Tag: Mergers and acquisitions
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EasyJet weighs $7.7 billion rival takeover offer from Apollo amid Castlelake interest
A bidding war has broken out for budget carrier easyJet after Apollo and Castlelake have both submitted takeover offers.
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Sandwich chain Jersey Mike’s files for IPO, reports 50% same-store sales growth in recent years
Jersey Mike’s has nearly 3,300 locations, making it the second-largest hoagie sandwich chain in the U.S. behind Subway.
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How a $4 billion Indian startup won Meta’s backing but lost its founder to WhatsApp
Indian fintech startup Cred will raise $900 million in a round led by Meta, but has lost its founder and CEO to WhatsApp.
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EasyJet rejects €5.9bn takeover offer from US private equity firm
British no-frills airline EasyJet has rejected three informal takeover proposals from a US private equity firm, the latest totalling nearly €5.9bn (£5 billion), the two sides revealed on Monday.
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Defense giant KNDS moves closer to IPO after France-Germany stake deal
France and Germany agreed on a KNDS framework as Germany seeks a 40% stake ahead of a potential multibillion-euro IPO.
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The Ray-Ban heir who wants to buy out his own family from the brand
An heir to the Ray-Ban fortune has gone public with a direct appeal to his family’s holding company, urging it to support his multi-billion-euro plan to buy out two of his siblings just days before a decisive shareholder vote.
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SpaceX overtakes Amazon to become world’s fifth most valuable firm
Just three trading days after its record IPO, SpaceX has leapfrogged Amazon to become the world’s fifth most valuable listed company, with its shares briefly carrying it past Microsoft during a frenetic Tuesday session.
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Germany blocks UniCredit bid for Commerzbank but the share price soars
The federal government, which holds 12% of the shares, has rejected the Italian bank’s bid for the German lender, calling it aggressive and hostile. UniCredit soars on the stock market as the Frankfurt prosecutor investigates alleged market manipulation.
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SpaceX buys coding startup Cursor for $60bn in major AI push
SpaceX has agreed to acquire Anysphere, the company behind the popular AI coding tool Cursor, in an all-stock deal valuing the startup at $60 billion (€51.7bn), just days after Elon Musk’s firm had a record-breaking IPO.
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Yum Brands sells Pizza Hut to private equity firm LongRange Capital and Yum China for $2.7 billion
Yum Brands is selling Pizza Hut, capping off years of struggles for the pizza chain.
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