Hutton Collins, a UK based provider of preferred capital, with the aid of DVRCAPITAL, who acted as exclusive financial adviser in the transaction, has invested €50 million in Dedalus Group, a leading Italian healthcare IT company.
Dedalus Group, which has its head office in Florence, is currently the largest healthcare IT business in Italy, with revenu ... Read more...
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Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC ("RB") (LSE: RB) today announces that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire from McNEIL-PPC, Inc, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, the global rights to the K-Y brand ("K-Y"), a leader in intimate lubricants. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing condit ... Read more...
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Impellam is pleased to announce the acquisition today of the entire issued share capital of Career Teachers Limited.
Founded in 2004, Career Teachers is a specialist education recruitment business which sources short and long term teaching staff from the UK and internationally, placing them in positions with over 450 primary and secondary schools across London and the surrou ... Read more...
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Tribal Group plc ("Tribal"), a leading provider of technology-enabled management solutions to the international education, learning and training markets, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Sky Software Pty Limited ("Sky Software").
Sky Software is a provider of cloud-based student ... Read more...
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Independent Oil and Gas plc (AIM: IOG.L) ("IOG"), the North Sea focused oil and gas development and production company, is pleased to announce that is has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the UK licence block 48/22a from Swift Exploration ("Swift") for an initial consideration of approximately £468,000. Block 48/22a contains a gas ... Read more...
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Intertek Group plc ("Intertek"), a leading quality solutions provider to industries worldwide, announces it has acquired International Inspection Services Ltd (INSPEC), a UAE-based provider of non-destructive testing (NDT) and associated services to the oil and gas industry.
Intertek purchased INSPEC from Lamprell Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of Lamprell pl ... Read more...
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UDG Healthcare plc, a leading international provider of healthcare services, announces that it has agreed to acquire the healthcare communications business of KnowledgePoint360. The deal, agreed at a total cash consideration of $144 million [€105 million], is expected to complete by the end of March 2014.
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Further to the recent strategic fundraising which the Group completed at the end of December 2013, Helphire announces the acquisition of a leading legal firm.
Introduction
The Group has agreed to acquire the New Law group of companies comprising New Law Legal Limited ("New Law") and its associated companies ... Read more...
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Venn Life Sciences (AIM: VENN), a growing Clinical Research Organisation (CRO) providing clinical trial management and resourcing solutions to pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device clients, announces the acquisition of the intellectual property rights in Labskin™, SYN1113 and related equipment of Evocutis plc, for £210,000 in new ordinary shares in Venn.
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WPP announces that its wholly owned operating company JWT, the global marketing communications agency, has agreed to acquire Lemon Sky, a leading creative digital marketing company in Poland.
Founded in 2000 and employing around 70 people in Warsaw and Wroclaw, the agency specialises in producing a broad range of digital advertising and campaign services. Clien ... Read more...
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Development Securities today announces the acquisition of the Royal York Buildings in the centre of Brighton for £4.5 million from an Administrator acting on behalf of a bank.
The Grade II listed Royal York Buildings are vacant and comprise 45,600 sq. ft. of space that includes the former 51-bed Royal York Hotel. The property also includes nine serviced apartme ... Read more...
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Ultra announces that it has acquired 3 Phoenix Inc ("3Pi" or "the company") headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, for an initial cash consideration of $70m. Additional payments of up to $17m will be due subject to earnings growth over the next three years. Ultra has acquired 3Pi from its management team which includes the five founders. All of the management tea ... Read more...
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Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces the acquisition of Babel Media Ltd ("Babel"), a leading provider of outsourced video games services with operations in the UK, Canada and India, from Quatrro Global Services Pvt. Ltd. and The D. E. Shaw Group.
The acquisition is ... Read more...
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Acquisition of Continuous Insight and majority stake in Agent3 Limited
As part of Next 15’s transition towards a digital marketing business, in January 2013, the Company invested in the start-up digital marketing consultancy Agent3 Limited (“Agent3”) and took a 45% stake.
On 14 February 2014 Agent3 acquired 100% of ... Read more...
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The Board of Scientific Digital Imaging plc, the AIM quoted group focused on the application of digital imaging technology to the needs of the scientific community, announces the acquisition of Opus Instruments Limited ("Opus") from its founder shareholders for consideration of up to £1,325,000 payable in cash and shares.
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Ecom Agroindustrial Corp Ltd. (Ecom) have completed the acquisition of Armajaro Trading Ltd (Armajaro) in a transaction which brings together two highly regarded companies focused on the global commodities of cocoa, coffee and sugar.
Back in 2012, Ecom turned heads when it bought 13 million 60-kg bags of coffee, equating to nearly 10 per cent of globa ... Read more...
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Hansteen Holdings (LSE: HSTN), the UK and Continental property investment company, announces that it has exchanged contracts to acquire the 'Spice' portfolio of 17 industrial estates, located across England and Wales, on behalf of the Hansteen UK Industrial Property Unit Trust ll ("HPUT II"). The purchase price of £42.25 million reflects a net ... Read more...
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Hansteen Holdings (LSE: HSTN), the UK and Continental property investment company, announces that it has exchanged contracts to acquire the 'Spice' portfolio of 17 industrial estates, located across England and Wales, on behalf of the Hansteen UK Industrial Property Unit Trust ll ("HPUT II"). The purchase price of £42.25 million reflects a net ... Read more...
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Tarsus Group plc (LSE: TRS, "Tarsus" or the "Company"), the international business-to-business media group, is pleased to announce the following acquisitions in two of its key markets. The Company has agreed to acquire 100% of the assets of HealthScienceMedia Inc. ("HSM ... Read more...
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The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today officially granted permission for Google to acquire Nest, the connected devices company best known for making a smart home thermostat. Google first announced its plan t ... Read more...
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Thoma Bravo, LLC, a leading private equity investment firm, and Global Healthcare Exchange, LLC (GHX), a privately-held provider of connected, intelligent healthcare supply chains, have entered into a definitive agreement for the acquisition of GHX by an affiliate of Thoma Bravo. Financial details were not disclosed. The current GHX senior management team will continue to manage the company. ... Read more...
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Solo today announces that it has entered into a Binding Heads of Agreement ("HOA") to buy a 10% interest in Horse Hill Development Ltd ("HHDL"), a special purpose company, which hold the rights to a 65% participating interest and operatorship, in licence PEDL137 onshore in the UK Weald Basin.
HHDL has an exclusive farm-in agr ... Read more...
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Advanced Computer Software Group plc (AIM: "ASW", "Advanced", or "the Group"), a leading provider of healthcare and business management software and services, has acquired Compass Computer Consultants Limited ("Compass"), one of the UK's leading market higher education software providers, for a total cash consideration ... Read more...
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Bilfinger Berger Global Infrastructure SICAV S.A. (ticker "BBGI") is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of a 33.33% interest in the Ohio River Bridge PPP Project.
Ohio River Bridge / East End Crossing PPP is a long term public-private-partnership concession procured by the Indiana Finance Authority for the development, d ... Read more...
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James Fisher and Sons Plc (FSJ.L) ('James Fisher'), the leading Marine Services business, today announces the acquisition of the entire share capital of Subsea Vision for £2.5m. Subsea Vision owns and operates remotely operated vehicles (ROV) providing underwater surveys, inspections and construction support to the oil and gas industry including floating, produc ... Read more...
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ASSA ABLOY has acquired IdenTrust, a leading provider of digital authentication solutions. IdenTrust provides advanced cryptology systems, recognised by global fin ... Read more...
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HICL Infrastructure Company Limited ("HICL" or the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries the "Group"), the listed infrastructure investment company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of a 26% interest in Holdfast Training Services Limited ("Holdfast"), a PPP joint venture with Babcock International Group PLC that ... Read more...
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Alternative Networks, the business communications service provider, today announces the acquisition of Control Circle Limited ("Control Circle"), a well-established UK based provider of complex managed hosting and cloud-based services to enterprises and on-line businesses, for £39.4m in cash (the "Acquisition").
Hig ... Read more...
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Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) announces that it has waived the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) approval condition to the announced tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of ViroPharma Incorporated (NASDAQ: VPHM).
As a result of the waiver, the transaction is no longer conditional on OFT approval, and Shire expects to complete the tender offer on January 24, 201 ... Read more...
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Keywords Studios, the international technical services provider to the global video games industry, today announces the acquisition of Liquid Violet Ltd (Liquid Violet), a video games voice production services company.
The acquisition is in line with Keywords Studios' strategy of growing both organically and by acquisition to extend the Group's ... Read more...
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PROACTIS Holdings PLC, the specialist Spend Control software provider, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of EGS Group Limited ("EGS") for £2.9 million, payable in cash on completion ("the Acquisition"). The net cash consideration is expected to be approxim ... Read more...
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On 9 January 2014 Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Limited (the 'Company') issued 35,592,128 new ordinary shares by way of a placing (the 'Placing') representing 10% of the Company's existing issued share capital. The Placing was completed at 48.25 pence per share ('pps'), raising gross proceeds of approximately £17.2 ... Read more...
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YouGov plc, the international online market research agency, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 100% of Decision Fuel ("DF"). This acquisition is consistent with YouGov's strategy of extending its reach to emerging markets. DF will enable YouGov to provide a full service offer in the growth markets of China and South Eas ... Read more...
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Summary of the acquisition
RPC Group PLC ("RPC" or the "Group"), Europe's leading supplier of rigid plastic packaging, has acquired Helioplast d.o.o. ("Helioplast" or the "Company") from management (the "Acquisition").
Based in Bosnia and Herzegovina and generat ... Read more...
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Introduction
Brammer, the leading pan-European added value supplier of industrial maintenance, repair and overhaul product solutions, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire Lonne Holding AS ("Lonne") from Credo Invest and Terje Lonne, who each own 50% of Lonne, for an initial cash consideration of NOK 190.1m (GBP 19.0m), together with the assumption of ... Read more...
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Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc, the world leader in the control and efficient use of steam and in peristaltic pumping, announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Bio Pure Technology Limited (Bio Pure) for £8.5 million. Bio Pure will operate as part of our Watson-Marlow Pumps Group (WMPG).
Bio Pure, based in Portsmouth, s ... Read more...
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Cyprotex PLC (AIM:CRX), a specialist ADME-Tox Contract Research Organisation, today announces the acquisition of the business and assets of CeeTox, Inc, ("CeeTox") a division of North American Science Associates, Inc ("NAMSA").
CeeTox, based in Kalamazoo, MI, USA, is a Contract Research Organisatio ... Read more...
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The Hague, 2 January, 2014. Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell") today announces the successful completion of the acquisition of Repsol S.A.'s ("Repsol") liquefied natural gas (LNG) portfolio outside North America for a headline cash consideration of $4.1 billion. As part of the transaction, Shell will also assume $1.6 billion of balance sheet liabilities rel ... Read more...
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Brooks Macdonald Group plc (the "Group"), the AIM listed integrated wealth management group, today announces that it has signed a Put and Call Option Agreement (the "Option Agreement") with the shareholders of Levitas Investment Management Services Limited ("Levitas") in respect of the sale and purchase of the entire issued share capital of Lev ... Read more...
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International Mining & Infrastructure Corporation plc (AIM: IMIC), the company focused on unlocking the value of African iron ore through infrastructure development and investments in junior miners, is pleased to announce that the court order for the acquisition of Afferro Mining Inc, ("the Acquisition") has now been filed in British Columbia, Canada and the acqu ... Read more...
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Stagecoach Group plc ("Stagecoach") is pleased to announce that Stagecoach Bus Holdings Ltd has completed the acquisition of Go West Travel Ltd, trading as Norfolk Green, an independent bus operator in the east of England.
Norfolk Green, which was last month named Independent Bus Operator of the Year, operates commercial, tendered and school b ... Read more...
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Paragon Diamonds is pleased to announce the signing of a memorandum of understanding(MOU)between Meso Diamonds, the Company's 85% owned Lesotho subsidiary, and Lucara Diamond Corp's Mothae Diamonds Lesothosubsidiaryto acquire the kimberlite processing plant and diamond recovery located at the Mothae Kimberlite in Lesotho.
The plant islocated60 kilometersa ... Read more...
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Summary of the acquisition
RPC Group PLC ("RPC" or the "Group"), Europe's leading supplier of rigid plastic packaging, announces today the acquisition of Maynard & Harris Group Limited ("M&H" or the "Company") for a total deal value of £103.5m (the "Acquisit ... Read more...
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Further to the announcement on 03 December 2013, blinkx plc ("blinkx" or the "Company"), the Internet Media platform that connects audiences with brands through professionally generated content, announces that it has today completed the acquisition of Rhythm NewMedia Inc. on the terms stated in the initial announcement. All outstanding conditions have been satis ... Read more...
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Gaming Realms, the creator and developer of interactive next generation online gaming products, announces the acquisition of specialist marketing agency Quick Think Media Ltd ("QTM") for a total consideration of approximately £2.2 million (the "Acquisition"). In addition, the Group also announces that is has conditionally raised approximately &poun ... Read more...
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Kentz Corporation Limited (LSE: KENZ), the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, announces the proposed acquisition of the Valerus field solutions business ("Valerus FS") for US$435 million in cash, subject to a working capital adjustment, payable in cash at Completion (the "Acquisition").
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Gehrke Zumbroich & Partner has advised GSG Asset Gmbh & Co. Veraltungs KG (ORCO-GSG) with regard to the structural optimisation of its real estate portfolio. With approximately 815,000 sqm ORCO-GSG is a leading provider of office and commercial space in Berlin. Within the portfolio there is between 20-20,000 sqm available for production, office, worksh ... Read more...
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accesso Technology Group plc (AIM: ACSO), the premier technology solutions provider to the global attractions and leisure industry, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Siriusware ("Siriusware")(the "Acquisition"): a leading North American&n ... Read more...
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NewRiver Retail Limited (AIM: NRR), the UK REIT specialising in value-creating retail property investment and active asset management, announces it has acquired a portfolio of three shopping centres for a total consideration of approximately £24 million (the "Portfolio") from Zolfo Cooper, acting as administrator on behalf of special purpose vehicles c ... Read more...
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Ubisense Group plc ("Ubisense" or the "Company") (AIM:UBI), a market leader in real time location intelligence ("RTLI") solutions, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Geoplan Interworks K.K. ("Interworks") (the "Acquisition"), a provider o ... Read more...
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Senior plc ("Senior") is pleased to announce that it has acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Thermal Engineering Holding Ltd ("Thermal") from Privet Capital and a number of associated individual shareholders.
Thermal is an aerospace components manufacturer, supplying global aero-engine and airframe OEM's and their Tier 1 suppliers. ... Read more...
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Acal plc (LSE: ACL, "Acal" or the "Group"), a leading European specialist electronics supplier, today announces the acquisition of RSG Electronic Components GmbH ("RSG") for an upfront cash consideration of €3.0m (£2.5m) before expenses and a deferred cash consideration of €0.25m (&poun ... Read more...
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JLIF, the listed infrastructure investment company, completed a successful capital raise of £242.3m, the largest in the fund's history since listing. Following the subsequent acquisition of the Barnsley BSF project, JLIF is pleased to announce that it has today completed the acquisition of a 50% shareholding in the Kelowna & Vernon Hospitals P3 project.
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Victoria PLC (AIM: VCP), a manufacturer, supplier and distributor of design-led carpets and other floorcoverings, is pleased to announce the proposed acquisition of the entire issued share capital of UK carpet manufacturer Globesign Limited ("Globesign") and its wholly owned subsidiary, Westex Carpets Limited ("Westex"), for initial cash consideration of &po ... Read more...
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Instem plc (AIM: INS.L), a leading provider of IT applications to the global early development healthcare market, today announces the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Perceptive Instruments Limited (the "Acquisition"), a leader in image analysis and data management solutions. The acquisition marks the Group's entrance into the in vitro& ... Read more...
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Frutarom Industries Ltd. ("Frutarom", the "Company") hereby announces that further to the immediate report filed on November 18, 2013, today it completed the acquisition of 75% of the share capital of the Cypriot Vantodio Holdings Limited company ("Vantodio") ... Read more...
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Ideagen (AIM; IDEA), a leading supplier of Compliance based Information Management Software to highly regulated industries, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Pentana Limited and its subsidiary Pentana Inc ("Pentana") for an initial net cash consideration of £2.25 million ("the Acquisition") payable from Ideage ... Read more...
