After the quietest year for mergers and acquisitions last year since the global financial crisis, bankers and lawyers are hoping deals in their pipelines will soon come to market and lift volumes. However, activity this year is down more ...
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US private equity firm TPG Capital has entered into an agreement to acquire Australia's leading poultry processor Inghams Enterprises for approximately A$880m ($901m). TPG Capital overcame competition from several other bidders in the ...
Separate final bids have been placed by the US private equity firms Blackstone and TPG Capital as well as a consortium led by Chinese agribusiness company New Hope to acquire Australia's leading poultry processor Inghams Enterprises. The ...
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Li Ning Company Limited, one of the leading sports brand companies in China, announced that its Board of Directors (the "Board") proposes to raise approximately HK$1,847.8 million to HK$1,868.6 million by way of an Open Offer of Convertible ...
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Dell, the world's third-biggest PC vendor, is in talks that could see it taken over by private equity, according to reports. However, discussions with TPG Capital and Silver Lake are currently at a preliminary stage and financing has ...
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Private equity firm KKR has doubled its investment in Masan Consumer Corp, taking a bigger stake in the Vietnam noodle and fish sauce firm. The deal, which marks the largest single private equity investment in the Southeast Asian ...
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South Korean insurer Kyobo Life Insurance is selling 30% of its stake in the firm in an auction, which is expected to be worth $2bn. Sources close to the matter told The Financial Times that the deal has attracted interest from private ...
Is the PE backed, Indian apparel retail industry growth story falling apart or turning sour? Considering the increasing number of garment retailers who are suffering from growing debt pressures, more so those funded by Private Equity (PE) ...
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ProSight Specialty Underwriters has appointed Ciaran O'Donnell as its Finance Director,effective immediately. O'Donnell served as finance director for several international insurance companies and the Lloyd's market and most recently he ...
US-based private equity investment firm TPG Capital has completed the previously announced acquisition of Chinese cosmetics packaging company HCP from members of the founding Chen family for about $500m. HCP has manufacturing facilities ...
Sabra Dipping Co., the dips venture run by PepsiCo and Israeli food group Strauss, is to set up an R&D facility in the US. The company is spending US$28m on a facility in Chesterfield County in Virginia. Strauss decided to run its US ...
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TPG and Par Pharmaceutical have announced the completion of Par's purchase by certain TPG affiliates. According to the merger agreement, Par's stockholders are eligible to earn $50.00 in cash, without interest, less any applicable ...
Private investment firm TPG has signed an agreement with Investcorp to acquire heavy-duty truck and trailer parts retailer FleetPride for an undisclosed amount. The transaction, which is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2012, is ...
Industrial machinery maker Gardner Denver Inc yesterday confirmed media reports that it is exploring a sale, a deal which would value the US industrial machinery maker over $3 billion. Reacting to a Reuters report, the 150 year-old company ...
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On Tuesday, 24 July 2012, the Board of Billabong announced that it had received an indicative, non-binding and conditional proposal from TPG to acquire all of the shares in the company for $1.45 cash per share by way of a scheme of ...
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