Merger & Acquisition News

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Exicure, Inc. Announces Shareholders Approve the $8.7 Million Equity Financing and Reports Executive Management and Board Changes...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Third Point LLC (“Third Point”), an alternative investment manager with $12 billion of assets, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire AS Birch Grove LP (“Birch Grove”), a diversified alternative credit fund manager. Upon consummation of the transaction, expected in Q1 2025, American Securities will no longer be an owner of Birch Grove, which will become a subsidiary of Third Point. Third Point, founded in 1995 by CEO Daniel S. Loeb,...

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. (NYSE: NOG) (“NOG” or the “Company”) has a policy on not responding to acquisition rumors, however the Company believes that today’s article regarding NOG’s potential acquisition of Granite Ridge Resources (“Granite Ridge”) requires a response. As the largest publicly traded dedicated non-operator, NOG has a large pipeline of acquisition opportunities and the Company frequently sends expressions of interest to acquire assets or businesses...

NEWTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Informa TechTarget announced commencement of tender offers to repurchase Informa TechTarget’s outstanding Convertible Senior Notes due 2025 & 2026 ....

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Manitex International, Inc. (NASDAQ: MNTX) (“Manitex” or the “Company”), a leading international provider of truck cranes, specialized industrial equipment, and construction equipment rental solutions to infrastructure and construction markets, today held its special meeting of shareholders (the “Special Meeting”) to consider three proposals relating to the previously announced Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated September 12, 2024 (as it may be amended from t...

BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Desktop Metal, Inc. (NYSE: DM) (“Desktop Metal”) today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Nano Dimension Ltd. (“Nano Dimension”) in the Delaware Court of Chancery (the “Court”), alleging that Nano Dimension has breached its obligation to use reasonable best efforts to obtain regulatory approval as soon as practicable in connection with the merger agreement between the parties (the “Merger Agreement”). The Court has scheduled an expedited hearing on...

HANOVER, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--An affiliate of Balmoral Funds LLC (“Balmoral”) has successfully acquired R.H. Sheppard Co., Inc. (“Sheppard” or the “Company”), a leading provider of steering technologies for Class 5-8 trucks in North America, from Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC, a North American subsidiary of Knorr-Bremse (ISIN: DE000KBX1006, ticker symbol: KBX). The transaction encompasses the entire Sheppard business, including Sheppard’s branded products, production equipment, sales a...

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mastercard (NYSE: MA) today completed its acquisition of Recorded Future....

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Storage Post Self Storage has finalized the acquisition of two self-storage properties in Chicago with the help of leading commercial real estate brokerage firm Marcus & Millichap. Storage Post currently operates 33 other locations in New York, New Jersey and Louisiana. The deal is part of its entry into the Midwest market with a starting portfolio of five properties. The former Honore Storage properties are located at 3215 W. Lawrence Avenue in the Albany Park nei...

SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Korea Zinc (KRX:010130) labor union recently convened a meeting with the Federation of Korean Metalworkers' Trade Unions (FKMTU), a member of the Federation of Korean Trade Unions (FKTU), to request solidarity and support as the union expands its fight against the MBK Partners’ hostile takeover attempt. The meeting was joined by the Korea Zinc labor union chairman Moon Byung-guk, FKMTU chairman Kim Joon-young and other key members from both parties. At t...