M&A
Capgemini to buy iGate for $4 bn
27 Apr 2015
iGate generated about 70 per cent of its $1.27 billion revenue from the US last year and, post-closing, North America will represent 30 per cent of the combined 2015 revenue of €12.5 billion ($13.58 billion)
Australia’s M2 Group joins the race for iiNet with $1.3-bn bid
27 Apr 2015
Under M2’s scheme, iiNet shareholders would get 0.803 M2 shares plus A$0.75 cash per share as a special dividend against TPG offer of A$8.8 per share besides getting to own about 42 per cent of the share capital of the enlarged M2 Group
Perrigo Co rejects Mylan's $33-bn sweetened bid
25 Apr 2015
Generic drugmaker Mylan NV yesterday raised its takeover offer for Perrigo Co to $33 billion, in a move widely seen as an attempt to ward off an unsolicited bid from larger rival Teva Pharmaceuticals
Comcast scraps merger agreement with Time Warner Cable
25 Apr 2015
The move scraps a giant deal that faced opposition from consumers and a possible veto from federal regulators
Capgemini close to buying iGate: report
23 Apr 2015
Capgemini, one of the world's largest consulting, technology and outsourcing services companies, is close to buying Nasdaq-listed iGate, in a deal which, if successful, would be one of the biggest M&As in the IT services sector
Perrigo rejects Mylan’s $29 bn takeover offer
22 Apr 2015
Teva Pharmaceutical offers to buy Mylan NV for $40 bn
22 Apr 2015
A successful Teva-Mylan merger would be the largest in the pharmaceutical industry this year, which has seen acquisitions taking place at a frenzied pace
ConocoPhillips mulls selling some Norwegian North Sea assets worth $1 bn
22 Apr 2015
ConocoPhillips has been planning to sell some of its non-core oil and gas producing acreage in the US worth between $1 billion and $2.5 billion
Daiichi Sankyo sells entire 9% stake in Sun Pharma for Rs20,420 cr
21 Apr 2015
Daiichi Sankyo said it would make an announcement concerning gains or losses on the sale of Sun Pharma shares when results of operations for the fiscal year ending in March 2015 are announced
Liberty Global to acquire Belgian mobile network operator Base for $1.43 bn
21 Apr 2015
Telenet, which is 56-per cent owned by Liberty Global, intends to fund the deal through a combination of €1 billion of new debt facilities and existing liquidity
Mahindra & Mahindra to table buyout offer for Italian car designer Pininfarina
21 Apr 2015
Mahindra & Mahindra plans to table a formal buyout offer for Italian car designer Pininfarina before the company's shareholders meeting on 29 April
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