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The Transaction
Aberdeen Asset Management PLC ("Aberdeen" or the "Group") announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to form a long-term strategic relationship with Lloyds Banking Group plc ("Lloyds"), as part of which Aberdeen will acquire Scottish Widows Investment Partner ... Read more...
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Caledonia Investments plc ("Caledonia") has announced that it has acquired Park Holidays UK ("Park Holidays"), a UK holiday park operator that owns and operates 21 freehold and two leasehold caravan parks in the South of England.
Park Holidays has been run by its current management team of Jeff Sills (Chief Executive), Al Loch ... Read more...
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Coms plc has announced that it has conditionally agreed to acquire from Redstone plc its subsidiary Comunica Holdings Limited and its wholly owned subsidiaries Comunica Group Limited and Redstone Converged Solutions Limited (together "Redstone") (the "Transaction"), a significant player in the UK Information Technology and Communications sec ... Read more...
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Digital Globe Services, Ltd. (AIM: DGS), a leading provider of online customer acquisition solutions for large, consumer-facing organisations, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Actions Business Unit of San Francisco, US-based Ampush Media, Inc. (the "Education Business Unit" or "EBU"), for a maximum consideration of USD 3.8 million (the "Acq ... Read more...
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NetPlayTV, the interactive gaming group, is pleased to announce that it has purchased Vernons.com, the e-gaming division of Sportech plc, from Sportech (Alderney) Limited ("Sportech") Vernons.com operates an online casino, bingo, poker and sports book ("Vernons"). The acquisition includes the brand, customer database and various other gaming assets. The ... Read more...
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Origin Enterprises plc, the Agri-Services Group ('Origin' or 'the Group'), announces that it has reached conditional agreement to acquire a controlling interest in the business of Agroscope ('Agroscope' or 'the Business').
Based in Ukraine and founded in 2002, Agroscope, which employs 150 ... Read more...
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Andor Technology plc (AND.L, "Andor" or "the Company"), a global leader in the development and manufacture of high performance scientific digital cameras for academic, industrial and government applications, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Apogee Imaging Systems Inc. for a consideration of US $3.75 million in cash ( ... Read more...
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Daisy Group plc (AIM: DAY), a leading provider of business communication and IT services, announces that it has acquired Indecs Computer Services Limited and Indecs Computers Limited (together, 'Indecs') for a cash consideration of up to £18m.
Indecs is a market leading provider of technical maintenance and su ... Read more...
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Chime, the international communications & sports marketing group, is pleased to announce the proposed acquisition of JMI, a global marketing firm focused on motorsports (the "Acquisition"), together with, as part of the funding for the Acquisition, a placing of 8,533,334 new ordinary shares to raise approximately £25.6 million (before expenses) (the "Pl ... Read more...
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APR Energy plc (LSE: APR) today announces that it has entered into an agreement ("Acquisition Agreement") with General Electric Company (NYSE: GE) ("GE") for the acquisition ("Acquisition") by the Company of the power rental business (the "GE Business") of GE. To coincide with this announcement, the Company h ... Read more...
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Pace plc ("Pace", the "Company"), a leading global developer of technologies and products for PayTV and broadband service providers, announces that it has entered into a conditional agreement with Aurora Networks, Inc. ("Aurora") to acquire Aurora for a headline consideration of $310m in cash (the "Acquisition"). ... Read more...
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EnQuest PLC ('EnQuest'), is pleased to announce an agreement to acquire the UKCS Greater Kittiwake area ('GKA') assets currently owned by Centrica North Sea Oil Limited ('Centrica'), as well as Centrica's 100% interest in the Kittiwake to Forties oil export pipeline. The agreements are subject to the normal regulatory and third part ... Read more...
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Union MedTech Plc (UMTP), the ISDX Growth Market company focused on medical technology, today announces that it has entered into an agreement with Rex Bionics Limited (RBL) (the "Agreement"), a privately-owned technology leader in the design and development of robotic exoskeletons for people with major mobility impairment, to acquire the entire share capital of RBL in ex ... Read more...
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Hampden Underwriting announces that, in line with its strategy of increasing underwriting capacity through acquisition, it has exchanged contracts in respect of a further acquisition of a limited liability member of Lloyd's ("LLV") for a total consideration of £2.6 million in cash. The assets of the LLV acquired (Nameco (No 804) Limited) include associ ... Read more...
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Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings Ltd ('R&Q' or the 'Group') is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Flagstone Alliance Insurance and Reinsurance LTD ('FAIR'), a Cyprus domiciled insurer and reinsurer, from the Validus Group.
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Tortola, B.V.I.-October 10, 2013-Platform Acquisition Holdings Limited (LSE: PAH) ("Platform") has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire MacDermid, Incorporated ("MacDermid" or "the Company"), a global provider of high value-added specialty chemicals for approximately $1.8 billion plus contingent consideration. Platform will be renamed ... Read more...
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The acquisition of Veritek Global Limited (“Veritek”) by Mobeus Equity Partners has seen them produce a combined debt and equity funding package to support the £11m management buyout of the Eastbourne-based provider of outsourced technical services. To fund the transaction, Mobeus Equity Partners have financed the transaction alongside asset based lending fa ... Read more...
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Chesnara Plc ("Chesnara") is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Direct Line Life Insurance Company Limited ("Direct Line Life"), from Direct Line Insurance Group Plc ("Direct Line Group"), for a total consideration of £39.3 million, payable in cash on completion (the ... Read more...
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Intu Properties plc ("Intu") and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ("CPPIB") have today announced a joint partnership agreement to acquire Parque Principado Shopping Centre, Oviedo, a 75,000m2 (approximately 800,000 sq ft) prime regional retail destination in Asturias, Northern Spain. The full text of the announcement is set out in Further Informatio ... Read more...
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Byotrol plc ('Byotrol' or the 'Company'), the developer of anti-microbial hygiene technologies, is pleased to announce that on 2 October 2013 it has entered into an agreement to acquire all of the issued shares that it does not currently own in its consumer products joint venture, Byotrol Consumer Products Ltd (the "Acquisition").&nbs ... Read more...
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Overview
Begbies Traynor Group plc (the "Group"), the UK's leading independent business recovery practice, is pleased to announce completion of the acquisition of the trade and assets of Cooper Williamson Ltd ("completion"), the Manchester-based corporate insolvency specialist.
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San Leon Energy, the oil and gas exploration and development company focused on projects in Poland, Albania, Morocco and Ireland is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement conditionally to acquire 75 per cent. of the issued share capital of Alpay Enerji AS (the "Acquisition") from Server Fatih Alpay. Completion of the Acquisition is conditional on the Company ob ... Read more...
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MedicX Fund, (LSE: MXF), the specialist primary care infrastructure investor in modern, purpose-built, primary healthcare properties in the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce that it has contracted to acquire a new primary healthcare medical centre in Watford, Hertfordshire which is due to be completed in December 2013.
The property will be let to two G ... Read more...
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Genus plc ("Genus" or the "Group"), a leading global animal genetics company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Génétiporc, the porcine genetics business of Aliments Breton Foods Group, the largest producer and processor of organic and natural pork in North America. Génétiporc is based in Canada, and has operat ... Read more...
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Maintel Holdings Plc, the telecoms and data services company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Datapoint Customer Solutions Limited, Datapoint Global Services Limited and Datapoint Communications Limited, the UK and Irish trading operations of the Datapoint group of companies (the "Datapoint UKI Companies") (the "Acquisition").
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Rurelec PLC (AIM: RUR), the owner, operator and developer of power generation capacity internationally, today announces the acquisition of the remaining minority interests in Cascade Hydro Limited ("Cascade") a UK holding Company with a portfolio of over 300 MW ofgreenfield hydro-electric projects under development in Peru.
Rurelec, which curr ... Read more...
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Further to the announcement made on 7 August 2013, and in the Half-Yearly Financial Report on 14 August 2013, CLS confirms that it has acquired a UK-wide portfolio of 34 primarily UK Government-occupied properties (the "Portfolio") for £118.6 million, excluding costs of £5.3 million. The purchase of four long leasehold properties in the Portf ... Read more...
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Northbridge Industrial Services plc, the industrial services and rental company, today announces the acquisition of Crestchic (Asia-Pacific) PTE Ltd ("CAP") by its wholly owned subsidiary Northbridge Asia-Pacific and a Placing of 1,561,700 new Ordinary Shares in the Company, to raise approximately £6.17 million before expenses.
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ILX, the training, consultancy and recruitment group, proposes to transform the scope and scale of the Group's activities in project management, consulting and implementation and capitalise on its knowledge and experience in this sector through the acquisition of Progility Pty Ltd, a communications solutions services provider.
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Assura Group Limited ("Assura"), the UK REIT(1)and leading primary care property investor and developer is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Trinity Medical Properties Limited and Trinity Medical Developments Limited (together "Trinity").
Trinity owns 32 modern ... Read more...
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Hydrodec Group plc (AIM: HYR), the cleantech industrial oil re-refining group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the principal business and assets of OSS from the administrators of OSS Group Limited (and certain of its affiliates) for a purchase price of £4.65 million in cash.
OSS Business
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IGas (LSE: IGAS), one of the leading producers of onshore hydrocarbons in the UK, announces that it has entered into a Heads of Agreement ("HOA") with Caithness Petroleum Limited ("Caithness"), a privately-owned, British independent oil and gas exploration and production company, to potentially acquire Caithness Oil Limited ("Caithness Oil"), i ... Read more...
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Low & Bonar, the international performance materials group with leading positions in niche industrial markets, is pleased to ... Read more...
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Leading provider of personalised customer communication services, Communisis plc (LSE: CMS), announces that it has acquired the entire share capital of Editions Publishing Limited, the UK's leading content marketing agency in the financial services sector ("the Acquisition").
Terms of the Acquisition&l ... Read more...
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Wireless Solutions Inc., a fully owned subsidiary of Telit Communications Plc, has entered into an agreement to& ... Read more...
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc ("Bloomsbury") announces that it has today completed the acquisition of the issued share capital of Hart Publishing Ltd ("Hart"), the Oxford-based legal publisher, from the management shareholders. The initial consideration of £6.5 million (which is subject to working capital adjustments) was paid in cash on completion from Bl ... Read more...
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Tower Resources plc (the "Company" or "Tower" (TRP.L, TRP LN)), the AIM listed Africa focused oil and gas exploration company, is pleased to provide an update on the acquisition of Wilton Petroleum Limited ("Wilton Petroleum").
On 3 July 2013, Tower Resources announced the conditional acquisition of Wilton Petroleum L ... Read more...
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Vislink plc (the "Group"), the global technology business specialising in high performance wireless communications products and services for the broadcast, defence and security markets, today announces the acquisition of Amplifier Technology for a total maximum consideration of £4.0m cash which includes a maximum earn out of £2.0m to be paid if Amplifier Techn ... Read more...
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Bilfinger Berger Global Infrastructure SICAV S.A. ('BBGI' or the 'Company')*, the listed global infrastructure investment company, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to acquire a 50% equity and loan note interest in four operational PPP Projects in Germany from Hochtief PPP Solutions GmbH which currently holds 100% of the interest.
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IMI plc ("IMI"), the international engineering group, today announces the acquisition of Analytical Flow Products (AFP).
AFP has an innovative range of products for the precise control of fluids in chromatography as well as for the testing of the purity of gases in refineries. The distribution of these products will be rapidly increa ... Read more...
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Further to the announcement made on 6 August 2013 concerning the proposed acquisition by Tri-Star Resources of Portage Minerals Inc. ("Portage") (the "Acquisition") pursuant to the amalgamation agreement entered into by the Company, its wholly owned subsidiary, Tri-Star Antimony Canada Inc. ( ... Read more...
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Further development of activities in North America with the acquisition of a leading energy infrastructure consultancy
RPS announces the acquisition of HMA Land Services Limited ("HMA"), a consultancy specialising in providing services for linear infrastructure projects, for a maximum consideration of C$18.7 million (£11.8 million), ... Read more...
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HgCapital, the Manager of HgCapital Trust plc has announced the acquisition of e-conomic, a leading provider of SME SaaS accounting services in Europe, for an undisclosed amount.
HgCapital Trust plc will participate in the acquisition of e-conomic alongside other institutional clients of HgCapital. The Trust, whose shares are listed on the London Stock ... Read more...
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Maven Capital Partners (Maven), a leading Private Equity and Alternative Asset manager, has led an investment in HCS Control Systems (HCS) via a Buy-in Management Buy-out transaction (BIMBO) alongside the Simmons Parallel Energy Fund. Maven and Simmons have each provided £4.25m of equity funding to support business growth, with additional investment from Front Row Ene ... Read more...
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Sanderson Group plc ('Sanderson' or 'The Group'), the software and IT services business specialising in multi-channel retail and manufacturing markets in the UK and Ireland, announces that on 12 August 2013, it completed the acquisition of Catan Marketing Limited ('Catan') for a maximum consideration of £644,660. The con ... Read more...
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Bilfinger Berger Global Infrastructure SICAV S.A. ('BBGI' or the 'Company')*, the listed global infrastructure investment company, is pleased to announce that it has signed the acquisition agreement for the pipeline assets set out in the prospectus published on 26 June 2013 comprising a 50% equity and loan note interest in Kelowna Vernon Hospitals and 100% equity an ... Read more...
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William Hill PLC (LSE: WMH) (William Hill or the Group), one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies, announced today that it has signed an agreement to acquire Tom Waterhouse N.T. pty Limited (tomwaterhouse.com), the Australian online betting business, for an upfront cash consideration of A$34m (£20m), together with the assumption of up to $6m ... Read more...
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Rotork Plc ("Rotork"), the market leading actuator manufacturer and flow control company, today announces the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of: G.T. Attuatori Italia S.r.l. based in Milan, Italy, together with G.T. Attuatori Europe GmbH and Max Process GmbH ("GTA"), both based near Bonn, Germany.
Renfro Associ ... Read more...
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Primary Health Properties PLC ("PHP"), the UK's leading investor in modern primary healthcare facilities, announces the acquisition of three further assets.
A wholly owned subsidiary of PHP has completed the acquisition of three modern, purpose built medical centres for a total consideration of £9.55 million (net assets acqui ... Read more...
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Lampiris SA, a Belgian green power supplier, won 40 million euros ($53 million) of investment from Gimv NV (GIMB) and Societe Regionale d’Investissement de Wallonie SA as the nation’s investors bet on the expansion of clean energy.
The Liege based company, Lampiris N.V. distributes engages in energy distribution. It offer ... Read more...
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The Board of EMIS Group is pleased to announce the acquisition of Digital Healthcare Limited, a leading provider of diabetic retinopathy screening and other ophthalmology-related solutions to community clinics, mobile units, specialist ophthalmology departments and practitioners. The acquisition is in line with EMIS' stated strategy of providing cross-organisati ... Read more...
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Kofax plc (LSE: KFX), a leading provider of smart process applications for the business critical First Mile™ of customer interactions, today announcedthat it has acquired Kapow Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of data integration software.
The Company believes Kapow's software will greatly simplify Kofax's ability to integrate sm ... Read more...
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Costain, one of the UK's leading Tier One engineering solutions providers, is pleased to announce that it has today acquired EPC Offshore , a specialist oil & gas project management services company, for an initial consideration of £9.6 million (plus £1.0 million for excess cash). Costain also announces the launch of Costain Upstream, which will&nbs ... Read more...
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Mattioli Woods plc (AIM: MTW.L), the specialist pensions consultancy and wealth management business, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire share capital of Thoroughbred Wealth Management Limited ("TWM") and its subsidiary Atkinson Bolton Consulting Limited ("ABC") (together "Atkinson Bolton") from its shareholders ("the ... Read more...
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ITV plc today announced that it has acquired 100% of Big Talk Productions and associated companies (Big Talk), the producer of award winning programmes Friday Night Dinner, Him & Herand Rev as well as films including Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World's End.
ITV will pay an initial cas ... Read more...
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Sepura, a leading global provider of critical communications systems, today announces the ac ... Read more...
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Silverdell announces that on 23 July 2013 its subsidiary, Euro Dismantling Services Ltd ("EDS") acquired the business and certain assets of Kitsons Environmental Europe Limited (In Administration) (the "Kitsons Business"), thereby keeping the Kitsons Business within the Group. The Kitsons Business will operate as a separate division of EDS, with the ob ... Read more...
