Merger & Acquisition News

FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Complete Solaria, Inc. (“Complete Solaria” or the “Company”), a leading solar technology, services, and installation company, today announced it will be hosting a one-hour virtual update on May 23, 2023 at 11:00 AM ET, to review its Q1 results, pending business combination, and market backdrop for residential solar. The formal presentation will be followed by a live question and answer session. Registration is required for this virtual event. To register click...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--VICI Properties Inc. (NYSE: VICI) (“VICI Properties” or the “Company”), an experiential real estate investment trust, today announced that it has entered into definitive agreements to acquire the real estate assets of Century Casino & Hotel Edmonton, Century Casino St. Albert and Century Mile Racetrack and Casino, each in Edmonton, Alberta and Century Downs Racetrack and Casino in Calgary, Alberta, (collectively the “Century Canadian Portfolio”) from Century Casin...

HOUSTON, & CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Stellus Capital Management, LLC (“Stellus”) announced today that its affiliates acted as administrative agent and provided senior debt financing and an equity co-investment in support of Eagle Merchant Partners’ (“Eagle Merchant”) acquisition of Impact Home Services, LLC (“Impact” or the “Company”), an independent owner and operator of franchises within Neighborly, the world’s largest home services company. Formed in 2021 by Shirin Kanji, Impact oper...

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--SKDK, a nationally recognized public affairs and political consulting firm, and part of the growing Stagwell network, today announced it has acquired Jasper Advisors, a c-suite advisory firm, founded by Julie Andreeff Jensen and David Sutphen. Under the deal, Jasper and its team will remain an independent subsidiary led by Jensen and Sutphen, and continue advising its growing roster of clients across business and sports. Together Jasper and SKDK create an unparallel...

LONDON & MUMBAI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pepper Advantage, a global credit intelligence company, has acquired Rieom.ai, a specialist AI-driven credit management software platform based in Pune, India. Rieom.ai’s flagship product is an AI/ML-driven predictive pre-payout credit approval tool that uses socio-demographic and profile-based analysis to assess loan application documents to identify fraud risks and other suspicious behaviour prior to credit approval. The tool is a continuously learning platfo...

COLOMBES, France--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: With the planned acquisition of Polytec PT, Arkema (Paris:AKE) will strengthen Bostik’s product offer to serve the fast-growing batteries and electronics markets. This bolt-on acquisition is part of the Group’s strategy to become a full system provider and support its customers to develop sustainable solutions for the batteries and electronics markets. Polytec PT, a company based in Germany, develops thermal interface materials for batteries a...

ZURICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Article 53 of the SIX Exchange Regulation Listing Rules In connection with the planned acquisition of Credit Suisse, UBS Group AG (NYSE:UBS) (SWX:UBSN) has filed a registration statement on Form F-4 with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) covering the UBS Group AG shares to be issued to Credit Suisse Group AG shareholders in the acquisition. UBS filed today Amendment 1 to the registration statement, which inc...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Getaround Closes Acquisition of HyreCar Assets...

MONTREAL--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BELLUS Health Inc. (Nasdaq: BLU; TSX: BLU.TO) (“BELLUS” or the “Company”) today announced that the Superior Court of Québec has issued an interim order authorizing, among other things, the holding of a special meeting (the “Special Meeting”) of shareholders of BELLUS (“Shareholders”) on June 16, 2023. At the Special Meeting, Shareholders will be asked to consider and, if deemed advisable, to adopt a special resolution (the “Arrangement Resolution”) approving the previ...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Horizon Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: HZNP) today issued the following statement in response to the FTC’s complaint seeking to block Amgen’s proposed acquisition of the Company: “This acquisition has the potential to accelerate the availability of important rare disease medicines to more patients worldwide. The FTC’s complaint impacts patients and is rooted in a theory about potential future “bundled” contracts with payors and not competitive overlap concerns. Horizon does...