Download PDF Allied Universal – privately owned G4S (G4S.L) – market cap as of 5th March 2021: £3.76bn Introduction After the end of the U.S. bidder’s drawn-out takeover battle with Canada’s GardaWorld, whose last bid was £3.7bn or 235p-per-share, G4S has agreed to a £3.8bn or 245p-per-share takeover offer from Read more…
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (NYSE:BABA) – market cap as of 20/04/2018: $462.0bn Tencent Holdings Ltd. (HKG:0700) – market cap as of 20/04/2018: HK$3,780bn Introduction The first two weeks of April 2018 have seen a string of aggressive acquisitions and the announcement of financing rounds by companies backed by the Chinese Read more…
Intercontinental Exchange Inc; Market cap: $28.1bn (as of 31/10/15) Interactive Data Company; Market Cap: N.A. About the deal The US exchanges operator Intercontinental Exchange Inc (ICE) announced on Monday the intention to buy financial data firm Interactive Data Corp (IDC) in a deal worth $5.2bn, which will aggressively boost Read more…
KKR & Co. LP (Assets Under Management: US$83.5bn as of June 30th 2013) Melrose PLC (Market Cap: US$5.95bn as of October 10th 2013) On October 10th KKR & Co. L.P. announced the acquisition of The Crosby Group and Acco Material Handling Solutions from Melrose Industries PLC in a deal valued Read more…