Samsung Biologics Wins Backing For $1.8B PolyPeptide Buy

By Irene Madongo

Samsung Biologics said Monday it has provisionally secured nearly all the backing of shareholders of PolyPeptide Group in a public tender offer to acquire the drug manufacturer for an estimated 1.46 billion Swiss francs ($1.8 billion).

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Swiss Shell Co., Sport Tech Biz Sign $610M Merger Deal

By Dawood Fakhir

Shell company EvoNext Holdings said Monday that it has signed a definite merger agreement with Ascend Sport Technology that values the sports technology company at 500 million Swiss francs ($610 million) and would take it public in Switzerland.

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Venable Advises Comms Co. On Up To $80M Acquisition

By Irene Madongo

Communications business Public Policy Holding Co. said Monday it has bought litigation communications provider Reevemark for up to $80 million, in a deal it anticipates will broaden its business offering.

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Knights Cuts Business Services Roles In Moore Barlow Buy

By Ashish Sareen

Knights Group's £27 million ($36 million) acquisition of Moore Barlow's commercial and private client practices has resulted in redundancies among business services staff, a source familiar with the matter said Monday, a day after the deal closed.

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Advent To Buy Finance, Insurance Tech Provider Vermeg

By Joel Poultney

Private equity firm Advent said Monday that it has teamed up with the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to buy Vermeg, a global provider technology for capital markets and life insurance, from Charterhouse Capital Partners.

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Scottish Widows To Back UK Tech Startups Amid Gov't Push

By Dawood Fakhir

Scottish Widows has become one of the first U.K. pension providers to direct retirement savings into early-stage science and technology ventures amid efforts to boost investment in the domestic economy, an investment manager said Monday.

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BNP Paribas Launches €1.3B Share Buyback

By Tom Fish

French lending giant BNP Paribas SA on Monday began repurchasing up to €1.3 billion ($1.45 billion) of its shares after receiving European Central Bank approval.

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Monthly Merger Review Snapshot

By Matthew Perlman

The Federal Trade Commission caused a pair of playground equipment makers to abandon their planned merger, Canadian enforcers upended a deal for the Green Giant brand in the country and state attorneys general reached settlements for several regional deals.

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Amersi Denies Kazakh Payment Was Corrupt In BBC Trial

By Ronan Barnard

A prominent business executive and political donor denied Monday making a corrupt payment to a Kazakh woman connected to the country's ruling politicians in the early stages of the London trial of his libel claim against the BBC.

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