MergerLinks - Sarah Ries-Coward

PublicAcquisitionPrivate Equity

Hotels and Motels

target

Millennium & Copthorne Hotels

bidder

City Developments

£1,132m

28 dealmakers

Food Retailers and Wholesalers

PublicScheme

target

Booker Group

bidder

Tesco

£3,608m

13 dealmakers

MergerPublicSchemeReverse Takeover

Diversified Financials

target

London Stock Exchange Group

bidder

Deutsche Boerse

£10,188m

43 dealmakers

Radio and TV Broadcasters

PublicAcquisitionCross BorderMajority

target

Sky

bidder

Comcast Corporation

£23,666m

89 dealmakers

Tobacco

PublicAcquisition

target

Reynolds American

bidder

British American Tobacco

£41,366m

23 dealmakers

E-commerce

PrivateAcquisition

target

Mobile Phones Direct

bidder

Ao World

value n/a

13 dealmakers

AcquisitionPublicMajorityMerger

Specialty Chemicals

target

Omnova Solutions

bidder

Synthomer

£652m

73 dealmakers

Financial Data and Systems

MajorityAcquisitionPrivate EquityPrivateDomesticDisposal

target

Refinitiv Holdings

bidder

London Stock Exchange Group

£22,177m

171 dealmakers

AcquisitionPrivateMajority

Specialty Retailers

target

Marshall Retail Group

bidder

Wh Smith

£312m

48 dealmakers

Canada

Entertainment

PublicAcquisitionMajorityCross Border

target

CINEPLEX

bidder

Cineworld Group

£1,574m

63 dealmakers

MalaysiaThailand

Food Retailers and Wholesalers

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionDomestic

target

Tesco (thailand And Malaysia Business)

bidder

Charoen Pokphand Group

£8,200m

105 dealmakers

Waste and Disposal Services

Private EquityAcquisitionMajorityPublicCross Border

target

Viridor Waste Management

bidder

Kkr & Co

£4,200m

55 dealmakers

Express Courier / Parcels

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityDomestic

target

Tuffnells Parcels Express

bidder

Broad Oak Support Services

£15m

20 dealmakers

Canada

General Mining

AcquisitionPrivateMajorityCross Border

target

Vale Canada

bidder

Anglo Pacific Group

£164m

23 dealmakers

Chemicals and Synthetic Fibres

PrivateMajorityCross BorderAcquisition

target

Eastman Chemical Company (adhesives Resins Business)

bidder

Synthomer

£727m

27 dealmakers

Environmental / Waste Management

PrivateMajorityAcquisitionCross Border

target

John Wood Group (environment Consulting Division)

bidder

Wsp Global

£1,507m

129 dealmakers

MajorityAcquisitionDomesticMergerPublic

Commercial REITs

target

Shaftesbury

bidder

Capital And Counties Properties

£3,500m

76 dealmakers