Download PDF Introduction February 26th 2007 marked one of the peaks of the pre-financial crisis exuberance: KKR [NYSE: KKR] and TPG [NASDAQ: TPG], together with a number of banks including Goldman Sachs [NYSE: GS] and Lehman Brothers, announced the acquisition of the Texas power company TXU for an astounding $44.3bn Read more…
Download PDF Introduction 2022 has been a difficult year for investment banks. Despite the relative strength of their trading divisions, a collapse in M&A value has been weighing down on revenues. Something that has been leading to outright losses, however, is Leveraged Finance. This lesser-known part of the financing groups Read more…
Download PDF Introduction McAfee, a global leader in online protection, announced on the 8th of November that it had reached an agreement with a consortium of investors, including Advent International Corp., Permira Advisers and Crosspoint Capital Partners, to be acquired after giving effect to McAfee debt payback, in an all-cash Read more…
Download PDF PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) Market Cap as of 17th September 2021 – $324.7bn Paidy – privately owned Introduction On September 8th PayPal Holdings Inc. announced its intention to acquire Japanese Buy-Now-Pay-Later (BNPL) company Paidy Inc. for $2.7bn in a largely cash deal. This deal, expected to close in the fourth Read more…
Download PDF Tesco plc (LSE: TSCO) – market cap as of 13th November 2020: €22.00bn Charoen Pokphand Group Co. (Privately held) – estimated revenue in 2018: $63bn Introduction Early in 2020, Tesco solicited bids for its southeast Asian Operations. The British grocery chain was looking to simplify its business and Read more…
Download PDF London Stock Exchange Group(LON:LSE) – market cap as of 30th October 2020: £29.13bn Euronext (EPA:ENX) – market cap as of 30th October 2020: €6.23bn Introduction After long talks, The London Stock Exchange announced on Friday the 9 of October 2020 it will sell Borsa Italiana to Euronext Read more…
Download PDF Illumina, Inc. (ILMN: NASDAQ) – market cap 01/10/2020: $45.5bn Grail – privately held Introduction On September 21st, 2020, the biotech pioneer Illumina agreed to buy the cancer screening start-up Grail in a $8bn deal. Illumina will pay $3.5bn in cash and $4.5bn in common stock to finance Read more…
Peloton Interactive Inc. [NASDAQ: PTON] – Market Cap as of 12/10/2019 $6.26bn Introduction On September 26th, 2019, Peloton, an American exercise equipment and media company, went public on the Nasdaq raising $1.16bn via its IPO. The company raised this capital through floating 40 million new shares at $29, effectively Read more…
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BTX) – market cap as of 27/11/2018: USD 48.57bn Introduction On November 20, 2018, Boston Scientific, a company operating as a provider of innovative medical solutions, successfully reached an agreement to acquire BTG plc, the UK developer and distributor of tools employed in the treatment of Read more…
IBM – Share price as of 09/11/2018 – $123.54 Red Hat – Share price as of 09/11/2018 – $173,75 Introduction From the 1900’s to the 1970’s, technology companies went from producing bulky recording machines to even bulkier versions of the first computers. Since then, they ditched the design, which resembled Read more…
L3 Technologies Inc (LLL: HRS) – Share price as of 02/11/2018 – $189,25 Harris Corp (NYSE: HRS) – Share price as of 02/11/2018 – $147,7 Introduction On October 14, 2018, military communication providers Harris Corp and L3 Technologies Inc. announced that they had entered into a definitive agreement to complete Read more…
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (NYSE: FCAU) – market cap as of 31/10/2018: USD 23.978bn KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) – market cap as of: 31/10/2018: USD 19.176bn Introduction On October 22, 2018 Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. announced the sale of its automotive components unit Magneti Marelli for a price Read more…
Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc (AML: GB) – market cap as of 8/10/2018: €3.6bn Introduction Aston Martin Lagonda Global Holdings Plc, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of luxury sports cars, completed its Initial Public Offering on the London Stock Exchange on October 3rd, 2018. The issue price of Read more…
Michael Kors Holdings Limited (NYSE:KORS) – market cap as of 02/10/2018: USD9.954bn Gianni Versace SpA Introduction On September 25, 2018 the handbag maker Michael Kors Holdings Limited signed an official agreement to purchase all of the outstanding shares of the Italian fashion house Gianni Versace SpA for a total Read more…
Marsh & McLennan Companies [MMC:NYSE] – Market Cap 42,252bn Jardine Lloyd Thompson plc [JLT.T:LSE] – Market Cap 4,025bn Introduction On September 18, 2018, the New-York-based conglomerate Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (“MMC”), a global leader in the fields of risk, strategy and people, acquired the lower-scaled UK rival Jardine Lloyd Read more…