Deals
UK-listed automotive software provider Pinewood Technologies is set to leave the public markets after agreeing to a £545m ($739m) takeover by US private equity firm Ridgeview, according to a report by Reuters.
EQT is exploring a potential sale of two English language education businesses in Vietnam that could together command a valuation of about $500m, according to a report by Bloomberg citing people familiar with the matter.
Private equity firms could be on the verge of joining the global M&A resurgence, with buyout groups sitting on around $1.5tn of capital that could increasingly be deployed into acquisitions, according to a report by Bloomberg citing comments from a senior Goldman Sachs executive.
KKR has made a roughly $9bn offer to acquire UGI, the Pennsylvania-based natural gas and electricity distributor, in a move that could give the private equity firm exposure to rising demand for reliable power from artificial intelligence data centres, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Ardian is exploring a potential sale of Swissbit, the Swiss provider of industrial storage and data security products, in a process that could value the business at several billion dollars, according to a report by Bloomberg citing unnamed people familiar with the matter.
Brookfield Asset Management has made a proposal to acquire Australian plumbing products manufacturer Reliance Worldwide Corporation in an all-cash transaction valuing the company at approximately AUD4.1bn ($2.9bn), according to a report by Bloomberg.
PayPal Holdings is in negotiations with payments group Stripe and private equity firm Advent International over a potential takeover, with the parties discussing a higher price after an initial offer was rejected, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.
Silver Lake is exploring a potential acquisition of Workday that could value the cloud software provider at more than $50bn, according to a report by Reuters citing unnamed people familiar with the discussions.
Thoma Bravo has agreed to acquire insurance marketplace Accelerant in an all-cash transaction valued at more than $4bn, taking the company private just over a year after it floated on the New York Stock Exchange, according to a report by Reuters.
Asian private equity firm Trustar Capital is closing in on an agreement to acquire Lingxi Games, the video game division of Alibaba Group, in a transaction that could value the business at more than $1.5bn, according to a report by Bloomberg.
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