Merger & Acquisition News

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN], a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton, today announced that it will acquire O’Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC (“OSAM”), a leading quantitative asset management firm. Through this acquisition, Franklin Templeton adds to its offerings in the high growth separately managed account (SMA) industry, where it is already one of the largest providers with $130 billion in SMA assets under mana...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Home Center Supply, a Generational Equity client, was acquired by US LBM Holdings....

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arctic Wolf®, a leader in security operations, today announced the advancement of Arctic Wolf Managed Security Awareness® with the acquisition of innovative and award-winning training platform Habitu8. Managed Security Awareness is the latest addition to the Arctic Wolf Security Operations platform, the industry’s first security awareness and training program delivered as a concierge service. Co-founded in 2017 by security awareness and training expert, Jas...

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ScienceLogic, a leader in AIOps and hybrid-cloud IT management, has acquired Restorepoint, a pioneer in network configuration and change management. The move expands ScienceLogic’s portfolio into the Network Operations (NetOps) and Security Operations (SecOps) domains. IT operations management has become a mission-critical IT leadership objective, and readiness and resilience are central to ScienceLogic’s delivery of positive digital experiences and successes. End-...

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--State Auto Financial Corporation announced the results of shareholder voting on its proposed merger agreement with Liberty Mutual Holding Company Inc....

FELTHAM, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nomad Foods Limited (NYSE: NOMD) announced today that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Fortenova Group’s frozen food business (“Fortenova Frozen”) for a purchase price of approximately €615 million. Fortenova Frozen is a leading European frozen food portfolio operating in attractive markets new to Nomad Foods, including Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Hungary, Slovenia, Kosovo, North Macedonia and Montenegro. Its two anchor b...

PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On 30 September 2021, Aéma Groupe acquired Aviva France, after obtaining the necessary authorisations from the regulatory authorities....

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CEO Warren Jones acquires ownership of Keppler Speakers; company founder Jim Keppler to remain in a contributing role....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GS Acquisition Holdings Corp II (“GSAH”) (NYSE: GSAH, GSAHU, GSAHWS), a special purpose acquisition company, and Mirion Technologies, a global leader in radiation detection & measurement technologies, announced today the filing of a definitive proxy statement/prospectus with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). GSAH also announced that it will hold a special meeting of its stockholders (the “Special Meeting”) on October 19th, 2021 at 10:00 a.m....

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), a division of ViacomCBS Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAC, VIACA), today announced the closing of the previously announced acquisition of Chilevisión from WarnerMedia, a division of AT&T (NYSE: T). The acquisition includes Chilevisión’s market leading free-to-air (FTA) television network, which is Chile’s most watched television channel this year to-date, with an average of 8.3 points of HH rating and the largest growth, +11% HH rating, c...