Over the past year, the LED industry had pondered about the company that would eventually take over Philips lighting component (Philips Lumileds) and automotive business. Previous market rumors pointing towards CVC and KKR consortium as ...
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Two investment funds KKR and CVC Capital Partners have emerged as top bidders for Pivovarna Lasko, a Slovenian brewery. Three other bidders - Mid Europa Partners, Bain Capital and Dutch brewer Heineken - were urged to submit improvised ...
Pivovarna Lasko, a leading brewer in Slovenia, has secured five binding bids in a sale that iis likely to be completed by June end. Though the names of the bidders have not been announced officially, local media reports say that Dutch ...
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Canadian buyout firm Onex is said to be leading the bidding for Switzerland-based juice-box maker SIG Combibloc Group. Onex is competing against Swiss private-equity firm Partners Group Holding in the final round. It is being speculated ...
Rigid plastic packaging manufacturer Plastipak Packaging has won a bid to acquire La Seda de Barcelona Group’s APPE Packaging Division for €360m. The investment will include a gross up of €65m that will be transferred with ...
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One Equity Partners (OEP) will go ahead with the sale of Austrian flexible packaging company Constantia Flexibles after it failed to list the company on the stock exchange. JP Morgan owns 50% of OEP and has received expressions of ...
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The prototype proof card for a vintage Star Wars Luke Skywalker action figure sold for the princely sum on eBay this weekend. A rare Star Wars proof card used as a prototype design for a vintage action figure could just prove that ...
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Bob Evans Farms' investor Sandell Asset Management said that at least six private-equity firms are eyeing the company's food business, BEF Foods. As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the potential bidders for Bob Evans include Spirit ...
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Australia-based miner Mineral Resources has announced that it has acquired a 12.78 percent stake in Australia's Aquila Resources Limited, buying more than 52 million shares in the company. Mineral Resources stated that it has the financial ...
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This 5.50-carat fancy vivid pink topped Christie's New York sale Tuesday, going for $1.7 million percarat. Click through this slideshow to see the top 10 lots from Christie's Important Jewels auction held Tuesday in New York. New ...
The city-owned utility in Owensboro, Kentucky, received about 10 bids in response to a recent request for proposals to buy 250,000-500,000 st of high-sulfur coal for 2015 and 500,000-750,000 st in 2016-2019, a utility official said Monday. ...
India's largest coal producer Coal India Limited is expected to decide whether to award a contract for thermal coal imports at its next board meeting set for late May, a source said Thursday. CIL received a single bid from government ...
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Australia-based Aquila Resources Limited has announced that it has received a A$1.42 million takeover offer from Baosteel Resources Australia Pty Ltd (Baosteel) and Australian rail and logistics company Aurizon Operations Limited (Aurizon) ...
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South Korea's state-owned Korea Gas Corp said Friday it had sold 5% of its stake in LNG Canada to Shell as part of efforts to reduce its debts. "Kogas' subsidiary Kogas Canada LNG Ltd. has transferred 5% of its stake in LNG Canada to ...
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R.G. Barry Corporation, the parent of Dearfoams, signed a merger agreement pursuant to which Mill Road Capital, a private equity firm, will acquire all of the outstanding shares of R.G. Barry for $19.00 per share in cash, reflecting an ...
Tags: Sporting Goods, Recreation