Merger & Acquisition News

SENECA, S.C. & HARTSVILLE, S.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oconee Federal Financial Corp. (NASDAQ: OFED) (“the Company”), the holding company for Oconee Federal Savings and Loan Association (“Oconee Federal”), and the majority-owned subsidiary of Oconee Federal, MHC (“the MHC”), and Mutual Savings Bank (“Mutual”), a federally-chartered mutual savings bank, today announced the execution of an agreement pursuant to which Mutual will merge with and into Oconee Federal with Oconee Federal as the surviving e...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aya Healthcare, the largest healthcare talent software and staffing company in the U.S., today announced its acquisition of Polaris AI, a machine learning platform that predicts future patient volume and staffing levels in clinical settings, leading to greater efficiency and cost savings for healthcare organizations. Polaris utilizes proprietary machine learning algorithms to intelligently inform staffing needs, and provide tools for systems to effectively distribute...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HighVista Strategies LLC (“HighVista”), an alternative asset manager investing in private and public markets, today announced the signing of a definitive agreement to acquire the U.S. private markets business of abrdn Inc. (“abrdn”), abrdn plc’s US subsidiary, including the U.S. private equity and venture capital assets, and the investment and operational teams. This strategic acquisition will increase HighVista’s assets under management to approximately $9 billion. Ter...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PSQ Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: PSQH) (“PublicSq.” or the “Company”), a leading marketplace of patriotic businesses and consumers, announced that after the successful completion of the business combination between PublicSq. (formerly Colombier Acquisition Corp. (“Colombier”), a special purpose acquisition company) and PublicSq.’s wholly-owned subsidiary PublicSq. Inc., trading of PublicSq.’s shares of Class A common stock and warrants on the New York Stock Exch...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NasdaqGS: SPPI) (“Spectrum” or the “Company”) announced today that the leading independent proxy advisory firms, Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (“ISS”) and Glass Lewis & Co. (“Glass Lewis”), have each recommended that Spectrum stockholders vote “FOR” the proposal to adopt the Agreement and Plan of Merger (“Merger Agreement”, and such proposal, the “Merger Proposal”) at the upcoming special meeting of stockholders (the “Speci...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--San Francisco Equity Partners (“SFEP”) today announced the acquisition of RICH LTD. (“Rich”) by its portfolio company DGS Retail (“DGS”), a leading provider of décor, signage, fixtures, displays and other critical products to customers in the grocery, retail, foodservice and consumer brand end markets. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Based in Oceanside, CA, Rich is a designer and manufacturer of customizable point-of-purchase displays and retail store fixtu...

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Heritage-Crystal Clean, Inc. (Nasdaq: HCCI) (“Crystal Clean”), a leading provider of parts cleaning, hazardous and non-hazardous waste services, used oil re-refining, antifreeze recycling, industrial and field services, and emergency and spill response services, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement to be acquired by an investment affiliate of J.F. Lehman & Company (“JFLCO”), a leading private equity investment firm fo...

DENVER, Colorado--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Liberty Global plc (Liberty Global) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK) announces today the results of the initial acceptance period of the voluntary and conditional public takeover bid by its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Liberty Global Belgium Holding B.V. (the Offeror) for all the shares of Telenet Group Holding NV (Telenet) that the Offeror does not already own or that are not held by Telenet (the Offer). During the initial acceptance period, which ended...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PSQ Holdings, Inc., a leading marketplace of patriotic businesses and consumers, and Colombier Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: CLBR) (“Colombier”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced the completion of their previously announced business combination. Colombier stockholders approved the business combination with PSQ Holdings, Inc., and the related proposals, at a Special Meeting of Colombier stockholders (the “Special Meeting”)...

PALM BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Colombier Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: CLBR) (“Colombier”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, announced that at the special meeting of Colombier stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) held today, Colombier’s stockholders voted in favor of the proposed business combination (the “Business Combination”) and the related proposals with PSQ Holdings, Inc. (“PublicSq.”), a leading marketplace of patriotic businesses and consumers. The period for holder...