Transactions UK

  • January 09, 2026

    Unite Student Halls Biz's £100M Buyback Sign Of Confidence

    Unite Group PLC said Friday that it will launch a stock buyback program worth up to £100 million ($134 million) as the student accommodation business looks to downsize its share capital.

  • January 08, 2026

    CMA Fast-Tracks In-Depth Probe Into Kingsmill, Hovis Deal

    The antitrust authority said Thursday that it has agreed to accelerate its formal investigation into the proposed acquisition of British breadmaking company Hovis by Associated British Foods PLC, which already owns Kingsmill, another rival bread brand.

  • January 08, 2026

    Computacenter To Buy US Services Biz For $120M

    British technology company Computacenter PLC said Thursday that it has agreed to acquire a professional services business based in the U.S., AgreeYa Solutions Inc., for up to $120 million to boost its cloud, automation and artificial intelligence capabilities.

  • January 08, 2026

    3 Firms Steer PIC's £155M Engineering Co. Pension Deal

    Pension Insurance Corp. PLC said Thursday it has completed a £155 million ($208 million) bulk annuity buy-in to secure the retirement benefits for members of the pensions program of NG Bailey, a U.K. engineering consultancy.

  • January 08, 2026

    Gold Explorer ECR Minerals Raises £1.5M In Share Sale

    ECR Minerals PLC said Thursday it has conditionally raised £1.5 million ($2 million) by way of a share sale to finance its gold production and exploration strategy.

  • January 08, 2026

    UK Insurance Distribution M&A Has 'Quietest Year' Since 2017

    The total volume of mergers and acquisitions announced in the insurance distribution sector in 2025 fell to its lowest level in almost a decade amid fewer potential buys for companies in the market, MarshBerry has said.

  • January 08, 2026

    REIT Palace Capital Disputes Shareholder's Call To Oust Chair

    Palace Capital PLC hit back on Thursday against a call by its largest shareholder to remove the U.K. real estate investor's executive chair over concerns about his "excessive" salary and leadership as the business winds down.

  • January 08, 2026

    Willkie Helps Mutares Buy Thermoplastics Biz For $450M

    German private equity firm Mutares said Thursday that it will buy the European and American thermoplastics business of Sabic, a Saudi Arabian chemicals heavyweight, for $450 million in the largest transaction it has ever made.

  • January 08, 2026

    IT Firm Softcat To Buy Back Shares Worth £45M

    Softcat, a provider of IT infrastructure products and services, said Thursday that it has begun a stock repurchase program of up to £45 million ($60.5 million) in a move that it expects will lower its share capital.

  • January 07, 2026

    Simpson Thacher Advises As Data Center Biz Gets $1.9B

    Investment firm KKR and private equity firm Oak Hill Capital on Wednesday said they will contribute approximately $1.9 billion in investments for European data center company Global Technical Realty, with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP advising.

  • January 07, 2026

    UK Broker Snaps Up Cambridge Benefits Biz

    Insurance broker Verlingue said it has acquired employee benefits and financial planning specialist EBCam for an undisclosed amount as it continues expanding in the U.K. employee benefits market.

  • January 07, 2026

    Reckitt To Return £1.6B To Shareholders After Unit Sale

    Consumer brands giant Reckitt Benckiser said Wednesday that it is planning to return approximately £1.6 billion ($2.1 billion) of excess cash to its shareholders after completing the partial sale of its $4.8 billion Essential Home business.

  • January 07, 2026

    Saba Capital Queries Investment Trust Cut In SpaceX Stake

    U.S. hedge fund Saba accused Edinburgh Worldwide Investment Trust's board of failing to act in shareholders' interests in an open letter on Wednesday, following a sharp reduction in the trust's holding in SpaceX just weeks before a major revaluation of the rocket company.

  • January 07, 2026

    Ex-Jefferies Banker To Face 2028 Trial For Insider Dealing

    A former Jefferies International adviser and his alleged associate denied committing insider dealing to make £70,000 ($94,000) from the £969 million takeover of a real estate investment trust when they appeared at a London court on Wednesday.

  • January 07, 2026

    Gold Miner Galantas To Buy Chilean Project For $32M

    Galantas Gold Corp. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the Andacollo Oro Gold Project in Chile for approximately $32 million, marking a major expansion for the Canadian precious metals miner.

  • January 07, 2026

    Great Portland Estates Buys West End Property For £51M

    Great Portland Estates, a real estate investor with a listing in London, said Wednesday that it has snapped up a West End property for £51 million ($69 million) to expand its inner-city portfolio.

  • January 13, 2026

    Latham & Watkins Adds 3 A&O Shearman Pros In London

    Latham & Watkins LLP said Tuesday that it has hired three finance partners from A&O Shearman in London, taking to 14 the number of lawyers who have joined its ranks from its rival since June.

  • January 06, 2026

    Squire Patton Fights £3.7M Claim Over Advice On Tech Deal

    Squire Patton Boggs has argued at a London court that it did not cause a software company to lose up to £3.7 million ($5 million) by failing to advise it on the ownership of intellectual property that was purportedly crucial to its buyout of a rival.

  • January 06, 2026

    Tech Biz Claims £20M Loss Over Concealed Business Flaws

    A group of companies owned by an American technology and security conglomerate has pressed home its £20 million ($27 million) claim that the former owner of a company it acquired concealed a raft of problems with the business, and denied that he is still owed money from the deal.

  • January 06, 2026

    Prudential Launches $1.2B Share Buyback Program

    Prudential PLC said Tuesday that it will reward investors with a new $1.2 billion share buyback program in 2026 after the British insurance and asset management giant successfully listed an Indian subsidiary on the Asian country's stock exchange in December.

  • January 06, 2026

    Broadstone Helped Steer Record £500M Pension Deals In 2025

    Financial services consultancy Broadstone said Tuesday that it helped to steer 36 pension deals worth a record £508 million ($687 million) in 2025, taking the total of transactions completed through its SM&RT Insure service to more than £1 billion.

  • January 06, 2026

    US Investor Amends Terms Of £340M Buy Of Tech Biz Idox

    U.S. investment firm Long Path Partners has said it will change the mechanism used in its £339.5 million ($460 million) buyout of U.K.-based government software company Idox PLC in order to make it easier for the deal to go ahead.

  • January 06, 2026

    Latham-Led Howden To Buy US Broker Atlantic Group

    Global insurance broker Howden Group Holdings Ltd. has said that it has agreed to acquire Atlantic Global Risk LLC, a transaction liability insurance firm, as it aims to increase its presence in the U.S. market.

  • January 06, 2026

    Admiral Completes Sale Of US Motor Insurance Biz To PE Firm

    Admiral Group PLC has said it has completed the sale of its U.S. motor insurance business to private investment firm J.C. Flowers & Co., to focus its operations on Britain and Europe.

  • January 06, 2026

    AB InBev To Buy Back 49.9% Stake In Metals Plants For $3B

    The world's largest brewer, AB InBev, said on Tuesday that it will repurchase a minority stake in its U.S. beer-can-making plants from a consortium led by asset manager Apollo for approximately $3 billion.

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