Uzbekistan's sovereign wealth fund said Thursday that investors including BlackRock and Franklin Templeton have agreed to plow $300 million into its proposed initial public offering as it confirmed plans to float in London and Tashkent.
Uzbekistan's sovereign wealth fund said Thursday that investors including BlackRock and Franklin Templeton have agreed to plow $300 million into its proposed initial public offering as it confirmed plans to float in London and Tashkent.
Veterinary pharmaceuticals company Animalcare Group PLC said Thursday that it has agreed to be pulled from London's junior market by U.K. private equity firm Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP in a deal worth £235.2 million ($318 million).
Sports apparel retailer JD Sports has sold its entire stake in Applied Nutrition for approximately £49 million ($66.4 million), ending its journey as a strategic minority shareholder of the premium supplements maker, a broker said Thursday.
Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP-advised Diginex Ltd. on Thursday announced plans to acquire customer engagement solutions provider Resulticks Global Companies Pte. Ltd. in an all-share deal valued at $1.5 billion.
Qben Infra, an energy infrastructure investor in Sweden, said Thursday that its indirect subsidiary has signed the final purchase agreement to buy a Norwegian specialist contractor in a cash-and-shares transaction worth 66.5 million Norwegian kroner ($7 million).
JZ Capital Partners Ltd. said Thursday that its buyout fund has sold its holding in power firm Factor Energia, which the investment company expects to generate cash proceeds of €10.8 million ($12.7 million).
EQT Fund Management SARL said Thursday that it is weighing its options after product testing and certification business Intertek Group PLC rejected its preliminary takeover approach earlier this week.
Investment company Onward Opportunities Ltd. said Thursday that it has moved its listing on the junior Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange to the main market of the LSE.
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP is advising Esco Technologies Inc. on an agreement to acquire the Megger Group Ltd. business of TBG AG, advised by Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, for about $2.35 billion.