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Advanced Power Components plc (AIM: APC) is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of 25 per cent. of the issued share capital of Invisible Systems Limited ("ISL"), the cloud based, end-to-end monitoring and control solutions business focused on improving energy efficiency within the built environment, for a total consideration of £1,244,667 (the & ... Read more...
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First Property Group plc (AIM: FPO), the commercial property fund management group, announces that it has acquired a vacant office building in Bracknell, Berkshire and six largely vacant office buildings in Old Woking, Surrey, for a total net (of VAT) cash consideration of £3.4million including stamp duty and acquisition costs, from Group resources. The buildings comprise some 55,000 squ ... Read more...
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Minco Plc (AIM - "MIO") (the "Company" or "Minco") is pleased to announce the closing of the scheme of arrangement (the "Arrangement") for the acquisition of Buchans Minerals Corporation("Buchans") by Minco.
Pursuant to the Arrangement, Minco acquired 150,898,545 B ... Read more...
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Norbert Dentressangle has agreed the acquisition of the freight forwarding activities of the Daher Group, well-known for its international freight forwarding expertise and with a network of eight agencies in France and three in Russia. The operations include a total of 287 employees and achieved a turnover of €80m in 2012. The operation should be completed during Q3, following approval by ... Read more...
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Centrica plc’s North American subsidiary, Direct Energy, has agreed to acquire the privately-owned Texas-based electricity retailer Bounce Energy (“Bounce”) for $46 million (£30 million) in cash plus additional working capital.
Bounce has more than 80,000 residential customers, predominantly in Texas, and has developed a leading in ... Read more...
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Development Securities today announces the £8.3 million acquisition of Tollgate House and Market Place, a 104,400 sq. ft. mixed-use, town centre opportunity in Romford, Greater London, from administrators acting on behalf of Lloyds Banking Group. The acquisition includes the part-freehold and part-long leasehold of three real estate assets with development potential and opportunities to ... Read more...
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Vertu Motors plc, the fast growing automotive retailer with a network of 97 sales and aftersales outlets across the UK, is pleased to ... Read more...
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Dillistone, the AIM quoted supplier of software to the recruitment industry is pleased to announce that on 8 July 2013 it completed the acquisition of FCP Internet Holdings Limited ("Holdings").
The acquisition is consistent with Dillistone's strategy of enhancing strength and achieving scale through acting as a conso ... Read more...
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ADVFN is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement (the 'Asset Purchase Agreement') for the acquisition of the website, financemanila.net for a consideration of PHP6 million payable as PHP2.5 million in cash and PHP3.5 million in new ADVFN shares of 1p each (equating to a total considera ... Read more...
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Avingtrans plc, which designs, manufactures and supplies critical components and associated services to the global aerospace, energy, and medical sectors, announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Exterran (UK) Ltd. ("Exterran UK"), the UK operations of US-based Exterran for a total consideration of £1 (the "Acquisition"). ... Read more...
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Wood Group announces the acquisition of Pyeroy Group Limited ("Pyeroy"), a provider of specialist coatings, access and fabric maintenance services to the oil & gas, marine and rail industries. Headquartered in Gateshead, UK, Pyeroy was founded in 1973 and employs approximately 1,800 personnel at eight locations throughout the UK and Ireland.
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Anite plc ("Anite"), the leading provider of software solutions to the international wireless and leisure travel industries, today announces the acquisition of Genetel SAS ("Genetel"), a full service distributor of network testing products to French speaking markets.
Genetel is Anite's existing distributor of Nemo network testi ... Read more...
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HICL Infrastructure Company Limited (the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries the "Group"), the leading listed infrastructure investment company, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of four new investments for a combined consideration of £107.9m.
These are: a 50% equity and loan not ... Read more...
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Judges Scientific, the parent company of a group engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of scientific instruments, announces that on 26 June 2013 it acquired 100% of the issued ... Read more...
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Judges Scientific, the parent company of a group engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of scientific instruments, announces that on 26 June 2013 it acquired 100% of the issued ... Read more...
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Waterlogic Plc (AIM: WTL.L), a leading designer, manufacturer, global distributor and operator of point-of-use ("POU") drinking water purification and dispensing systems, is pleased to announce that further to the Company's announcement of 24 May 2013, the acquisition of Cool Clear Water Group Ltd ("CCW") completed today. ... Read more...
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Primary Health Properties PLC ("PHP"), the UK's leading investor in modern primary healthcare facilities, announces the acquisition of two standing let medical centre investments.
A wholly owned subsidiary of PHP has completed the acquisition of two modern, purpose built medical centres for a total consideration of £9.01 mill ... Read more...
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ITV plc announced today that it is acquiring a controlling stake in Thinkfactory Media, a leading US producer of reality, entertainment and drama, including the Emmy award-winning Hatfields & McCoys.
ITV will pay an upfront cash consideration of $30m for a 65% stake in Thinkfactory Media, with a put and call option to buy the remaining 35% of the compan ... Read more...
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Centrica plc has acquired a 25% interest in the Bowland exploration licence (PEDL165) in Lancashire from Cuadrilla Resources Ltd (Cuadrilla) and AJ Lucas for £40 million in cash. Centrica will also pay exploration and appraisal costs of up to £60 million.
The Bowland licence is operated by Cuadrilla, and three exploration wells have been drilled to da ... Read more...
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Accumuli plc (AIM:ACM), the independent specialist in IT security, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Signify Solutions Limited ("Signify"), a managed service IT security provider, for net cash consideration of £2.6 million.
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Coms plc. (AIM: COMS), is pleased to announce it has acquired two sets of telecoms and IT hardware used in providing data networks. The Company has acquired one set of assets from the Company's CEO, Dave Breith for a price of £200,000. In addition it has acquired another set of assets from TFM Networks Limited for a consideration of £480,000 ... Read more...
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WPP announces that its wholly-owned operating network VML, the global digital marketing agency, has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in Heureka Group, a leading Polish digital agency.
Heureka Group is a full-service interactive advertising agency specializing in digital advertising and social media campaigns. The Group consists of two main creative agencies, Heureka and Pri ... Read more...
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Ultra announces that it has acquired Varisys Limited ("Varisys") for an initial cash consideration of £16m. Additional payments of up to £2m will be payable subject to performance over the next two years.
Varisys designs and manufactures products for high performance embedded computing applications. Its products and service ... Read more...
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Universe Group plc, the leading developer and supplier of payment and loyalty solutions to the UK retail fuel industry, is pleased to announce the acquisition (the "Acquisition") of Indigo Retail Holdings Ltd ("Indigo") for a fixed initial and deferred consideration of £1.65 million and the issue on completion of 24 million newly issued ordinary shares ... Read more...
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Blavod Wines & Spirits plc (AIM:BES), the AIM quoted owner of premium drinks brands is pleased to announce that it has acquired the Blackwood's, Jago's and Diva brands.
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Blavod acquired licences to distribute these brands in May, July and October 2008 respectively from the ... Read more...
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Capital & Counties Properties PLC ("Capco") is pleased to announce it has acquired control of 100 per cent of the Empress State Building having exchanged contracts with Land Securities Group PLC for the 50 per cent not already owned for a price of £117 million.
The Empress State Building is a 451,000 sq ft, 31 storey, office ... Read more...
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Thomas Cook Group plc ("Thomas Cook") is pleased to announce further progress with its fleet renewal programme as part of its on-going commitment to building a single, strengthened airline segment aimed at improving the customer experience and reducing CO2 emissions and fuel burn as part of its focus on environmental sustainability.
GECAS has ... Read more...
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Croda International Plc announces today that it has completed the acquisition of the Specialty Products business of Arizona Chemical based in Jacksonville, Florida in the USA.
The acquisition adds a portfolio of class leading oil gelling polymers to Croda's business and further expands its footprint in the polymers arena, while strengthening C ... Read more...
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Alkane Energy plc, the independent gas to power company, has conditionally agreed to acquire certain of the coal mine methane assets of Maltby Colliery (the "Maltby CMM Asset") from Maltby Colliery Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hargreaves Services plc ("Hargreaves").
The ini ... Read more...
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SSE plc has reached agreement with Renewable Energy Systems Group (RES) to acquire the Dunmaglass wind farm project, located near Loch Mhor, 25km south of Inverness.
The 33 turbine Dunmaglass project received planning consent in December 2010 and off-site pre-construction works have already begun. SSE expects to begin full construction of the wind farm in late ... Read more...
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Lookers plc, ("Lookers" or "the group"), one of the leading UK motor retail and aftersales service groups, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Shields Automotive.
Shields Automotive operates a significant Land Rover dealership in South Glasgow and Lookers has acquired the entire issued share capital of Shields Automotiv ... Read more...
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Volvere plc ("Volvere"), the growth and turnaround investment company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of certain of the assets of JMP Consultants Limited ("JMP") with a view to carrying on the trade of that business as a going concern ("the Transaction"). The assets will be held in a wholly owned subsidiary of Volvere which wi ... Read more...
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ITV plc today announced that it is acquiring a controlling stake in High Noon Entertainment a leading supplier of reality and entertainment shows for US cable networks.
ITV will pay $25.65m upfront for a 60% stake in High Noon Entertainment with a top-up payment in 2015 based on the performance of the Company. There is a put and call option to buy the ... Read more...
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Recapital Group disposed of its entire holding of 24,203,452 ordinary shares in Bumi plc, with Avenue Luxembourg S.A.R.L. acquiring 13,667,250 shares and the remainder being split between Flaming Luck Investments Limited (3,000,000 shares) and Argyle Street Management Limited (7,536,202 shares).
Bumi plc is a leading FTSE listed thermal coal group with interest ... Read more...
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Justin King, Chief Executive said, "This is an exciting transaction for Sainsbury's which has the potential to deliver significant benefits to our shareholders, customers and colleagues. We have 23 million transactions each week by customers who know and trust the Sainsbury's brand. We see a great opportunity to increase the number of Bank customers by offering accessible, ... Read more...
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Hammerson has acquired an additional 16.7% stake in Bullring, taking its ownership to 50%. The acquisition underlines Hammerson's commitment to prime retail destinations and generating income growth through investment in winning sectors of the retail property market.
In a 50:50 Joint Venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board ("CPPIB& ... Read more...
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RWS Holdings plc ("RWS", "the Group"), Europe's leading provider of intellectual property su ... Read more...
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Better Capital PCC Limited (the "Company") is pleased to report that BECAP12 Fund LP (the "2012 Fund") has acquired the entire issued share capital of City Link Limited ("City Link") on a debt free basis for a consideration of £1.
The Company has today been informed of the acquisition, which has been effecte ... Read more...
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MD Medical Group Investments Plc ("MD Medical Group", "MDMG" or the "Company" - LSE: MDMG), Russia's leading provider of private women's and children's healthcare, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the IDK Medical Company, a network of women's and children's health clinics lo ... Read more...
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Group (LSE: HMSG), the leading pump and compressor manufacturer and provider of flow control solutions and related services in Russia and the CIS, announces today that, in a series of transactions, it has acquired 26.14% of the share capital (23.19% of the voting shares) of the leading Russian project and design institute ZAO “NIITurbokompressor named after V.B.Shnepp” (Turboko ... Read more...
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Mattioli Woods plc (AIM: MTW.L), the specialist pensions consultancy and wealth management business, is pleased to announce its subsidiary City Pensions Limited has acquired the pension administration business of Ashcourt Rowan plc ("Ashcourt Rowan") for a total cash consideration of up to £1.325 million, comprising an initial consideration of £700,000 (subjec ... Read more...
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Restore plc ("Restore" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the acquisition of Atix Limited ("Atix"), which was completed on 19 April 2013.
Founded in 1997 and based in Kent, Atix is a records management business with a broad range of customers, predominantly in London and the South East of England.
A ... Read more...
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Acquisition of ILS, a leading homecare company operating solely in Scotland, for a total consideration of £22.5 million on a debt-free, cash-free basis
Over 40 per cent. of ILS's work is in higher acuity services
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The Weir Group PLC ("Weir") is expanding its market leading presence in mining and minerals markets through a number of agreements which significantly enhance its platform for growth in the comminution segment of minerals processing, a c.£3bn global market for crushing, grinding and screening equipment and services.
Exclusive agreem ... Read more...
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Smiths News PLC ("the Group"), the largest UK newspaper and magazine wholesaler, a leading UK book supplier and a leading distributor of consumable products to the education market, is pleased to announce its wholly owned book business Bertram Books ('Bertrams'), has agreed to acquire certain European and African academic library services contracts from Blackwell ... Read more...
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SEGRO is pleased to announce the acquisition of Zeran Park II in Warsaw for €43.2 million (£36.9 million) from AREA Property Partners and Apollo-Rida Poland.
Zeran Park II, developed between 2005 and 2011, comprises modern warehouses used for urban distribution and a small office totalling 49,900 sq m of lettable space, located next to the Tr ... Read more...
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The Innovation Group plc (LSE: TIG.L), a global provider of business process services and software solutions to the insurance, fleet, automotive and property industries, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Gemini Vehicle Solutions Ltd ("GVS") for a total cash consideration of £4.5m. Of the total consideration, £1.5m will be deferred for ... Read more...
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A fund advised by pan-European investment manager Tristan Capital Partners, has acquired two prime logistics warehouses in southern France from Groupe Carnivor for €56 mln.
The assets are located on a four-building logistics park at St. Martin de Crau, northwest of Marseille.
Curzon Capital Partners III, a core-plus fund, wil ... Read more...
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CALA Group Limited (“CALA” or “The Group”), the UK’s premium major home builder, has announced that it has reached an agreement with Patron Capital Partners (“Patron”), the private equity group, and Legal & General Group plc (“Legal & General”), the insurance, savings and investment management ... Read more...
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Northcote, an onshore US oil and gas exploration and production company, is pleased to announce that, further to the announcement by the Company on 25 March 2013, the OKE Acquisition has now completed. As previously announced, the Company has 120 days from completion of the OKE Acquisition to issue the OKE Consideration Shares to the Seller. The Company will make a further announcement when the OK ... Read more...
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MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc. (“MOL”) and KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC (KMG EP) have announced the conclusion of the Share Purchase Agreement with MOL on the indirect acquisition by MOL of 49% of shares in Karpovskiy Severniy LLP. Karpovskiy Severniy LLP is a subsoil use right holder under the Contract for Exploration ... Read more...
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Headlam Group plc ("Headlam"), Europe's leading floorcoverings distributor, announces that on Thursday 28 March, it completed the acquisition of the business and certain assets of Hall's Floorings Limited.
Hall's Floorings, a distributor of residential floorcovering based in Edmonton, north London, is a supplier to inde ... Read more...
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Johnson Matthey announces that it has completed the purchase of Formox AB (Formox) for SEK 1.05 billion (£107 million) in cash from Perstorp Specialty Chemicals AB, a company owned by PAI Partners.
Formox is a leading global provider of catalysts, plant designs and licences for the manufacture of formaldehyde, an important chemical intermedi ... Read more...
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In December 2012 BTA Bank JSC successfully completed the Restructuring Plan of $11.1 billion of the Bank’s financial indebtedness. According to the plan, the Bank distributed more than 90% of entitlements to the claimants.
BTA Bank is a backbone bank of Kazakhstan, the major shareholder of which is the Government of the Republic of Kazakhsta ... Read more...
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Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC ("Euromoney"), the international online information and events group, is expanding its insurance and reinsurance business with the acquisition of Insider Publishing Limited ("Insider Publishing").
Insider Publishing is a leading information source for the international insurance and reinsu ... Read more...
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Global Lock, the provider of security solutions to retailers and other organisations in China, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the remaining 50% interest in Yuxi City Global Lock Security Engineering Co., Ltd ("Yuxi").
Yuxi was established in November 2010 as a joint venture with three individuals and provides security sol ... Read more...
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Restore plc ("Restore" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has entered into a sale and purchase agreement to acquire File & Data, the records management division of OfficeTeam Group Limited (the "Acquisition").
The Company also announces its intention to place up to 6,558,559 new ordinary shares a ... Read more...
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CCH is a newly incorporated company established to acquire CCL in a share exchange arrangement with the current shareholders of Cambridge Cognition Limited ("CCL", and together, the "Group").
The Group develops and commercialises computerised neuropsychological tests for sale worldwide, principally in the United Kingdom (bein ... Read more...
