Download PDF Introduction On October 3rd, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly and Company [LLY:NYSE] announced its plans to strengthen its collection of cancer drugs through the acquisition of POINT Biopharma [PNT:NASDAQ] for $1.4bn, representing a premium of almost 90%. The firm’s purchase of POINT, a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company with a focus Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Endeavour Group, the parent company of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, announced its plans to acquire WWE, the world’s largest professional wrestling organization, on April 3rd, 2023, creating one of the world’s greatest sports entertainment corporations, valued at $18.4bn. WWE has mostly lost its pop culture appeal and youthful following Read more…
Download PDF Introduction After years marked by scandals, accounting malpractices, poor strategic decisions, and an overall faulty corporate governance, Toshiba seems to have found a buyer. On March 23, 2023, the Board of Directors approved a $15bn offer from a consortium of 17 domestic companies and 6 financial institutions, led Read more…
Download PDF Introduction On March 6th Altria [NYSE: MO], one of the largest cigarette companies in the world, announced their agreement to acquire e-cigarette startup NJOY for approximately $2.75 billion, making it the largest transaction up to date in the Consumer segment for 2023. The deal comes a couple of Read more…
Download PDF Introduction The second biggest cosmetics company by revenue in the world, Estée Lauder [NYSE: EL] has announced on November 15 that it has signed an agreement to buy the fashion house Tom Ford brand for $2.8bn making it the largest acquisition within the luxury world this year. The Read more…
Download PDF Introduction On November 1, 2022, Poseidon Acquisition Corp. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Atlas Corporation (NYSE: ATCO) in an all-cash deal of nearly $10.9bn (about €10.9bn). The investment vehicles backed by David L. Sokol, Chairman of Atlas’ Board of Directors, affiliates of the Washington Family, Canadian Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Bolt Financial Inc., a leading payments-focused technology company, announced the acquisition of the crypto-services startup Wyre in a cash and stock deal. Announced on April 7th, 2022, the deal is expected to close later in 2022. It is valued at around $1.5 billion, and, according to research Read more…
Download PDF Introduction Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to buy insurance company Alleghany Inc in a deal worth $11.6bn. The purchase, once completed, would be one of the five biggest acquisitions in Berkshire’s records and will put some of the firm’s $146.7bn of cash and cash equivalents to work after a Read more…
Download PDF Welcome back from the winter break! We hope you had a wonderful time with your beloved ones and please, do not worry if you missed the most significant recent deals, BSIC will introduce them to you! TMT Microsoft’s acquisition of video game maker Activision Blizzard Deal Value: $68.7bn| Read more…
Download PDF LVMH (MC.PA) Market Cap as of 30th April 2021 – €315.40bn Tod’s (TOD.MI) Market Cap as of 30th April 2021 – €1.30bn Introduction On April 23rd the news broke that the luxury-powerhouse LVMH has acquired a 6.8% stake in Italian shoe and leather goods producer Tod’s. This increases Read more…
Download PDF ION Group – privately owned Cerved (CERV) – market cap as of 26th March 2021: €1.86bn Introduction ION Group has made a takeover offer worth €1.9bn ($2.2bn) for Milan-based Cerved, just days after the privately-owned fintech company snapped up Italian banking software provider Cedacri. Dublin-based ION, led by Read more…
Download PDF Introduction After stalling in winter and spring 2020 due to the coronavirus, M&A activity picked up over the summer, fuelled by a bullish stock market. The situation remains dire however: according to MergerMarket data, companies have struck €620bn worth of M&A deals in the three months Read more…
Download PDF NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA : NASDAQ) – market cap 24/9/2020: $305.1bn ARM Holdings – privately held by Softbank Introduction On the 13th of September, Softbank agreed to sell its UK subsidiary Arm Holdings to Nvidia in a $40bn deal. The cash-and-stock transaction will be the largest in the Read more…
PayPal Holdings Inc. [PYPL: NASDAQ] – Market Cap as of 30/11/2019 USD 126.82bn Honey Science Corporation – Privately Held Introduction On November 20th, 2019 PayPal announced the $4bn acquisition of deal-finding company Honey, which is expected to complete in Q1 2020. The deal will provide PayPal with an additional source Read more…
Fujifilm Holdings Corporation. [TYO: 4901.T] – Market Cap as of 23/09/2019: USD 18.93bn (JPY 2.056tn) Xerox Holding Corporation. [NYSE: XRX] – Market Cap as of 23/09/2019: USD 8.44bn Intro On Tuesday, November 5th 2019, Fujifilm announced it will acquire Xerox’s 25% stake in the joint venture Fuji Xerox. The $2.3bn Read more…