TransDigm Group Incorporated and Metalmark Capital announced today that TransDigm has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Airborne Systems Inc., for approximately $250 million in cash. Airborne Systems is owned by MetalmarkCapital.
Deals
Forest Labs to buy schizophrenia drug, cut costs
Forest Laboratories Inc, which is facing patent expirations on several of its biggest drugs, on Monday said it plans to buy rights to a new schizophrenia treatment from Merck & Co and cut annual operating costs by $500 million in fiscal 2016.
Wipro of India enters acquisition deal of Opus Capital Markets for USD75 million
Wipro Ltd announced today in a statement that it is set to acquire Opus Capital Markets Consultants LLC, a US-based mortgage services provider in order to expand its offerings to its financial services clients.
Dow Chemical said it will exit from assets worth $5B
Dow Chemical revealed its plans today to divest its USD5 billion worth of assets, which was way more than the range chief executive Andrew Liveris initially declared in October.
Akamai buying Prolexic for $370 mln to boost DDoS protection
Akamai Technologies Inc said it will spend about $370 million to acquire Prolexic Technologies Inc, a pioneer in fighting distributed denial of service attacks, cyberthreats that cripple networks by overwhelming them with Internet traffic.
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Norwegian bank DNB ASA through its Chief Executive Officer Rune Bjerke rejected predictions on the country's housing market, saying that the claims were unfounded.
Switzerland bank UBS AG launched its EUR1.75 billion or USD2.4 billion bond buyback program, which will be applicable to subordinate and senior unsecured bonds in several European currencies.
Data gathered by the US Federal Reserve showed a decline of over USD80 billion in nanks' holdings in federal agency bonds and Treasuries, marking its first annual decline since 2007.
Hotel major Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc. seeks to raise up to USD2.4 billion in its US listing. Hilton Worldwide will offer 112.8 million shares, giving it a market value of about USD19.2 billion.
Stockholm-based private equity firm Cevian Capital on Monday announced its acquisition of 25 million A-shares in truck manufacturer Volvo. The purchase brought Cevian's ownership to 68.7 million A-shares and 29.8 million B-shares.
US-based Akamai Technologies on Monday announced that it will acquire the world's largest and most trusted cyber security provider Prolexic Technologies for USD370 million. The deal is expected to close in spring of next year.
Thanks to the decline in deals in Greater China, demand and pay for Southeast Asian investment bankers as deal makers had seen an increase, according Thomson Reuters data.
London-based private equity firm Montagu will be exiting from its Polish broadcast infrastructure firm Emitel. American investment firm Alinda Capital Partners reportedly agreed to buy Emitel in a deal that could be worth EUR840 million.
The Monetary Board of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has cleared the USD500 million loan from the Asian Development Bank. The said fund will be used to rehabilitate and reconstruct communities struck by super typhoon Haiyan.