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MD Medical Group Investments Plc ("MD Medical Group", "MDMG" or the "Company" - LSE: MDMG), Russia's leading provider of private women's and children's healthcare, announces the proposed acquisition from unrelated third parties of 100% of Vitanostra Ltd, operator of t ... Read more...
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Halma, the leading safety, health and environmental technology group, announces the acquisition of ASL Holdings Limited ('ASL') on 14 March 2013.
ASL, based in Northampton, UK, designs and manufactures machine-to-machine (M2M) communication products which are incorporated into SMART meters for remote data monitoring and a range of other applications in the utility, tra ... Read more...
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Advanced Computer Software Group plc, (AIM: ASW, "ACS", "the Group"), has acquired Computer Software Holdings ("CSH") from HgCapital LP ("Hg") for £110m in cash. The transaction has been financed through ACS's existing cash resources, by a recent share placing that raised £44m (g ... Read more...
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On 12 May 2012 The Rank Group Plc ("Rank") announced that it had conditionally agreed to acquire Gala Casinos Limited ("GCL") from Gala Coral Group Limited ("Gala Coral"). That conditional agreement (the "Original Agreement") envisaged Rank purchasing 23 casinos and three non-operating casino licences (the & ... Read more...
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James Fisher and Sons plc today announces the purchase of Divex Limited (Divex) for an initial consideration of £20m in cash plus a further maximum additional consideration of £13m linked to future profitability targets.
Divex is a leading supplier of diving equipment to the offshore oil industry and other sectors. It designs, assembles and ... Read more...
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Perform Group plc ("Perform"), the global market leader in the distribution and commercialisation of sports content across connected digital platforms, announces that it has acquired Voetbalzone.nl ("Voetbalzone"), the number one independent sports site in the Netherlands.
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Manroy Plc ("Manroy" or the "Group"), the AIM quoted UK defence contractor, today announces the acquisition of the trade and certain of the assets of Base and certain of the assets of RJL for a total aggregate cash consideration of £0.8m.
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Waterlogic Plc (AIM: WTL.L), a leading designer, manufacturer and global distributor of point-of-use ("POU") drinking water purification and dispensing systems, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Water Filters Ltd trading as Aqua Cure Scotland ("Aqua Cure Scotland"), a vendor of water filtration and water purification equipment based i ... Read more...
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Borders & Southern (AIM: BOR), a London based independent oil and gas exploration company, provides an update on its activities in the South Falkland Basin.
The PGS vessel Ramform Challenger has commenced the Company's 3D seismic programme, located approximately 140 kilometres south of the Falkland Islands. Covering an area in excess of 1,000 sq ... Read more...
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Headlam Group plc ("Headlam"), Europe's leading floorcoverings distributor, announces that on Friday 22 February, it entered into an agreement to acquire the business and certain assets of Hall's Floorings Limited, with completion anticipated to occur on Thursday 28 March 2013.
Hall's Floorings, a distributor o ... Read more...
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TeamSport today announce that it has completed the £9m management buy-out of TeamSport Racing Limited, the largest operator of go kart tracks in Europe.
Connection Capital introduced and invested alongside Neil Taylor, co founder of computer game retailer GAME, in the deal, which was completed in February 2013. Taylor and his team ... Read more...
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FIltrona plc ("Filtrona" or "the Company") today announces that it has acquired 100% of the share capital of Ulinco Components AB ("Ulinco Components") from Ulinco Invest Aktiebolag for an undisclosed cash consideration funded from the Company ... Read more...
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The Investcorp Gulf Opportunity Fund - along with other affiliates of Investcorp, a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products, announced today that they have agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Hydrasun, an international provider of fluid control equipment and solutions for the global offshore oil and gas sector, from Equistone Partners Europe ... Read more...
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Proton Power Systems plc (AIM:PPS), a leading designer, developer and producer of Hydrogen fuel cells and Hydrogen fuel cell electric hybrid systems, is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to acquire SPower Holding GmbH with its subsidiary SPower GmbH (together "SPower") for a nominal amount of €5. Proton Power will t ... Read more...
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ILX Group plc (AIM: ILX), the AIM-quoted provider of e-learning software and business training, is pleased to announce the acquisition of an option to acquire 100% of CareShield Limited and Careshield Training Limited (collectively known as "CareShield"), the UK's leading provider of digital learning solutions in the health and social care sector, in line with the ILX Gro ... Read more...
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Wilmington Group plc, the provider of Information, Compliance, and Education to professional markets announces the acquisition of the entire issued and to be issued share capital of NHiS Limited ("the Business") for an initial cash consideration of £5.6m and a further deferred consideration of up to £3.75m subject to the Business achieving challenging targets ... Read more...
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Condor (AIM:CNR), a gold exploration company focused on delineating a large commercial reserve on its 100%-owned, CIM compliant Mineral Resource of 2,375,000 oz gold at 4.6g/t at La India Project in Nicaragua, is pleased to announce the acquisition of 100% of the 86.4 sq km 'HEMCO-SRP-NS' Concession (the "HEMCO Concession") from HEMCO Nicaragua SA ("HEMCO ... Read more...
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Nottingham Building Society (The Nottingham) has today announced that it has acquired East Midlands estate agents Harrison Murray as part of its long term strategy.
The acquisition follows the announcement in December of the proposed merger with Shepshed Building Society in July 2013 and will further extend the reach of The Nottingham's franchise and high street network. ... Read more...
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LondonMetric Property Plc ("LondonMetric"), the UK REIT recently created through the merger of London & Stamford Property Plc and Metric Property Investments plc, announces its first acquisition with the purchase of a portfolio of six retail warehouse assets. The total consideration is £92.4 million (net of acquisition costs) reflecting an average net initial yi ... Read more...
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Travis Perkins announces the acquisition of renewable energy distribution specialists, Solfex Energy Systems ("Solfex").
Solfex was formed in 2006 by Stuart and Susan Cooper and operates as an integrator of renewable energy systems, using its distribution platform to integrate and supply components to the UK's renewable companies. The ... Read more...
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HML Holdings Plc (AIM: HMLH) a leading provider of property management, insurance and ancillary services to residential property blocks, announces that it has acquired the business and assets of The Guthrie Partnership ("TGP") for a total consideration of £0.8 million (the "Acquisition"). The Company will finance the Acquisition from its existing worki ... Read more...
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Ladbrokes plc ("Ladbrokes") one of the world's leading betting and gaming companies, has today agreed to acquire Global Betting Exchange Alderney Limited ("GBEA"), the operator of the Betdaq exchange business, for an initial consideration of €30m on a cash free/debt free basis from TBH Limited ("TBH&a ... Read more...
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ServicePower Technologies Plc (AIM: SVR), a market leader in field management, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Stratix Corporation's Software Division and its Field Service Mobile software. The acquisition includes Stratix's Field Service mobile application development team, intellectual property and existing field service software contracts.
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Spirax-Sarco Engineering plc announces that it has acquired 30% of the equity of Econotherm (UK) Limited, plus an option to acquire the remaining equity in the period between 1st January 2016 and 31stMarch 2019.
Econotherm, based in Bridgend UK, specialises in the design and manufacture of heat pipes and associated heat exchangers for industri ... Read more...
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Tullow Oil plc ("Tullow") announces the completion of its acquisition of Spring Energy Norway AS ("Spring") that was previously announced on 11 December 2012. Roar Tessem, Spring's CEO, will be Managing Director of Tullow's Norwegian companies and will have responsibility for Tullow's assets offshore Norway and Greenland.
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Rotork p.l.c. ("Rotork"), the market leading actuator manufacturer and flow control company, today announces the acquisition of the entire share capital of the operating companies of the Schischek group of companies ("Schischek"). Schischek is a leader in the design, manufacture and sale of explosion-proof electric actuators, principally for ... Read more...
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Arbuthnot Banking Group PLC ("ABG") is pleased to announce that its 70.7 per cent owned subsidiary, Secure Trust Bank PLC ("STB") has today acquired the businesses of Debt Managers Holdings Ltd, Debt Managers (AB) Limited and Debt Managers Limited (together "Debt Managers" or the "Business"). Debt Managers collects delinquent ... Read more...
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HICL Infrastructure Company Limited ("HICL" or the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries the "Group"), the listed infrastructure investment company, is pleased to announce that the Group has completed the acquisition of a 50% equity and loan note interest (the "Interest") in the Northwood MoD HQ PFI Project (the &q ... Read more...
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Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings plc ("R&Q" or the "Group") is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Hickson Insurance Limited ("HIL"), an Isle of Man domiciled captive insurer, from the owner Hickson Investments Limited (an affiliate of the Lonza Group). ... Read more...
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Bunzl plc, the international distribution and outsourcing Group, today announces that it has completed three further acquisitions in South America and the US.
The Company has acquired Vicsa Safety SA in Chile and its subsidiaries based in Peru, Argentina, Colombia and Mexico. The businesses specialise in the sourcing and sale of a variety of personal ... Read more...
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Intertek Group plc (Intertek), a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries worldwide, announces that it has acquired Tickford Test Technology Limited (Tickford), a market leading vehicle engine testing company.
Tickford, a privately owned UK company, was purchased on 31 December 2012 from its management shareholders for a total cash consideration of ... Read more...
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Digital Barriers plc (AIM: DGB, "Digital Barriers" or the "Group"), the specialist provider of advanced surveillance technologies to the homeland security and defence sectors, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Visimetrics (UK) Limited ("Visimetrics"), including its subsidiary OmniPerception Limited ("OmniPerception"),& ... Read more...
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Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings plc ('R&Q' or the 'Group') is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of LINPAC Insurance Company Limited ("LICL"), a Guernsey domiciled captive insurer, from the owner LINPAC Finance Limited.
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Halma, the leading safety, health and environmental technology group, today announces that the acquisition of MicroSurgical Technology, Inc. ("MST") was completed on 18 December 2012.
MST (www.mst-surgical.com) designs, manufactures and markets ophthalmic surgical products, focusing on single-use devices used in cataract surgery. MST is locate ... Read more...
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The Directors of Noble are pleased to announce that on 18 December 2012 Noble, the international rare coin, banknote, medal and stamp dealer and auctioneer, made an offer ("Offer") to acquire the whole of the issued and to be issued ordinary and preferred share capital of TFAAG ("the TFAAG shares"). Irrevocable undertakings to accept the Offer, and corr ... Read more...
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Oxford Instruments plc ("Oxford Instruments" or "the Group"), a leading provider of high technology tools and systems for industry and research, announces the acquisition of Asylum Research Corporation ("Asylum Research"), a leading provider of Scanning Probe Microscopes (SPM). The acquisition is subject to customary conditions and is ... Read more...
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Primary Health Properties PLC ("PHP"), one of the UK's largest providers of modern, purpose built primary healthcare facilities, announces that it has unconditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of Apollo Medical Partners Limited ("AMP"), an investor in primary care and pharmacy properties with a UK wide portfolio. ... Read more...
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TT electronics plc, a global provider of performance critical technology solutions to leading manufacturers, announces it has acquired the majority of the UK business and assets of ACW Technology Limited (in administration). The Group has also agreed the transfer of associated production from ACW Technology (Zhuhai) Limited to the TT electronics facility in Suzhou, China.
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One Media, the profitable Netlabel, consolidator and acquirer of music and video rights, announces the acquisition of Men & Motors in its entirety and the entire library of rights from Granada Television Productions Limited and ITV Digital Channels Limited.
The acquisition, which is being made for an undisclosed sum, includes ... Read more...
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Tullow Oil plc ("Tullow") announces today that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Spring Energy Norway AS ("Spring"), a Norwegian exploration company, for a purchase price of $372.3 million which will be adjusted for working capital. The purchase has an effective date of 1 September 2012. Tullow is also announcing today that it intends to begin a proces ... Read more...
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Highland Gold Mining Limited ("Highland Gold" or the "Company") announces the acquisition of a license for exploration and mining rights for the Western Flank, a 3.9 km² property immediately adjacent to the Company's existing Mnogovershinnoye (MNV) mine operations. The acquisition resulted from an open auction held on 6 December in the regional ... Read more...
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OJSC "MegaFon" announces that on December 6, 2012 it completed a previously announced transaction to acquire an indirect 25% interest in Euroset, which owns the largest chain of mobile telecom retail outlets in Russia.
Under the transaction, Lefbord Investments Limited, owned equally by MegaFon and Garsdale Services Investment Ltd, has acquire ... Read more...
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Cineworld Group plc ("Cineworld" or the "Group") today announces that it has acquired City Screen Group, which trades as Picturehouse ("Picturehouse"), for £47.3 million in cash. Picturehouse is the UK's leading independent cinema operator with 21 sites (60 screens), including The Duke's at Komedia in ... Read more...
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Lo-Q (AIM: LOQ), the AIM listed provider of virtual queuing systems for theme parks, water parks and major attractions, is pleased to announce the acquisition of accesso LLC ("accesso") ("Acquisition"): the leading provider of ticketing solutions for theme parks, water parks, zoos and cultural attractions in North America. ... Read more...
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Etalon Group Limited ("Etalon Group" or the "Company"), one of Russia's largest and oldest residential real estate developers, announces it has acquired development rights for a new project in Moscow with a total expected NSA of 138.9 ths sqm.
The acquisition of development rights for the residential development proje ... Read more...
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The Alumasc Group plc (ALU.L), the premium building and engineering products company is pleased to announce the acquisition of Rainclear Systems Limited ("Rainclear") for a purchase consideration of £770,000 (on a cash/debt free basis).
Rainclear is an internet based business offering metal rainwater products to the buildin ... Read more...
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John Menzies plc is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement for Menzies Distribution, its newspaper and magazine wholesaling subsidiary, to acquire the entire issued share capital of Orbital Marketing Services Group Limited (Orbital). Orbital is 51% owned by BP Direct Mail Company Limited and 49% by Rydlings Limited, whose shareholders comprise the existing management team who ... Read more...
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Sistema JSFC (“Sistema”, the “Group” or the “Company”) (LSE: SSA), the largest publicly-traded diversified holding company in Russia and the CIS, today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire SG-trans OJSC (“SG-trans”), the Russian market’s largest independent operator of specialised railcars for ... Read more...
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Intertek Group plc (Intertek), a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries worldwide, announces that it has acquired 75% of the issued capital of LSI, a global minerals reference testing laboratory.
The shareholding was purchased from LSI's management shareholders for a cash consideration of EUR 5 million (GBP 4 million).&n ... Read more...
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Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC ("Reckitt Benckiser") (LSE: RBL) today announces it has signed a definitive merger agreement with Schiff Nutrition International, Inc. ("Schiff") (NYSE:SHF) a leading provider of branded vitamins, nutrition supplements and nutrition bars in the United States and elsewhere. The Board of Directors of ... Read more...
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C&C Group plc (‘C&C’ or the 'Group’), a leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of branded cider and beer, today announces that it has conditionally agreed to acquire the Gleeson Group, a leading supplier and distributor of beverages in Ireland.
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Further to the announcement made on 29 October 2012 regarding a possible minority interest investment, Trinity Mirror today announces it has exchanged contracts to acquire a 20% equity interest in Local World Limited ('Local World') - a new company created to acquire and operate the regional publishing assets currently owned by Northcliffe Media Limited ('Northcliffe ... Read more...
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Brooks Macdonald Group plc ("Brooks Macdonald", "the Group" or "the Company"), the AIM listed integrated wealth management group, today announces the acquisition of Spearpoint (Spearpoint Limited and Spearpoint Retirement Services Limited), a Jersey and Guernsey based provider of discretionary fund management with stock broking and retirement p ... Read more...
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One Media, the profitable Netlabel and consolidator and acquirer of music and video rights, announces an exclusive deal for the ownership of worldwide rights to material from Sooty, the longest-running children's TV programme in the UK.
One Media now has exclusive control of a variety of classic Sooty content including eight T ... Read more...
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Xchanging plc ('Xchanging'), the business process, procurement and technology services provider and integrator, today announces that its subsidiary, Kedrios S.p.A. ('Kedrios'), has acquired 100% of the share capital of AR Enterprise S.r.l. ('AR'). AR, based in Milan, is a leading provider of software packages and comprehensive IT solutions for the se ... Read more...
