Merger & Acquisition News

RUNGIS, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: ESI Group (ISIN code: FR0004110310, Symbol: ESI) (Paris:ESI) and Keysight Technologies Inc (NYSE: KEYS) announce the signature of a share purchase agreement for the acquisition by Keysight Technologies, Inc. of a majority stake in the capital of ESI Group SA at a price of 155 EUR per share. This step forward is made possible by the completion of the consultation of ESI Group's workers’ council on September 19, 2023. On June 29, 2023, ESI Group a...

ROSEMONT, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Trimlite Equity, L.P. (“Trimlite” or the “Company”), a Wynnchurch Capital portfolio company, announced that it has acquired Francis-Schulze Company (“F-S” or “Francis-Schulze”). Members of the Francis and Schulze families will continue as shareholders in Trimlite. Financial terms were not disclosed. Francis-Schulze is a leading value-added distributor of exterior door products and hardware. Founded in 1957 and headquartered in Russia, Ohio, Francis-Schulze has d...

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KLDiscovery Inc. (“KLD”), a leading global provider of electronic discovery, information governance, and data recovery services, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Cenza Technologies Private Limited (“Cenza”), an India based alternative legal services provider (“ALSP”) that offers Contract Lifecycle Management (“CLM”) and CLM implementation services, document review, and LawTech & Legal AI driven solutio...

MECHANICSBURG, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pennsylvania American Water announced today that an agreement has been reached for it to acquire Audubon Water Company (Audubon). Under the terms of the transaction, an affiliate of Pennsylvania American Water will merge with Audubon, with shareholders of Audubon Water receiving shares of AWK common stock in exchange for all of the issued and outstanding shares of Audubon, and subsequently, Audubon will merge into Pennsylvania American Water. The transaction...

BRISBANE, Australia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ausenco, a global integrated engineering and consulting services provider to the minerals and metals industries, and energy transition market (the “Company”), today announced Eldridge, Brightstar Capital Partners (“Brightstar”), and Claure Group have signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake of Ausenco from Resource Capital Fund VI L.P. and other co-investors. The Company’s co-founder, Zimi Meka, will remain CEO, Board member and investor in...

WOBURN, Mass. & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Abpro Corporation (“Abpro”), a biotechnology company with the mission of improving the lives of those facing severe and life-threatening diseases with next-generation antibody therapies, and Atlantic Coastal Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ: ACAB), a special purpose acquisition corporation (“Atlantic Costal”), today announced a term sheet to enter into a definitive business combination, which was entered into on September 18, 2023. The transaction is expec...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MS Rubber Company, a Generational Equity client, was acquired by TRG....

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, SUNRx, a leading healthcare technology company and 340B administrator, announced that it has acquired AuthorityRx. The acquisition complements SUNRx’s current 340B offerings with the addition of auditing and enhanced compliance services as well as two cloud-based applications. The automated Advanced Claims Capture (ACC) product supports clients by improving savings through the capture of outside referral providers, and the manufacturer support application rest...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Bleecker Street Group Announces Acquisition of Ripple Operations...

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: RETA) (“Reata,” the “Company,” “our,” “us,” or “we”), a global, biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing novel therapies for patients with severe diseases, announced that at a special meeting held today, preliminary results indicate that the stockholders of the Company voted to approve the Company’s previously announced acquisition (the “Merger”) by Biogen Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Biogen”). Appr...