September 26, 2024
“Blackstone and Vista Equity Partners will acquire Smartsheet in an $8.4 billion deal. The all-cash bid of $56.50 per share is about a 41% premium to the company’s unaffected average share price. The collaboration software maker went public in 2018… Continue Reading…
April 16, 2024
“Vertex Pharmaceuticals VRTX -0.02%decrease; red down pointing triangle has agreed to acquire Alpine Immune Sciences ALPN -0.01%decrease; red down pointing triangle for $4.9 billion in cash, bolstering its portfolio on kidney diseases as deals in biotechnology continue to heat up. The companies said Wednesday that Vertex would… Continue Reading…
February 22, 2024
“Capital One Financial is set to acquire Discover Financial Services in a $35.3 billion all-stock deal. Under the agreement, Discover shareholders would receive 1.0192 Capital One shares for each Discover share or about a 26% premium from Discover’s Friday closing price of $110.49. The… Continue Reading…
September 21, 2023
“Cisco Systems (CSCO) on Thursday said it will acquire software company Splunk (SPLK) for $28 billion in cash. Splunk shares surged on the news but CSCO stock fell. Cisco will buy Splunk for $157 per share, a 31% premium to the software firm’s… Continue Reading…
January 19, 2022
“On Tuesday, Microsoft said it’s buying video game publisher Activision Blizzard for almost $69 billion, a price that would narrowly eclipse the richest U.S. tech deal in history. In 2016, Dell purchased EMC for $67 billion. The JDS-SDL deal comes next, followed by IBM’s $34 billion… Continue Reading…
July 6, 2021
“This week, J.P. Morgan Asset Management announced that its $168 billion Global Alternatives division has acquired forest management and timberland investment firm Campbell Global, LLC. Price and other terms of the deal with Campbell Global’s parent company, $140 billion asset manager BrightSphere Investment Group, were not… Continue Reading…
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