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Aegis Group plc ("Aegis"), the world's leading focussed media and digital marketing communications group, today announces that it has acquired IQ mobile, one of the top-tier mobile agencies in Austria.
Established in 2006, IQ mobile has been a pioneer in the region leading the way in the development of apps, mobile media portals, mobil ... Read more...
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Mondi Group has signed an agreement with Duropack GmbH (‘Duropack’) for the acquisition of Duropack’s operations (the ‘Operations’) in Germany and the Czech Republic (the ‘Acquisition’), which consist of two corrugated box plants and one recycled containerboard mill.
Mondi is an international ... Read more...
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SCISYS PLC, the supplier of bespoke ICT software systems, IT based business solutions and support services to the Media Broadcast, Space, Government & Defence, Environment and Applications Management sectors, today announces the acquisition of MakaluMedia Internet & Engineering Services GmbH ('MakaluMedia') a provider of software engineering and consultancy to the E ... Read more...
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Ahlstrom Corporation has signed an agreement with EQT, the principal owner of Swedish paper producer Munksjö AB, to combine its Label and Processing business area with Munksjö AB to form a global leader in specialty papers ahead of a planned IPO on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
The new company will be called Munksjö Corporation and the transac ... Read more...
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Staffline Group, the national outsourcing organisation providing people and operational expertise to industry, today announces the acquisition of Select Appointments Limited ('Select'), a long established specialist staffing services business providing office and administration staff across the UK. The business will continue to ... Read more...
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Tarsus Group plc (LSE: TRS, "Tarsus" or the "Group"), the international business-to-business media group, has agreed to acquire Turkish exhibition organiser CYF Fuarcılık A.Ş. ("CYF") for a maximum consideration of TL18 million (approximately £6.2 million). CYF will be acquired by IFO, a 75% owned subsidiary of Ta ... Read more...
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The Company announces today that it will acquire the entire issued share capital of Goodprint (the "Acquisition"). The aggregate consideration for the Acquisition is £10,225,647.40, which has been calculated on the assumption that Goodprint's balance sheet includes £3,400,000 of cash at Completion (subject to the payment of certain tax liabilities tota ... Read more...
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Alliance Pharma plc (AIM: APH), the speciality pharmaceutical company, announces that its wholly owne ... Read more...
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Acquires 70% stake in EFEM, organiser of the leading baby product tradeshow in Turkey
UBM plc today announces it has acquired a 70% equity share in EFEM, one of Turkey's leading tradeshow organisers from its private owners and has formed a joint venture company with EFEM to be called UBM ICC. UBM ICC will develop EFEM ... Read more...
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Chime Communications plc, the international communications and sports marketing group, is delighted to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of pH Associates Limited ('PHA'), one of the UK's leading companies providing market access and data to the pharmaceutical industry, for an initial consideration of £6.92 million. ... Read more...
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Quindell Portfolio Plc (AIM: QPP.L), the provider of sector leading expertise in software, consultancy and technology enabled outsourcing in its key markets, being Insurance, Telecommunications and their Related Sectors, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Metaskil Group Limited ("Metaskil"), a specialist provider of solutions to the insurance and telecoms industry. ... Read more...
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MITIE Group PLC ("MITIE"), the strategic outsourcing company, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Enara Group Limited ("Enara"), from August Equity LLP and Enara's senior management team, for a total consideration of £110.8m on a cash and debt free basis. Enara is the fourth largest provider of home care services in the UK and will give ... Read more...
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Rathbone Brothers Plc ("Rathbones") has acquired a 19.9% holding in both Vision Independent Financial Planning Limited ("Vision") and its sister company, Castle Investment Solutions Limited ("Castle"), for a total cash consideration of £2 million. The stakes have been purchased from the founders of Vision and Castle, namely ... Read more...
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Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings plc ('R&Q' or the 'Group') is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of RAB Insurance Limited ("RAB"), a Guernsey domiciled captive insurer, from the owner Drakelow Development Holdings Limited ("DDH").
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Canaccord Financial Inc. (TSX: CF, LSE: CF.) is pleased to announce that its acquisition of Eden Financial's wealth management business completed today, following the approval by the UK's Financial Services Authority.
ABOUT CANACCORD FINANCIAL INC.:
Through its principal subsidiaries, Canacc ... Read more...
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Sports Direct International plc ("the Group"), the UK's leading sports retailer, today announces the acquisition of certain of the trade, assets and product brands from the administrators of JJB Sports plc ("JJB") for a cash consideration of £23.77 million, with up to a further £0.25 million of additional cash consideration payable af ... Read more...
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AFH, winner of the PLUS-SX Newcomer of the Year 2012 award and a leading discretionary wealth management and independent financial advisory ("IFA") firm, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Chartwell Associates (IFA) Limited ("Chartwell").
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SSI Investments II Limited (“SSI II”), a parent company of Skillsoft Limited (formerly Skillsoft PLC), a provider of cloud based learning solutions for customers worldwide, today announced that it has completed the first closing of the cash offer (the “Offer”) made by its indirect subsidiary, Skillsoft Ireland Limited, for the entire issued and t ... Read more...
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Litebulb (AIM: LBB) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire share capital of Scarlett Willow Ltd ("Scarlett Willow"). Scarlett Willow's assets include the company website, brand and stock. This continues the acquisition strategy of the Company, adding to the growing stable of brands and complementing the continued rapid organic growth of L ... Read more...
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Syngenta, the world's largest agribusiness company, said on Friday it would buy Belgian hybrid seed firm Devgen for 403 million euros ($522 million), as the Swiss company strengthens its foothold in rice-growing.
Syngenta is offering 16 euros per share for Devgen, a 70 percent premium over the 9.43 euros at which Devgen shares traded at Thursday& ... Read more...
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Quindell Portfolio Plc (AIM: QPP.L), the provider of sector leading expertise in software, consultancy and technology enabled outsourcing in its key markets, being Insurance, Telecommunications and their Related Sectors, is pleased to announce a major contract win in South Africa and the acquisition of Quintica SA (Pty) Limited and Quintica International Limited (collectively "Quintica&am ... Read more...
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Mondi Group has signed an agreement with Duropack GmbH ("Duropack"), for the acquisition of Duropack's operations (the "Operations") in Germany and the Czech Republic (the "Acquisition"), which consist of 2 corrugated box plants and one recycled containerboard mill. The two corrugated box plants consume&nb ... Read more...
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The Board of Cupid plc (AIM: CUP), a leading UK online dating company, is pleased to announce that it has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of NSI (Holdings) Limited, trading as Uniform Dating ("Uniform Dating"), the niche uniformed personnel dating business, for a total consideration of up to £7.0 million (the "Acquisi ... Read more...
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Advanced Computer Software Group plc (AIM: "ASW", "Advanced", or "the Group"), a leading provider of healthcare and business management software and services, has acquired Strand Technology Limited, a leading supplier of clinical care management solutions to community care and mental health organisations, for a total cash ... Read more...
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Intertek Group plc (Intertek), the leading international provider of quality services to a wide range of industries, announces that it has acquired Materials Testing & Inspection Services Limited and its operating subsidiary NDT Services Limited (NDT), a provider of non-destructive testing services to the energy, petrochemical, power and aerospace industries.
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SSI Investments II Limited (“SSI II”), a parent company of Skillsoft Limited (formerly Skillsoft PLC), a provider of cloud based learning solutions for customers worldwide, today announced that it has reached agreement on the terms of a recommended cash offer to be made by its indirect subsidiary, Skillsoft Ireland Limited, for the entire issued and to be issued share capital o ... Read more...
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Exillon Energy plc, a London Premium listed independent oil producer with assets in two oil-rich regions of Russia, Timan-Pechora ("Exillon TP") and West Siberia ("Exillon WS"), is pleased to announce it has secured a 100% interest in LLC VenlockNeft ("Venlock") for a total consideration of approximately US$2.5 million.
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Zenergy Power plc (AIM: ZEN.L) announces the conditional acquisition of Synety Limited ("Synety"), a cloud-based software and communications business.
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Conditional acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Synety for:
Initial consideration of £75,000 cash and the ... Read more...
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Stadium Group Plc. (AIM: SDM), a leading electronic technologies group, announces the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of IGT Industries Ltd ("IGT"), a profitable designer and manufacturer of intelligent displays for the professional electronics market, for a maximum cash consideration of £4.2m.
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Headlam Group plc ("Headlam"), Europe's leading floorcoverings distributor, announces that on Friday 31 August, it acquired Flooring Accessories Limited.
Flooring Accessories based in Cardiff, is a distributor of residential and commercial floorcovering, principally in south Wales.
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Braveheart Investment Group plc ('Braveheart', the 'Group' or the 'Company') (BRH), the AIM-listed investment management group specialising in venture capital investments and investment services to business angels, high net worth individuals, family offices and public sector organisations, announces that Envesto ... Read more...
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Domino's Pizza Group plc ("Domino's" or "the Company"), the leading pizza delivery company with stores in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and Germany, today announces it has reached an agreement to acquire the business of Domino's Pizza Switze ... Read more...
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Greencore Group plc ("Greencore") today announces that it has acquired International Cuisine Limited ("ICL"), a private label chilled ready meal business, from the Hain Daniels Group in the UK. ICL's ready meal facility is based in Consett (County Durham) and the majority of its revenue (approximately £45m) is derived from several exi ... Read more...
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Toumaz Limited (AIM: TMZ, 'Toumaz' or 'the Group'), a pioneer in and provider of ultra-low power, high-performance wireless communications technologies and solutions, announces that the acquisition of Frontier Silicon (Holdings) Limited ('Frontier') has today been completed, as set out in the Group's announcement of 3 July 2012.&l ... Read more...
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NCC Group plc (LSE: NCC, "NCC Group" or "the Group"), the international, independent provider of Escrow and Assurance Services, has acquired US-based Intrepidus Group, Inc. ("Intrepidus"), an independent security research and testing services provider primarily focused in the mobile telecommunications sector, for a maximum consideration of & ... Read more...
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iomart Group plc, the cloud computing company, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Melbourne for a maximum cash consideration of up to £7.0 million.
Melbourne is a Manchester based provider of managed hosting solutions to over 600 customers. Melbourne operates its own datacentres in Manchester, pr ... Read more...
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Kingspan, the global leader in high performance insulation and building envelope systems, is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement with ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe AG to acquire 100% of the share capital of the various companies which comprise ThyssenKrupp Construction Group, the leading European insulated panels business.
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Colt Group S.A. has announced that it has completed the purchase of 100% of the share capital of Fidelity Telecom Limited an unrelated, privately owned company based in the United Kingdom.
Fidelity, which trades under the ThinkGrid name, is an international enabler of cloud computing that equips IT providers with the tools and help necessary to establish or expand a reve ... Read more...
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Parkmead, the independent oil and gas company, is pleased to report that it has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of Netherlands onshore assets (the "Assets") from Dyas B.V. for a total consideration of €7.5 million (the "Acquisition"), as previously announced on 8 March 2012, comprising interests in four producing g ... Read more...
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Ebiquity plc is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of FirmDecisions ASJP Group Limited, the holding company of the FirmDecisions group ("FirmDecisions" or the "Acquisition"). FirmDecisions is being acquired for an initial consideration of £1m which is being satisfied from existing banking facili ... Read more...
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Alliance Pharma plc (AIM: APH), the speciality pharmaceutical company, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary Alliance Pharmaceuticals Limited has acquired the antimalarial brands PaludrineTM, AvloclorTM and SavarineTMfrom AstraZeneca UK Limited.
Alliance expects the acquired products to generate incremental contribution before financing costs of a ... Read more...
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Aegis Group plc ("Aegis"), today announces that it has acquired Data2Decisions Limited ("D2D"), a UK-based, independent marketing effectiveness analytics consultancy. D2D's gross assets were £2.2 million as at 31 January 2012.
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Sky is to establish a new distribution arm to market the international rights to its originated content. As part of the move, Sky has completed the acquisition of Parthenon Media Group, a leading independent international distribution and multi-media rights management company.
In line with Sky's on-going commitment to increasing its invest ... Read more...
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Cupid plc (AIM: CUP), the online dating company, announces today that it has acquired 100% of the French online dating company Assistance Genie Logiciel ('AGL') for a total consideration of €3.7m which was payable on completion of the transaction.
The AGL dating business delivered revenues of €6.5m in the ... Read more...
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A subsidiary of the Company has signed contracts to acquire a 45,237 square metres completed grade A warehouse at Sholokhovo, on Dmitrov Shosse to the North of Moscow from a fund managed by Fleming Family and Partners for a consideration of $49.75m. The property is let to two tenants, Kuehne + Nagel and Perekrestok (part of X5 Retail) on leases expiring in 2017 and 2015 respectively. T ... Read more...
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Henderson Group plc ('Henderson Group') announces that it has acquired Horizon Investment Management France SAS ('Horizon'), a privately owned French property asset management business, with gross assets of €3 million. Horizon's property experience complements Henderson Group's expertise within retail property.
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Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised BNP Paribas, LCL and Société Générale, as senior lenders, in relation to the financing of Sagard’s acquisition of Stokomani, a leading French discount retailer of high-end brands, from Advent International.
The senior debt package is worth €96 ... Read more...
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Vp plc, the equipment rental specialist, today announces the acquisition of the business and assets of two equipment rental activities from Balfour Beatty Group Ltd for a cash consideration of £4.0 million. ... Read more...
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Wienerberger have completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in Pipelife from Solvay for a purchase price of €162 million.
Pipelife is one of the world’s leading suppliers of plastic pipe systems. The company operates 27 plants in Europe and the USA with 2,650 employees across 27 countries. Their pr ... Read more...
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Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) announces the completion of its acquisition of Shenzhen Embest Technology Co Ltd (Embest), a leading provider of embedded system development boards and tools, as well as design engineering services with gross assets of approximately £0.5 million (at current exchange rates). Embest, which is based in China, will report through element14, Premier F ... Read more...
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Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl) announces the completion of its acquisition of Shenzhen Embest Technology Co Ltd (Embest), a leading provider of embedded system development boards and tools, as well as design engineering services with gross assets of approximately £0.5 million (at current exchange rates). Embest, which is based in China, will report through element14, Premier F ... Read more...
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Pennon Group Plc has announced that its subsidiary, Viridor Waste Management Limited, has acquired JWT Holdings Limited, a waste collection and recycling business based in Atherton, Greater Manchester, from John William Thomasson. The total consideration was £7.60m (£6.58m cash plus acquired net debt). The acquisition is in line with the Group's stra ... Read more...
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Aegis Group plc ("Aegis"), the world's leading, focused media and digital communications group, today announces that it has acquired six subsidiary companies owned by W Garden, Verbal Clint, Allin and others (collectively referred to in this announcement as "W Garden"). In aggregate, the entities had gross assets of €5.0m as at 31 December 2011. ... Read more...
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Motive Television plc is pleased to announce that it has notified CCAN 2005 Inversiones Societarias, S.C.R., S.A. De Regimen Simplificado ("CCAN")that based on the indirect change of control contemplated in clause 5.7 of the shareholders agreement dated 4 October 2010, which was executed at the time of completion of the reverse takeover of Adecq Digital SL, M ... Read more...
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Perform Group plc ("Perform"), the global market leader in the distribution and commercialisation of sports content across connected digital platforms, announces that it has acquired a majority stake in Mackolik Internet Hizmetleri Ticaret A.S. ("Mackolik") which owns and operates a number of Turkey's leading independent sports websites inclu ... Read more...
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SSE plc, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Airtricity Energy Supply (Northern Ireland) Limited, has today completed the acquisition of ... Read more...
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Egdon Resources plc (AIM:EDR) is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Dorset Exploration Limited ("DEL"). DEL is a private company which holds 10% interests in Production Licence PL090 and Petroleum Exploration and Production Licence PEDL237, both located in the county of Dorset. Egdon Reso ... Read more...
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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...
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KBC Advanced Technologies plc ("KBC" or "the Group") is pleased to announce it has purchased Infochem Computer Services Limited ("Infochem"), a leading provider of specialised software and services to the upstream oil and gas industry, for an enterprise value of £9.5m.
The acquisition of Infochem i ... Read more...
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The Company advises shareholders that on 13 June the acquisition of a 50.1 per cent. equity interest in You Can Group S.r.l. ("You Can Group") was formally completed. The total consideration is EUR 751,500 (approx. GBP 608,715), which Brainspark has agreed to settle as follows:
(i) EUR 4,500 in cash, and
(ii) EUR 74 ... Read more...
