Merger & Acquisition News

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Alliance HealthCare Services announces acquisition by and integration with Akumin....

WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Origin Materials, Inc., the world’s leading carbon negative materials company, announced today that it has completed its previously announced business combination with Artius Acquisition Inc. (“Artius”) (NASDAQ: AACQ, AACQW). The transaction was unanimously approved by Artius’ Board of Directors and was approved at an extraordinary general meeting of Artius shareholders on June 23, 2021. In connection with the closing, Artius changed its name to Origin...

SAN FRANCISCO & LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Francisco Partners, a global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology businesses, today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to sell Plex Systems, the leading cloud-native smart manufacturing software platform, to Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) for $2.22 billion in cash. Plex’s software solutions help manufacturers streamline and modernize their global operations by leveraging the power of shop-floor data to drive i...

BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADN) ("Advent") today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the fuel cell systems businesses of fischer Group for an aggregate consideration of cash and stock of EUR52 million. These businesses include Serenergy A/S, ("SerEnergy") based in Aalborg, Denmark, and fischer eco solutions GmbH, ("FES") based in Achern, Germany. SerEnergy is a leading manufacturer of high-temperature polymer electrolyte...

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Eaton acquires a 50 percent stake in Jiangsu YiNeng Electric’s busway business...

MILWAUKEE & TROY, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK), the world’s largest company dedicated to industrial automation and digital transformation, and Plex Systems, the leading cloud-native smart manufacturing platform operating at scale, today announced that Rockwell has entered into an agreement to acquire Plex for $2.22 billion in cash. Plex offers the only single-instance, multi-tenant SaaS manufacturing platform operating at scale, including advanced manufacturing...

CALGARY, Alberta--(BUSINESS WIRE)--High Tide Continues to Expand U.S. E-Commerce Presence Through Acquisition of Daily High Club...

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Global real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson (NYSE: KW) and its equity partner have closed the acquisition of The Capitol Building, a Grade A, 173,000 square-foot institutional quality office campus for $66.2 million, reflecting a cap rate of 7.7%. The partnership invested $29 million of equity and Kennedy Wilson’s ownership interest is 51%. The Capitol Building, in Bracknell, is part of the active Thames Valley submarket. It is 97% occupied by ni...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Please replace the release with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions. The updated release reads: BuzzFeed, THE LEADING, CULTURE-DEFINING PLATFORM FOR DIGITAL CONTENT AND COMMERCE, TO BECOME A PUBLICLY LISTED COMPANY THROUGH MERGER WITH 890 5th Avenue Partners, Inc. Proceeds from the Combination will include up to $288 Million in Trust and an Additional $150 Million in Convertible Note Financing BuzzFeed also Announces Plans to Acquire Complex Netw...

BOWLING GREEN, Ky.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Empower, Ltd. (NYSE: “EMPW” “EMPW-UN” and “EMPW-WT”) (“Empower”), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has declared effective its Registration Statement on Form S-4 (as amended, the “Registration Statement”), which includes a definitive proxy statement/prospectus in connection with Empower’s extraordinary general meeting of shareholders (the “Extraordinary Meeting”). A...