Leveraged Buyouts

Czech billionaire Daniel Křetínský's £3.5 billion bid for Royal Mail gains momentum, sparking political tensions over foreign ownership concerns.

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Department store chain Macy's Inc. has reportedly received a buyout offer amounting to $5.8 billion...

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AssuredPartners, a portfolio firm of private equity firm GTCR, bought insurance firm Lee F. Murphy Inc. The deal was made through AssuredPartners of Minnesota but no financial terms were disclosed.

Foresight Solar Fund bought Wymeswold Solar Plant located in Leicestershire for GBP43.7 million in a deal financed from initial public offering (IPO) proceeds raised in October.

Canadian company Saputo Inc's AUD449 million offer for Warrnambool Cheese and Butter Factory Holdings Ltd. has been recommended by the WCB board and subsequently approved by the Australian government.

Birmingham-based United States Pipe and Foundry Co. and US Pipe Fabrication acquired Minnesota-based company Fab Pipe Inc. to expand its waterworks fabrication and distribution network in the Midwest.

Allete Clean Energy, a subsidiary of US power company Allete, recently announced its acquisition of three wind farms located in Minnesota, Iowa, and Oregon, for USD27 million.

Boston-based email productivity startup Yesware made its first acquisition by buying troubled San-Francisco based email file sharing startup Attachments.me, which would also be shutting down today.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported on Monday.

The USD4.2 billion purchase by Shire Plc of ViroPharma Inc is the highest purchase on EBITDA rates for a biotechnology firm in history, as the price is 58 times EBITDA.

Toll Brothers Inc would be seeking to acquire the amount needed to finance its USD1.6 billion acquisition of Shapell Industries Inc and refinance its 4.95 notes due next year.

The amount that private-equity firm KKR & Co would use to acquire Brickman Group Ltd would come from its ongoing North American fund worth over USD8.3 billion and other financial pools.