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Better Capital PCC Limited has today been informed of the acquisition of a 70% shareholding in Pranita Engineering Solutions Limited ("Pranita") by Gardner Group Limited ("Gardner"), a company within the BECAP Fund LP (the "2009 Fund") investment portfolio.
Pranita is a manufacturer and supplier ... Read more...
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Smiths News PLC ('Smiths News'), the UK's leading wholesaler of newspapers, magazines and books, is pleased to announce its wholly owned book wholesaling business Bertram Books ('Bertrams'), has acquired Houtschild Internationale Boekhandel B.V. ('Houtschild') from Blackwell UK Ltd for a net consideration of €0.7 million ... Read more...
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Accumuli plc (AIM:ACM), the provider of Advanced IT Security Services announces that, in line with its stated strategy of building a Managed IT Security Services business, it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Edge7.
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Sainsbury's has today announced the acquisition of HMV Group plc's shareholding in Anobii Limited, a social network and online retailer of e-books. As a result of the transaction and Sainsbury's investment in the future development of the business, it is anticipated that Sainsbury's will have a 64% stake in Anobii.
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Serco Group plc (Serco), the international services company, today announces that it has acquired Vertex Public Sector Limited, the UK public sector operations of Vertex Data Science Limited, for cash consideration of £55.5m.
The acquisition brings additional skills and capabilities to support expansion into new areas of ... Read more...
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Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, announces today that it will acquire the 50 per cent of shares it does not already own in Aero Engine Controls (AEC) a joint venture with Goodrich Corporation. AEC was established in January 2009 to combine the engine controls businesses of the two companies.
The joint venture princip ... Read more...
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MoneySupermarket.com Group plc ("MoneySupermarket.com" or the "Company") has announced that it has conditionally agreed to acquire MoneySavingExpert as a going concern from Martin Lewis and MoneySavingExpert.com, for consideration of up to £87 million (the "Acquisition").
MoneySavingExpert operates ... Read more...
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Savile is pleased to announce that it has acquired the whole of the issued share capital of Career Management Consultants Limited ("CMC"). Founded in 1990, CMC is a leading career management consultancy providing continuity through business and career change and have worked with some of the country's biggest employers through their network across the UK. ... Read more...
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Leading in-store media provider Mood Media Corporation (TSX:MM/ LSE AIM:MM) ("Mood"), today announced the acquisition of BIS Group ("BIS")1, a leading provider of audio-visual services in Europe, for consideration of €22.5 M in cash.
BIS is a leader in corporate and commercial ... Read more...
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Ultra announces that it has acquired Giga Communications Ltd ("Giga") and associated businesses in Australia and the USA for an initial cash consideration of £12.4m. Additional payments of up to £24.6m will be payable subject to earnings growth over the next two years. Ultra has acquired Giga, a privately-held British company based in Tring, Hertfo ... Read more...
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Silverdell Plc (AIM: SID), the Specialist Environmental Support Services group, is delighted to announce that it has conditionally agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of EDS Group Holdings Ltd ("EDS"), for an initial consideration of £15 million. EDS is specialist provider of decommissioning and dismantling services to the pow ... Read more...
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Parity, the UK IT services group, is pleased to announce today that it has acquired Inition Limited ("Inition"), a leading-edge 3D technology business based in Shoreditch, London. The acquisition enhances Parity's emerging technology capabilities and is the first step in implementing the Group's stated strategy to move into the expanding digital media ... Read more...
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Bristol based co-operative Milk Link are set to merge with one of Europe’s largest dairy firms. The UK’s largest producer of cheddar cheese, have asked their members to back a merger with Arla Foods that will pool nearly a quarter of UK milk production.
The planned combination with Leeds based co-operative Arla, which is home t ... Read more...
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Rostelecom OJSC (MICEX - RTS: RTKM, RTKMP; OTCQX: ROSYY), Russia’s national telecommunications operator, today announces that OJSC National Telecommunications (“NTK”), its wholly-owned subsidiary, has won a tender to acquire 1.74 billion ordinary shares (representing a 26% shareholding) in OJSC Mosteleset (“Mosteleset”) for a total cash ... Read more...
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Private-equity firm Ducalian has launched a new self-storage venture by acquiring a warehouse in Littlehampton, West Sussex, England for around £1.2 million, along with signing a contract with Engage Management Services to operate the building as a self-storage facility under the ‘Titan’ brand.
The building, purchased ... Read more...
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AVEVA Group plc ("AVEVA"; stock code: AVV), one of the world's leading providers of engineering design and design IT systems, today announces the acquisition of the Bocad group of companies ("Bocad") based in Belgium and Germany from the founders for cash cons ... Read more...
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Capita plc (`Capita') announces that it has acquired Medicals Direct Holdings Limited (`MDG'), a provider of medical screening services, for £13.2m, on a cash free-debt free basis, and a deferred consideration, linked to profit performance, of up to £2m.
MDG made a pro forma operating profit of & ... Read more...
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Man Group plc ("Man") has agreed to acquire the entire issued share capital of FRM Holdings Limited (Financial Risk Management "FRM"), a global hedge fund research and investment specialist with funds under management of approximately $8.0 billion1 (the "Acquisition"). Man will integrate FRM with its multi-&nbs ... Read more...
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Stagecoach Group plc is pleased to announce that certain of its subsidiaries (together, "Stagecoach") have agreed to acquire selected businesses and assets from Coach America, Inc. ("Coach America").
Coach America is a major operator of bus and coach services in the United States and has been operating under Chapter ... Read more...
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All Leisure group PLC ("All Leisure", the "Company" or the "Group") is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with the shareholders of Page & Moy Travel Group Limited ("Page & Moy Travel Group") to acquire, on a debt free basis, 100% of the share capital of Page & Moy Travel Gr ... Read more...
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The Board of In-Deed Online plc is delighted to announce the acquisition today of 100% of the issued share capital of Runnett & Co Ltd ("Runnetts") from its founding shareholders Matthew Lewis and Paul Thomas.
Runnetts is a firm of licenced conveyancers which is amongst the top 10 conveyancing firms in England a ... Read more...
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Driver Group, the global construction consultancy, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Trett Consulting ("Trett"), a ... Read more...
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Interserve, the international support services and construction group, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Business Employment Services Training Limited (BEST), one of the UK's leading providers of training and development for job-seekers and employers. The acquisition increases Interserve's delivery of front-line services, particularly i ... Read more...
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Bank of Georgia Holdings plc. ("BGH") (LSE: BGEO LN), the holding company of JSC Bank of Georgia (the "Bank"), Georgia's leading bank, announced today that JSC Insurance Company Aldagi BCI ("Aldagi BCI"), a wholly-owned insurance subsidiary of the Bank, has acquired Meta Limited, the holding company which owns 51% of Imedi L ... Read more...
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Christie + Co, the transactional and advisory company of the Christie Group, announces that it has acquired Orridge Business Sales Limited ("Orridge Business Sales"), the specialist pharmacy business agents for an undisclosed consideration. The acquisition of Orridge Business Sales by Christie + Co will create the UK's largest specialist pharmacy age ... Read more...
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Advanced Computer Software Group plc (AIM: "ASW", "Advanced", or "the Group"), a leading provider of healthcare and business management software and services, has acquired the entire issued share capital of London based managed services provider Fabric Technologies Limited ("Fabric" or "the Company&quo ... Read more...
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Baker & McKenzie has advised Investec Bank Plc as arranger of an innovative UK residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) deal. The securities, which are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange, were issued by Gemgarto 2012-1 Plc and are worth approximately GBP240 million. It is the first "prime" mortgage backed securitisation that Investec has undertaken on its new Gemgar ... Read more...
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Smiths News PLC, the UK's leading wholesaler of newspapers, magazines and books, is pleased to announce the unconditional acquisition of Hedgelane Limited whose principal subsidiary trades as The Consortium for Purchasing and Distribution Limited ("The Consortium"), the UK's leading specialist distributor of consumable products to the educa ... Read more...
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HALS-Development (LSE, MICEX: HALS), a major Russian real estate Company, announces that the Company has taken absolute control of StroyPromObject OJSC (registration number:1037719048619, Tin: 7719281561, address: str.1, bld.2, Shchelkovskoe highway, Moscow, 105122), becoming the owner of 100% of voting shares in the charter capital of ... Read more...
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Spirent Communications plc ("Spirent", the "Company" or the "Group") (LSE: SPT), a leading communications technology company, announces today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire privately held Mu Dynamics, Inc. ("Mu"), based in Sunnyvale, California, for a cash consideration of $40.0 million. Mu is a security testing ... Read more...
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Porvair, the specialist filtration and environmental technology group, today announces the acquisition of the business and assets of Pulse Instrumentation ("Pulse"), a Canadian business focussed on environmental laboratory supplies.
Pulse manufactures and distributes water analysis products, principally supplying environmental lab ... Read more...
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Further to the announcement of 4 April 2012, Inspired Energy plc (AIM: INSE) is pleased to announce that it has fulfilled the conditions set out in the acquisition agreement to acquire Direct Energy Purchasing Limited ("DEP"), an energy procurement adviser to predominantly multi-site corporates, for a total consideration of up to £4.0 million (the "Acqu ... Read more...
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Better Capital PCC Limited (the "Company") is pleased to report that BECAP12 Fund LP (the "2012 Fund") has completed its second acquisition.
The Company has today been informed of the acquisition of all of the secured debt and a 90% stake in Jaeger Group Limited ("Jaeger") by a special purpose vehicle ultimately owned by the 201 ... Read more...
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Daisy Group plc (AIM: DAY), a leading provider of business communications, announces that is has today entered into an agreement to acquire the audio-conferencing specialist Worldwide Group Holdings Limited ('Worldwide') for an initial cash consideration of £28m. Further consideration may become payable ... Read more...
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ITE Group plc, the emerging and developing markets exhibitions specialist, today announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, ITE International Holdings BV acquired Kiev based Limited Liability Company BeautexCo (Beautex) from BCI R&R Limited, a company registered in Cyprus.
Beautex runs two exhibitions each year, Intercharm and Beautyexpo. Both are tr ... Read more...
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The Vitec Group plc ("Vitec"), the international provider of products and services for the broadcast, photographic, and MAG (military, aerospace and government) markets, announces that it has acquired the entire share capital of Camera Corps Limited ("Camera Corps"). Camera Corps is a world leading provider of speciality remote camera systems used by broadca ... Read more...
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Ukrproduct Group Limited ("Ukrproduct" or "the Company" or, together with its subsidiaries, "the Group") (AIM: UKR) is one of the leading producers and distributors of branded dairy products in Ukraine.
The Company announces that it has acquired the "Arsenievsky" branded kvass business. The acquisition has bee ... Read more...
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Burger King Worldwide Holdings, Inc. ("Burger King Worldwide"), the world's second largest fast food hamburger restaurant chain, and Justice Holdings Limited ("Justice") (LSE: JUSH), a publicly listed UK investment vehicle, today announced that they have entered into a definitive business combination agreement.
Under the terms of the ... Read more...
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Global law firm White & Case LLP advised InfraMed Infrastructure SAS, InfraMed's flagship investment fund, on its acquisition from Limak of a minority equity stake in the Iskenderun port project company.The Iskenderun port is a strategic asset on the south-east coast of Turkey. Limak, a major Turkish construction and industrial consortium, were the suc ... Read more...
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Allen & Overy is advising Walkers Global, the leading offshore law firm, on the sale of Walkers Management Services (WMS) to Intertrust Group for an undisclosed sum.
WMS provides corporate, fiduciary, company secretarial, liquidation and accounting services to a client base comprising many of the world's largest blu ... Read more...
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Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings plc ('R&Q' or the 'Group') is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of NFIL*, a Guernsey domiciled captive insurer.
NFIL has been in run-off since 2007 and wrote employer's liability, property and motor third party risks. Ther ... Read more...
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IDOX plc, a leading independent supplier of software and services, has acquired Opt2Vote Ltd, one of the UK's leading providers of electoral managed services and innovative democracy solutions, for a maximum cash consideration of £3.5m.
Opt2Vote provides expertise and knowledge across all areas of election management and spec ... Read more...
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Braveheart Investment Group plc ('Braveheart', the 'Group' or the 'Company') (BRH), the AIM-listed investment management group specialising in venture capital investments and investment services to business angels, high net worth individuals, family offices and public sector organisations has acquired the entire issued share capital of Neo ... Read more...
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Rosneft has closed a deal to acquire a 35.3% stake in Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha from Sberbank. The value of the deal was set to correspond to the historic cost of the project for Sberbank, equalling $444 million.
Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazodobycha is the holder of oil production licences for the Srednebotuobinsk oil and gas condensate deposit, which ... Read more...
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The Board of Corac is pleased to announce that is has entered into a conditional agreement (the "Acquisition Agreement")to purchase the entire issued share capital of Wellman Hunt Graham Ltd ("Wellman Hunt Graham") and the entire issued share capital of Wellman Defence Limited ("Wellman Defence") for an aggregate consideration of £10.75 mil ... Read more...
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Ebiquity plc is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of FLE Holdings Limited, the holding company of the FLE Group ("FLE" or the "Acquisition"). FLE is being acquired for an initial consideration of £5m with a maximum total consideration of up to £11m, depending on the performance of the FLE business in the year end ... Read more...
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Stagecoach Group plc ("Stagecoach") announced today (12 March 2012) that its subsidiary, Stagecoach Devon Limited, has signed an agreement with First Devon and Cornwall to acquire its business and assets in North Devon and Torridge for a gross consideration of £2.8m.
The transaction is subject to regulatory approval, which is being sought from the O ... Read more...
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Aeorema Communications plc, the AIM-traded multi-media specialist, has acquired the entire issued share capital of ST16 Limited ('ST16'), a company that specialises in viral filmmaking. The total consideration payable for the acquisition is £86,500, payable part in cash and part by the issue of up to 200,000 new ordinary shares of 12.5p ea ... Read more...
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Stirling Square Capital Partners the leading pan-European private equity firm has acquired a majority interest in Viscolube S.p.A., the Italian leader and a major European player in the used oil recycling sector.
The acquisition marks the first investment for the recently crea ... Read more...
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UTV Media plc (`UTV' or `The Company') is pleased to announce that it has entered into an agreement to acquire 100% of the issued share capital of Simply Zesty Limited ('Simply Zesty').
The initial consideration is £1.7 million, which is being satisfied from the Company's existing banking facilities, with fu ... Read more...
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Abcam plc (AIM: ABC), a global leader in the supply of protein research tools, today announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Epitomics International Inc ("Epitomics"), an antibody business headquartered in San Francisco, California, with operations in China, for gross consideration of US$170.0 million (the "Acq ... Read more...
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Digital Barriers plc (AIM: DGB) ("the Company"), the specialist provider of products and services to the homeland security market, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Codestuff Ltd ("Codestuff") (the "Acquisition").
Based near Edinburgh, Scotland, Codestuff is the developer of a range of best-in-class IP video solutions fo ... Read more...
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TeliaSonera acquires all shares in Svenska Stadsnät AB, a company providing fiber capacity to municipalities, companies and households. The price for the acquisition is not disclosed.
For 2011 net sales in Svenska Stadsnät amounted to SEK 53 million. The company has operations in seven municipalities: Laholm, Svalöv, Örkel ... Read more...
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Better Capital PCC Limited has today been informed of the acquisition of the Document Management Services, Intellect and Microsoft sub-divisions of Maxima Holdings plc ("Maxima", AIM: MXM) by m-hance Group Limited ("m-hance"), a company within the BECAP Fund LP (the "2009 Fund") investment portfolio.
The sub-divisions p ... Read more...
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Quintain announces that it has acquired the specialist central London strategic property adviser, Grafton Advisors (2006) LLP ("Grafton"), for a cash consideration of £5.75 million.
Grafton's principal business activity is to act as property adviser to the West End of London Property Unit Trust ("WELPUT"). WELPUT is a leadi ... Read more...
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Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC ("Euromoney"), the international publishing, events and electronic information group, is expanding its commodities event business with the acquisition of two international grain trading conferences.
Global Grain Geneva - www.gl ... Read more...
