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September 29, 2025
Real Estate Tech Co. Ex-Owners Claim $6M Payment Owed
The ex-owners of a real estate software company have asked a London court to order the new owner to pay more than $6 million in performance-based payments after an acquisition, arguing that the buyer has misinterpreted their agreement.
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September 29, 2025
CVC Income Launches Retail Offer, Placing Worth Up To £60M
CVC Income & Growth Ltd. said Monday that it has kicked off a sale of new shares worth up to £60 million ($80.5 million), as the Jersey-based closed-ended investment company seeks to meet ongoing demand from investors.
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September 29, 2025
Coca-Cola Bottler Launches 4th Stage Of €1B Buyback
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC said Monday it will begin a share repurchase program of up to €382 million ($448 million), the fourth phase of the bottling giant's €1 billion share buyback program aimed at lowering its outstanding share capital.
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September 29, 2025
Marsh Sells Ireland Personal Lines Business To Cornmarket
Insurance giant Marsh McLennan has sold its Ireland personal lines insurance business to Cornmarket, the Belfast-based broker has said.
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September 29, 2025
Hilton Food Sells Fairfax Meadow To Sysco For £54M
Sysco Corp. said Monday that its U.K. subsidiary has acquired Fairfax Meadow Europe Ltd., an industrial butcher, from rival Hilton Food Group PLC for £54 million ($72.5 million), as the global food giant attempts to bolster its meat manufacturing business.
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September 29, 2025
Pipe-Maker Genuit Acquires Bathroom Supplies Biz For £49M
Plastic pipe maker Genuit Group PLC said Monday that it has bought plumbing and heating Davidson Holdings Ltd. for £49 million ($66 million) amid an anticipated rise in interest in water conservation.
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September 29, 2025
Investment Biz Helios To Return £7.3M To Shareholders
Helios Underwriting PLC said Monday that it plans to launch a share buyback worth up to approximately £7.3 million ($9.8 million) as the insurance industry investment vehicle noted the strong performance of the Lloyd's specialist market.
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September 29, 2025
KKR Secures EU Approval For £4.2B Spectris Takeover
The proposed £4.2 billion ($5.6 billion) takeover of high-tech instrument maker Spectris by private equity firm KKR has won backing from the European Commission, the companies said Monday, as they leap another barrier to completion.
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September 29, 2025
AstraZeneca Revamps NYSE Listing To Woo US Investors
Pharmaceutical heavyweight AstraZeneca PLC said on Monday that it is overhauling its New York listing in an effort to attract U.S. investors but will retain its primary listing and headquarters in the U.K.
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September 26, 2025
Taxation With Representation: De Brauw, Hengeler Mueller
In this week's Taxation With Representation, power grid operator TenneT Holding sells a stake in its German transmission business to institutional investors, Pfizer Inc. acquires biotechnology company Metsera Inc., and Dutch brewer Heineken NV buys most of Costa Rica's FIFCO beverage and retail operations.
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September 26, 2025
UK Litigation Roundup: Here's What You Missed In London
This past week in London has seen Sanjeev Gupta’s Liberty OneSteel sue its collapsed former lender Greensill Capital, television personality Janice Dickinson hit ITV with a personal injury claim after falling over while appearing on “I’m a Celeb …”, and energy investor Blasket bring fresh litigation against Spain amid a row over a $416 million arbitration award. Here, Law360 looks at these and other new claims in the U.K.
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September 26, 2025
Permira Gets More Time To Make Offer For JTC
The U.K.'s merger authority has gifted British investment company Permira Advisers LLP an extra four weeks to make a firm offer for JTC PLC, the corporate adviser said Friday.
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September 26, 2025
Smarttech247 Plans To Delist, Citing Undervaluation On AIM
The online security services provider Smarttech247 Group PLC on Friday announced strong performance after winning client contracts, but said it wants to quit London's Alternative Investment Market amid concerns it is undervalued on trading platforms.
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September 26, 2025
Spineart Secures $31M To Boost Spine Surgery Innovations
Swiss biotech company Spineart SA said on Friday that it has raised 25 million Swiss francs ($31.2 million) from European private equity firms Gimv NV and EGS Beteiligungen AG to help it in its research and increase its global footprint.
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September 26, 2025
Diagnostics Biz Renalytix Raises £7M For Testing Program
Renalytix said Friday it has raised around £7.05 million ($9.4 million) through a share sale, giving the diagnostics business capital to fund a kidney disease testing program.
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September 26, 2025
A&O Shearman Guides Prosus' €1.1B Auto Marketplace Buy
Prosus NV said Friday that it has agreed to acquire French automobile marketplace La Centrale for €1.1 billion ($1.28 billion), marking the Dutch investor's entry into Western Europe and expanding its push into the region's major used-car sector.
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September 26, 2025
Reckitt To Launch £250M Second Chunk Of £1B Buyback
Reckitt Benckiser said Friday that it plans to repurchase more shares worth up to £250 million ($286 million) — the second portion of the health and hygiene products giant's £1 billion buyback designed to reduce capital and reward investors.
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September 25, 2025
BBVA's Boosted $23B Sabadell Bid Gets Approval In Spain
Spain's securities regulator, the Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores, has approved BBVA's revised offer to Banco Sabadell shareholders, which includes a 10% increase in consideration and more favorable tax treatment, the lender announced Thursday.
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September 25, 2025
Oakley Capital Launches Euro Insurance Services Platform
Private equity company Oakley Capital said Thursday it has launched an insurance services platform to consolidate companies in southern Europe.
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September 25, 2025
JD Sports Commences Return Of £100M To Shareholders
Sports-fashion retailer JD Sports said Thursday that it will buy back up to £100 million ($134.3 million) of its shares to return surplus capital to shareholders a day after reporting revenue growth of 20% in the first half of the year.
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September 25, 2025
Dickson Minto-Led Investor Sells 9 Care Homes For £86M
Target Healthcare REIT Ltd. said Thursday it has completed a "landmark" sale of nine residential homes for a total of £85.9 million ($115.5 million), as the U.K.-based real estate investment trust moves to broaden its tenancy portfolio and fund future M&A.
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September 25, 2025
Linklaters Guides BP Scheme On £1.6B Pension Mega Deal
Energy giant BP has offloaded £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) of its pension liabilities to Legal & General Assurance Society Ltd., the insurer said Thursday, in a deal guided by Linklaters LLP, Macfarlanes LLP and DLA Piper.
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September 25, 2025
TA Associates Affiliate Trims Stake In Eurowag, Raises £56M
An affiliate of private equity firm TA Associates Management LP has sold part of its stake in European payments provider Eurowag for approximately £56.1 million ($75.3 million), its bookrunner Peel Hunt LLP said Thursday.
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September 25, 2025
Casino Tech Biz Playtech Unveils £44M Share Buyback
Playtech said Thursday it will begin a share repurchase program of up to about £43.7 million (£59 million), in a move expected to lower the gambling software firm's share capital.
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September 25, 2025
Freshfields, Fried Frank-Led Petershill To Exit London Listing
Goldman Sachs-owned private equity investor Petershill Partners PLC said on Thursday that it is planning to leave the London Stock Exchange and return up to $932 million of capital to shareholders to enhance its value, in a new blow to the bourse.