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MedicX Fund, (LSE: MXF), the specialist primary care infrastructure investor in modern, purpose-built, primary healthcare properties in the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce it has completed the acquisition of five completed and fully let primary care medical centres in Grimsby, Ilkeston, Middlesbrough, Saltburn-by-the-Sea and Skelton. ... Read more...
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Aegis Group plc ("Aegis"), the world's leading, focused media and digital communications group, is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement to acquire the holding company of Roundarch Inc. ("Roundarch"), the US digital agency, for an initial consideration of US $125 million (£79 million).
Roundarch is a leading digital agency ... Read more...
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Judges Scientific, the parent company of a group engaged in the design, manufacture and sale of scientific instruments, announces that Deben UK Limited ("Deben"), in which Judges holds a 51% indirect interest, has conditionally agreed to purchase the assets and trade of KE Developments Limited ("KED").
KED is based in Toft, Cambridgeshire ... Read more...
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Centaur Media plc, (LSE: CAU, "Centaur" or "the Group"), the business information and events group, has acquired Profile Group (UK) Limited ("Profile"), a specialist digital information business for media, PR and marketing professionals, for a total cash consideration of £8m.
Centaur has separately se ... Read more...
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UK Commercial Property Trust Limited, managed by Ignis Asset Management, announces that it has acquired a portfolio of three multi-let principally industrial park assets from SEGRO plc for a total consideration of £60.51m, reflecting a net initial yield of 7.34%. The three sites provide a combined total floor area of 549,413 sq ft and a total income of & ... Read more...
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Petrofac, the international oil & gas service provider, announces that it has acquired the entire share capital of KW Limited (KW). Based in Fetcham, near Woking, with an office in Aberdeen, KW is a high-end subsea pipeline consulting and engineering services business with an established reputation in the subsea pipeline market. As at 31 March 2011, KW had gro ... Read more...
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Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc (JLT) has announced that it will combine its existing Spanish retail broking business JLT-SIACI Espana S.L. with the business of March - Unipsa Correduria de Seguros, S.A.U. (Unipsa), the fourth largest commercial insurance broker in Spain and a subsidiary of Banca March, to form March-JLT.
Following the transaction, J ... Read more...
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Brady, the leading provider of trading, risk management and settlement solutions to the energy, metals and soft commodities sectors, is pleased to announce that it is extending Brady Energy's product offering by adding up-to-date physical electricity trading capabilities and connectivity to most major European Transmission System Operators (TSO's). The new technology is ... Read more...
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The Board of Athol is pleased to announce that, in line with its stated strategy of rationalising the large number of sub critical listed investment companies, it has agreed to acquire the entire share portfolio ("Portfolio") owned by Plus listed Ronaldsway Private Equity plc ("Ronaldsway") in exchange for new ordinary shares of 0.25p each in Athol ("At ... Read more...
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London, 1 February 2012. Ascot Mining Plc (PLUS Markets: ASMP, XETRA®: AM3.DE, "Ascot" or the "Company") announces the acquisition of shares in Mineral Hill Industries Limited ("Mineral Hill").
Ascot is pleased to announce that, in accordance with its stated strategy of building a portfolio of exploration and advanced st ... Read more...
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Capita plc (`Capita') has acquired Smiths Consulting Ltd for a cash consideration of £10m on a cash free, debt free basis, with a further contingent consideration of up to £2m based on profit performance over the next two years.
Smiths Consulting is a SAP consultancy that specialises in delivering business change enabled by technolog ... Read more...
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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...
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Further to the announcement made on 12 October 2011, Sportingbet Plc ("Sportingbet"), a leading online sports betting and gaming group, today announces that it has completed the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Danbook Limited ("Danbook") and Scandic Bookmakers Limited ("Scandic"). The aggregat ... Read more...
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Zurich, Switzerland, and Memphis, TN, US, Jan. 30, 2012 - ABB (NYSE: ABB), the leading power and automation technology group, and Thomas & Betts Corporation (NYSE: TNB), a North American leader in low voltage products, today announced that both companies' boards of directors have agreed to a transaction in which ABB will acquire Thomas & Betts for $72 per s ... Read more...
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Investec plc has entered into a share purchase agreement pursuant to which its wholly owned subsidiary, Investec Holdings (Ireland) Limited ("Investec Ireland"), will acquire a majority interest in Neontar Limited (the "SPA"). Neontar Limited owns the NCB Group ("NCB"), one of Ireland's leading corporate finance and wealth and investment firms ... Read more...
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Playtech, (AIM: PTEC) the international designer, developer and licensor of software and services for the online, mobile and land-based gaming industry, announces that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Geneity Limited ('Geneity'), a UK based provider of e-gaming software products, focused primarily on the sportsbook and lottery sectors, for an initial ... Read more...
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Prescient Holdings (Pty) Limited has agreed to acquire AIB Investment Managers Limited (AIBIM), the asset management subsidiary of Allied Irish Banks, plc.
AIBIM will be renamed Prescient Investment Managers (Ireland) Limited and will remain as the Dublin based investment manager in the Prescient Group. It’s envisaged that it will continu ... Read more...
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Canary Wharf Group has acquired ownership of the Wood Wharf Limited Partnership and associated companies and an overriding 250 year lease for the 16.8 acre Wood Wharf site immediately adjacent to the Canary Wharf business and shopping district. The transaction reflects Canary Wharf Group's commitment to developing a more diverse portfolio, both in terms of its asset and te ... Read more...
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Ensor Holdings PLC ("Ensor" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the acquisition of 90% of the issued share capital of Technocover Limited ("Technocover"), a manufacturer, supplier and installer of physical security products, based in ... Read more...
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Inmarsat has announced the acquisition of 100% of the share capital of NewWave Broadband for a total cash consideration of US$9.0 million. Based in Edinburgh, Scotland, NewWave Broadband contracts for and provides all of the satellite capacity for Inmarsat's Ship Equip subsidiary and additionally provides maintenance and upgrades for associated network hubs. The b ... Read more...
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Waterlogic Plc (AIM: WTL.L), a leading manufacturer and global distributor of point-of-use ("POU") drinking water purification and dispensing systems, is pleased to announce that it has agreed to acquire from Hart AS, Ludwig Hart and the Estate of Johs Lunde Group the entire issued share capital of Det St ... Read more...
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MITIE Group PLC ("MITIE"), the strategic outsourcing and energy services company, is pleased to announce that it has acquired the leading energy and carbon management specialist Utilyx Holdings Limited ("Utilyx").
Utilyx provides a number of services relating to its clients' energy demands including strategic planning, proc ... Read more...
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JD Sports Fashion Plc ('JD' or 'the Group'), the leading retailer of sport and athletic inspired fashion apparel and footwear, announces that it has acquired the trading assets and trade of Blacks Leisure Group Plc and certain of its subsidiaries ('Blacks') from its Administrators for a total cash consideration of £20 million excluding fe ... Read more...
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Auto Escape, France’s leading online broker in leisure car hire has completed the acquisition of Car del Mar.
Auto Escape was founded in 1999 and has risen to become one of the leading international firms in the online, low-cost car hire brokerage. The company has operations in 13 different countries across Europe.
The acquisitio ... Read more...
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ValiRx Plc (AIM: VAL), a life science company with a focus on cancer diagnostics and therapeutics for personalised medicine, is pleased to announce that ValiFinn Oy, its wholly owned subsidiary, has acquired from Pharmatest Services Oy ("Pharmatest") of Oulu, Finland, its biomarkers business unit together with 5 families ... Read more...
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Expanding professional staffing exposure in the world's second largest staffing market
Zurich, Switzerland, January 3, 2012: Adecco Group, the global leader in Human Resource services, today announces the acquisition of VSN Inc., a leading provider of professional staffing services in Japan, for an enterprise value of EUR 90 million[1]. VSN Inc. doubles ... Read more...
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Perform Group plc ("Perform"), the global market leader in the distribution and commercialisation of sports content across connected digital platforms, announces that it has acquired two related German businesses Spox Media GmbH ("Spox") and mediasports Digital GmbH ("mediasports") that will significantly enhance its presence in Germany, the larges ... Read more...
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Endeavour International Corporation (NYSE: END) (LSE: ENDV) today announced that its subsidiary, Endeavour Energy UK Limited, has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire ConocoPhillips' interest in three producing U.K. oil fields in the Central North Sea for $330 million, including approximately $94 million of tax attributes.
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The Capita Group Plc has announced that it has acquired Applied Language Solutions Ltd (`ALS'). ALS provides translation and interpreting services to the public and private sector, with clients including Google, Sony and Caterpillar.
In August 2011 ALS was awarded a framework agreement with the Ministry of Justice (MoJ). The MoJ and its partners, includ ... Read more...
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Experian, the global information services company, announces that it has acquired Garlik Limited, a provider of web monitoring services based in the United Kingdom.
Founded in 2005, Garlik helps consumers to protect themselves from the risks of identity theft and financial fraud. Through its main product, DataPatrol, Garlik captures and monitors information from a vari ... Read more...
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Technip (NYSE Euronext Paris: TEC) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Global Industries, Ltd (NASDAQ: GLBL).
The shareholders of Global Industries approved the merger at a special shareholders meeting held on November 30, 2011 and will receive US$8.00 per share in cash. Global Industries has become an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Technip a ... Read more...
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K3, which supplies enterprise resource planning ("ERP") software, hosting and managed services to the supply chain industry, is pleased to announce the acquisition of certain assets of the Integrated Business Systems division ("IBS") from Maxima Holdings plc. The initial consideration for the acquisition is £1.4 million in cash, with a retention of ... Read more...
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MobileWave the AIM-listed, global mobile marketing, loyalty and technology company, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ariose Software Pvt Ltd ("Ariose"), one of India's leading companies providing solutions, software and services in the mobile and telecom industries (the "Acquisition").
The Acquisition is sub ... Read more...
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Intertek Group plc (Intertek), the leading international provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries, announces that it has acquired Labs & Testing S.A. (L&T), a provider of chemical, microbiological, non-destructive testing (NDT) and environmental services based in Santiago, Chile.
L&T, a privately owned compa ... Read more...
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Sinclair IS Pharma plc (AIM:SPH.L) ("Sinclair IS" or "the Company"), the international specialty pharmaceutical company, announces that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Advanced Bio-Technologies, Inc. ("ABT"), a dermatological products company focused on scar treatment and prevention from HealthEdge Investment Partners, L ... Read more...
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MITIE, the strategic outsourcing and energy services company, is pleased to announce that it has acquired a majority stake in the UK's leading access and disability consultancy company Direct Enquiries Holdings Ltd ("Direct Enquiries").
Direct Enquiries provides a range of services to major companies and public sector organisations, al ... Read more...
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Royal Bank of Scotland, the taxpayer-owned bank, has sold 918 pubs to Heineken for £412m, including the Punch Bowl in London partly run by film director Guy Ritchie.
The bank has owned the Galaxy Pub Estate since 1999 and they have been run by Scottish & Newcastle, now part of Heineken.
The deal will make Heineken one of t ... Read more...
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Clarksons, the world's leading shipping services group, is pleased to announce that through its port services business, Clarkson Port Services ("CPS") it has acquired EnShip Ltd ("EnShip"), the Aberdeen based shipping agency and marine industry logistics specialist.
Since its formation in 2004, EnShip has earned an e ... Read more...
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Experian, the global information services company, announces that it has agreed to acquire 192business Limited, subject to approval by the Office of Fair Trading. 192business is a leading provider of online identity verification services based in the United Kingdom.
Launched in 2002, 192business helps organisations to verify and manage the identity of their c ... Read more...
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Senior plc ("Senior") is pleased to announce that it has acquired 100% of the issued share capital of Weston EU Limited and its subsidiary Weston SEA Limited (collectively "Weston" or the "Weston Group") from the company's family shareholders.
Weston, located in Colne, Lancashire (UK) and with facilities in Chonburi in Thailand, is pr ... Read more...
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iomart Group plc, the cloud computing and managed hosting company, is pleased to announce that it has today acquired the entire issued share capital of EQSN for a total cash consideration of £2,475,000, with £2,250,000 payable at completion and a deferred consideration of up to £225,000 contingent on the successful integration of t ... Read more...
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Baltic Oil Terminals PLC ("Baltic" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that it has today entered into an agreement for the acquisition (the "Acquisition") of Haahr Tank-Lager A/S ("Haahr Tank") for US$ 9.9m (approximately £6.3m) in cash.
Haahr Tank operates a 160,000 cubic metres refined oils te ... Read more...
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£13 billion 10 year gas supply deal for the UK from 2015 boosting energy security
£1 billion acquisition of producing and development assets in the Norwegian North Sea
Strategic agreement for partnership on gas exploration opportunities in Norway and the UK ... Read more...
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Active Energy, the AIM - quoted voltage optimisation specialist and eco engineering consultants announces, the acquisition of Bioenerho-Leader Limited ("Bioenerho"), a company that has been established to provide biomass energy resources to industrial power facilities in Poland, for an initial consideration satisfied by the issue of 40,000,000 new ordinary sh ... Read more...
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McKay Securities PLC, the Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) specialising in South East and central London office and industrial property, has acquired Doncastle House, a 33,600 sq ft modern office property in Bracknell for £2.71 million. This represents an initial yield of 12.5%. The purchase price equates to £85 per sq ft after purchasers costs, ... Read more...
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Paddy Power plc ("Paddy Power") announces today the acquisition of CT Networks Limited ("Cayetano"), a games developer headquartered in the Isle of Man. Cayetano has developed a range of games for the online and mobile gaming markets, using its team of software developers and graphic designers located in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Cayetano was acquired this m ... Read more...
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Restore plc ("Restore" or "the Company") is pleased to announce the acquisition of Brunswick Document Management Limited ("Brunswick"), which was completed on 14 November 2011.
Founded in 1998 and based in Middlesbrough, Brunswick is a records management business with a broad range of customers, predominantly in the North East of England.& ... Read more...
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NewRiver Retail Limited (AIM and CISX: NRR), the UK REIT specialising in value-creating retail property investment and active asset management, is pleased to announce that it has completed the acquisition of the freehold interest of The Newland Shopping Centre in Witham, Essex. The property is being acquired from Glanmore Investment Limited for a total consideration of £ ... Read more...
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Modern Water (AIM:MWG), a provider of leading water technologies for the production of fresh water and monitoring of water quality, is pleased to announce that it has today entered into an agreement with Strategic Diagnostics Inc. ("SDIX") to purchase the assets of its water quality division (the "division"), including its Microtox® toxicity testing technology ... Read more...
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HICL Infrastructure Company Limited ("HICL" or the "Company", and together with its subsidiaries the "Group"), the listed infrastructure investment company, is pleased to announce that it has acquired a new investment and bought an additional stake in an existing project for a total consideration of £19.0 million.
The Group has a ... Read more...
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IDOX plc (AIM: IDOX, 'IDOX' or the 'Company'), a leading independent supplier of software and services, has acquired Interactive Dialogues Limited and Interactive Dialogues NV ("ID") for a total consideration of €2.2m (£1.9m) in cash.
ID is a leading supplier of e-learning and information solutions in Europe en ... Read more...
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The $5.5 million investment will help finance marketing, business development and R&D. As a part of the business development plan, aiHit will also be opening an R&D centre in St.Petersburg.
Aidar Kaliev, Head of VTB Capital’s venture business said: “There are several factors that excite us about this company. First, aiHit h ... Read more...
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GB Group plc ("GB Group" or the "Group" or the "Company"), the leading Identity Management specialist, announces that it has conditionally agreed to acquire Capscan Parent Ltd ("Capscan" or the "Acquisition"), a leading supplier of customer registration and address management software solutions for a consideration of £11 ... Read more...
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Sony Corporation (“Sony”) and Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (“Ericsson”) has announced that Sony will acquire Ericsson’s 50 percent stake in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (“Sony Ericsson”), making the mobile handset business a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sony.
The transaction give ... Read more...
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Brulines Group plc (AIM:BRU), the leading provider of real time monitoring systems and data management services for the leisure and forecourt solutions sectors, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Lookout Solutions ("Lookout"), a vending industry telemetry solutions provider based in Oxford, for an undisclosed sum.
The solutions provided by L ... Read more...
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Aegis Group plc ("Aegis"), one of the world's leading media and digital marketing communications groups, today announces that it has signed an agreement to acquire the assets and contracts of the Dutch media agency Kobalt Media B.V. ("Kobalt"). At the beginning of October 2011 Kobalt had gross assets of €18.9 million.
Kobalt ... Read more...
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Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC announces that on November 1st 2011 it is to acquire five new pubs, increasing its reach in Central London and adding 58 bedrooms to the business. Three of the new additions are leasehold and two are freehold properties.
The Wellington, Waterloo, The Pavilion End and Bluu in the City of London, The Hand ... Read more...
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Compass Group has acquired Integrated Cleaning Management Limited ("ICM") from Paul Rafferty and Coral Brodie. For the year ended 31 March 2011, ICM had revenues of £61.0m and gross assets of £16.3m.
ICM is ... Read more...
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Acquisition of additional 10% equity in Cybinka and Torzym concessions on Polish Reef Oil Play taking interest to 45% in each.
Aurelian is pleased to announce that it has acquired an additional 10% interest in each of the Cybinka and Torzym concessions from Avobone Poland B.V. ... Read more...
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Ithaca Energy (LON:IAE) has boosted its interest in the Stella/Harrier fields through the acquisition of Challenger Minerals. The company has acquired the entire share capital of Challenger Minerals from Transocean Drilling U.K. for a consideration of $35 million - $25 million payable immediately and US$10 million upon approval of the Stella/Harrier Field Development Plan by the Departmen ... Read more...
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Randall & Quilter Investment Holdings has reached agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of Principle Insurance Company Limited, a UK domiciled insurer, from Principle Insurance Holdings Limited. Principle has been in run-off since October 2009 and comprises almost entirely of Takaful motor insurance business with net reserves of c. £2.8m as at 30 June, 201 ... Read more...
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Pearson, the learning company, has announced the acquisition of TQ Holdings Ltd, a private company based in Derbyshire, England. TQ provides vocational and technical education and training services to governments, institutions and corporations around the world. Its major geographic markets are the UK and the Middle East, and it has particular expertise in skills related to the defence, en ... Read more...
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Security firm G4S has announced a £5.2 billion deal which it says will create the 'world's largest integrated security and facilities services group'. The company announced the acquisition of ISS A/S for an enterprise value of around £5.2 billion. G4S also announced a 7 for 6 rights issue at 122p to raise approximately £2 billion. The group put ... Read more...
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Unilever, one of the world's leading consumer goods companies and Concern Kalina, the leading Russian beauty company, today announced that Unilever has agreed to acquire 82% of Concern Kalina. The transaction, which is pending required regulatory approvals, values the equity of the total business at RUB 21.5 billion (€ 500 million).
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The deal, which is predominantly share based but has a cash element, will "create the largest independent net deepwater acreage portfolio in the emerging and highly prospective hydrocarbon province of East Africa," Ophir wrote in an announcement to the London Stock Exchange on Thursday.
News of the deal sent Ophir's shares slumping over 11% before tradin ... Read more...
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Sportingbet Plc ("Sportingbet"), a leading online sports betting and gaming group, today announces that its wholly owned subsidiaries, Sportingbet Holdings Limited ("SHL") and Interactive Sports (C.I.) Limited ("ISCI"), have each entered into a conditional binding agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of, in the case of SHL, Danbook Limited (&q ... Read more...
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Sainsbury's has announced the acquisition of online entertainment company Global Media Vault Ltd (GMV) from MBL Group PLC for £1 million. The acquisition will support the retailer's drive into the growing online and digital entertainment market following the launch of the Sainsbury's Entertainment website in November 2010.
GMV is a white label ... Read more...
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Maintel Holdings Plc, the telecoms and data services company, announces the acquisition, subject to shareholder approval, on 29 September 2011 of Totility Limited ("Totility"), a specialist UK mobile telecoms provider, for an initial consideration of £2.83m, with a further consideration of up to £4.0m dependent on Totility's performance in the 12 (in cer ... Read more...
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NWF, the specialist agricultural and distribution business, is pleased to announce the acquisition of Swan Petroleum Limited ("Swan") ("the Acquisition"), a 42 million litre depot based fuel distribution business operating in the North West of England. The Acquisition will increase NWF Fuels division's volume by 10% and enhance NWF's curren ... Read more...
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AVEVA (stock code : AVV), one of the world's leading providers of engineering design and information management solutions, today announces the acquisition of Z+F UK Limited ("Z+F UK"), a UK software company which develops and markets leading laser scanning software for the capture and management of laser scan data.
The acquisition brings to AVEVA's ... Read more...
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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...
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Ubisense Group plc (AIM: UBI, "Ubisense" "the Group"), the market-leading location solutions company, has acquired Integrated Mapping Services Inc ("InMaps"), a US-based company focused on delivering geospatial business solutions to electric and gas utilities, for $700,000 in cash.
InMaps' provides a suite of products, integrated with ... Read more...
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Ash & Lacy are leading manufacturers and distributors of metal building envelope systems and ancillary products, providing the specifier and contractor with total solutions from a single source.
A Newco, headed by the management team of Jonathan Evans and Ian French has made the acquisition, assisted by Leumi ABL, who provided a total asset based lend ... Read more...
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Porta Communications plc ("Porta" or the "Company") announces that a contract (the "Contract") has been signed in relation to the proposed acquisition of 80 per cent. of the issued share capital of Threadneedle Communications Limited ("Threadneedle" or "Threadneedle Communications") by Porta, subject inter alia to approva ... Read more...
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Tawa, Skuld and Paraline combine forces to acquire the leading provider of third-party syndicate management services at Lloyd's
A consortium comprising Tawa Plc, Skuld, and Paraline Group, Ltd. ("the Consortium") today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Whittington Insurance Markets Limited("Whittington") (&q ... Read more...
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The acquisition of Response One represents a further step in St Ives's strategy to create a complementary range of digital and marketing services, whilst reducing exposure to commoditised print markets and to enable the Group to add further value to existing and new clients.
Established in 1998, Response One is one of the UK's leading and fastest growing data ... Read more...
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Abcam plc, a global leader in the supply of protein research tools, is pleased to announce it has entered into an agreement to acquire the entire issued share capital of UK-based Ascent Scientific Ltd ("Ascent Scientific"), a specialist provider of biochemical reagents with international sales.
The total considerat ... Read more...
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Minoan, the AIM listed travel and leisure company is pleased to announce further progress in the Group's strategy of developing its travel and leisure business with the signing of a sale and purchase agreement ("SPA") on 9 September 2011 to acquire the entire issued share capital of John Semple Travel Limited ("JST"), a successful online and retail travel agent ba ... Read more...
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Union Bancaire Privée, UBP SA and ABN AMRO Bank N.V. have announced today that they have entered into an agreement whereby UBP will acquire ABN AMRO Bank (Switzerland) AG. The cash transaction is subject to the usual completion conditions and the approval of the relevant regulatory bodies. It is expected to be finalised during the fourth quarter of 20 ... Read more...
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Tawa plc ("Tawa") today announced that it has entered into a share purchase agreement to acquire Hamburger Internationale Ruckversicherung ("HIR"), the holding company for the Chiltington Group of companies ("Chiltington").
The purchase of HIR includes Chiltington, which provides consultancy and outsource serv ... Read more...
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HMS Group (LSE: HMSG), the leading pump manufacturer and provider of flow control solutions and related services in Russia and the CIS, announced that it has completed an acquisition of Bobruisk Machine Building Plant (the “Plant”), located in Bobruisk, Belarus – one of the largest manufacturer of specialist centrifugal pumps in the CIS.
H ... Read more...
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Hunting PLC (LSE:HTG), the international energy services company today announces the completion of the acquisition of the business and assets of W L Doffing, L.P. ("Doffing") a company that provides high precision machining services to the energy industry, for a cash consideration of US$20.8m (c.£12.8m).
The consideration paid is on a cash-free-debt ... Read more...
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Mattioli Woods plc (AIM: MTW.L) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the entire share capital of TCF Global Independent Financial Services Limited ("TCF") and its subsidiary Kudos Independent Financial Services Limited ("Kudos") from its shareholders ("the Sellers") for a total consideration of up to £8.69 million, to be satisfied part ... Read more...
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Costain, one of the UK\'s leading engineering solutions providers, is pleased to announce that it has acquired 100 per cent of the issued share capital of Promanex, an industrial support services business providing facilities management, installation, repair and maintenance and general asset management in a number of high growth, specialist markets such as Power, Petrochemicals and N ... Read more...
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The Provimi Group, a leading, global animal nutrition business, has announced that a binding offer has been received from Cargill to acquire Provimi from the Permira funds for an enterprise value of EUR 1.5 billion. Provimi has agreed with Cargill to commence the necessary Works Council consultations and appropriate anti-trust processes, on an exclusive basis.
A combin ... Read more...
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International Public Partnerships Limited (INPP) is pleased to announce that it has acquired the UK Government's investment interest in the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
INPP has acquired 100% of the interests in Building Schools for the Future Investments LLP (BSFI) from the Department for Education and Partnerships UK.&nb ... Read more...
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Aegis Group plc ("Aegis"), one of the world's leading marketing communications and market research groups, today announces that it has acquired pjure, an Austrian-based digital creative agency. As at 31 December 2010, pjure had gross assets of €562k.
With its roots in online advertising and e-dialogue marketing, established in 2000, pju ... Read more...
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Astrium, an EADS (EUR:EAD) subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire Vizada from Apax France, a French Private Equity fund and the majority shareholder, for $ 960 million. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals.
Vizada is a leading independent provider of global satellite-based mobility communication services, serving customers across se ... Read more...
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Pearson, the world's leading learning company, is today announcing the acquisition of Stark Holding ("Stark") from Syntegra Capital.
Stark is a leading provider of education materials including test preparation resources for pupils and teachers. The company is widely recognised for its high quality products, particularly in Maths, German and English. In ... Read more...
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Origin Enterprises plc's associate undertaking, Valeo Foods Group Limited ('Valeo'), today announced that it has reached conditional agreement to acquire Jacob Fruitfield Food Group Limited ('Jacob Fruitfield').
Jacob Fruitfield's portfolio of brands comprises some of Ireland's best known consumer food products including Jacob's ... Read more...
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FFastFill plc the leading provider of Software as a Service ("SaaS") to the global derivatives community, is pleased to announce the acquisition of software assets known as "Spread Intelligence", which contain highly sophisticated spread trading tools (the "Acquisition").
The Acquisition, which FFastFill believes has the potential to enhan ... Read more...
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H.R. Owen Plc ("H.R. Owen" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that it has acquired the entire issued share capital of Broughtons of Cheltenham Limited from its current shareholders, SP Broughton & Co Limited and Mr J Newcombe ("the Acquisition").
Broughtons of Cheltenham Limited operates three Bentley franchises, in ... Read more...
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The two in network system integration and data technology company engaged ICT Telelink join forces to its leading role in the region of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) continues to expand. Based in Holland Telelink Holdings BV acquires a majority stake in Austrian Datentechnik GmbH the transaction still requires approval by the competent authorities. After the merger ... Read more...
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Yorkshire Building Society announced that it has entered into an agreement with Egg Banking plc, a subsidiary of Citigroup Inc., to acquire its mortgage and savings business, comprising a £2.5 billion* savings book and a £430 million* mortgage book. As part of the transaction the Yorkshire will also acquire the Egg brand.
Yorkshire Buildin ... Read more...
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Saint-Gobain has signed an agreement with UK building materials distributor Wolseley for the acquisition of its British Build Center network and its French subsidiary Brossette.
Build Center Acquisition
Build Center is the UK's fourth largest general builders' merchant. With a network of 148 branches located ac ... Read more...
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Medisize Corporation has announced the decision of Phillips Plastics Corporation to acquire Medisize Corporation. Phillips Plastics Corporation is a global leader in design, engineering and manufacturing for the medical, consumer, defence and automotive industries. The acquisition will create a global, vertically integrated healthcare company with greater ability to meet custome ... Read more...
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OM Group has announced the signing of a definitive agreement to purchase Vacuumschmelze GmbH & Co. KG (VAC) of Hanau, Germany, a global market leader in advanced energy materials and specialty magnetics, for €700 million.
The proposed transaction would allow us to add another financially strong, market-leading business to our portfolio of highly specia ... Read more...
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Vision Capital, a UK based private equity firm, has closed a deal with Paragon Secondary Partners to acquire three of its Germany based companies. In partnership with Rubicon Partners, an industrial management group with experience in the German market, Vision Capital purchased ABL Technic, Metallwarenfabrik Gemmingen, and Gensets. The total 2010 revenues for these thr ... Read more...
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EQT V has agreed to sell Securitas Direct to private equity funds managed by Bain Capital and Hellman & Friedman for an enterprise value of SEK 21 billion in cash plus a potential additional payment of up to SEK 0.9 billion.
During EQT’s ownership Secu ... Read more...
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The MICEX and the RTS have announced the signing of a framework agreement to merge their businesses. The agreement determines the procedures for forming a single exchange holding. The signing of the agreement marks a new stage of the development of the Russian stock market infrastructure which implies the creation of an international leader prepared to ... Read more...
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Almacantar has exchanged contracts for the purchase of Marble Arch Tower for approximately £80 million.
The 82m tall tower is one of the most prominent buildings in London’s West End. The building, which overlooks Hyde Park, has been acquired from clients of Orchard Street Investment Management, the specialist commercial property investment manager. ... Read more...
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Team Telecom Group (TTG) has acquired IT consultancy C&C Technology, in the first phase of the Group’s planned expansion since a £32.8m management buy-out backed by Gresham Private Equity in May 2010. The move combines the strengths of TTG and C&C in the aviation sector and brings additional capabilities and services to TTG’s aviation portfoli ... Read more...
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ECI has invested in Reed & Mackay, the leading provider of strategic business travel management services. The investment will be used to continue to grow the high quality and value added services Reed & Mackay delivers to its clients.
In 2005 ISIS invested £4.87m on behalf of the Baronsmead VCTs in Reed & Mackay for a significant minor ... Read more...
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Funds advised by Citi Venture Capital International (“CVCI”, through the legal entities Citigroup Venture Capital International Jersey Limited and Baltic Pharma Limited), Invalda AB (“Invalda”) (www.invalda.com), Amber Trust II S.C.A. (“Amber”) and certain other persons ... Read more...
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The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) announced that it has completed an acquisition of the coffee brands and business operations of Rowland Coffee Roasters, Inc. ("Rowland Coffee"), a privately-held company headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Rowland Coffee's products are primarily sold under the leading Hispanic Cafe Bustelo®& ... Read more...
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Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc. (“MPS”), a leading manufacturer of print and packaging for the cosmetics, healthcare, horticulture, media, and consumer markets announced that it has signed a definitive purchase agreement with CD CARTONDRUCK AG, (“CARTONDRUCK”) headquartered in Obersulm, Germany.
CARTONDRUCK is a leading manufactu ... Read more...
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Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited (“Takeda”, TSE: 4502) and Nycomed A/S (“Nycomed”) jointly announced that Takeda has reached an agreement with the shareholders of Nycomed in which Takeda will acquire the Zurich-headquartered company for 9.6 billion Euro on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The boards of directors of each company unanimously approve ... Read more...
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Rosneft has closed its acquisition of 50% of Ruhr Oel GmbH from the Venezuelan state oil company Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA).
The European Commission approved acquisition by Rosneft of a 50% stake in Ruhr Oel on March 11, 2011.
The acquisition agreements took effect from May 1, 2011 following completion of necessary closing docume ... Read more...
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KCA DEUTAG, one of the world’s leading drilling and engineering contractors announces the completion of a refinancing process. The successful conclusion of this process has resulted in a transaction that strengthens the capital structure of the Company and ensures the long term financial stability of the business.
KCA DEUTAG will benefit from a strong institu ... Read more...
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Sanoma has agreed to acquire the SBS free-to-air TV assets in the Netherlands and Belgium from ProSiebenSat.1 together with a strong consortium of local partners. For the Dutch transaction, Sanoma has entered into a partnership with Talpa Media. For the Belgian acquisition, Sanoma has partnered with Corelio and Wouter Vandenhaute & Erik Watté. The enterprise value of th ... Read more...
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Mibelle AG Cosmetics is acquiring a majority stake in Hallam Beauty Ltd and is thus expanding its strong position in the business with cosmetics and hygiene products at international level.
Mibelle, a subsidiary of €14.5bn Swiss conglomerate, Migros, is one of Europe's foremost personal care companies and has acquired the £37m turnover business ... Read more...
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