Mergers And Acquisitions

Business 6 min Proofpoint Agrees to Buy Varonis for US$6.3 Billion in Cash, Taking the Data Security Firm Private Thoma Bravo-owned Proofpoint will pay US$49.75 a share, a 52% premium to the pre-rumour price. Shareholders an... EV Eva Chin 19 Oct Business 4 min Schneider Electric Will Borrow Heavily to Buy Design Software Maker PTC for $22.6 Billion The French energy-equipment group is paying US$205 a share in cash, funded largely by €16 billion to €17 billi... EV Eva Chin 8 Oct Business 4 min onsemi Will Now Pay US$123 Cash for Synaptics After a Rival Bidder Appeared The deal's total value falls from about US$7 billion to US$5.7 billion because onsemi's shares dropped, yet Sy... EV Eva Chin 5 Oct ASEAN Tech 5 min Singapore's Second and Third Mobile Operators Confirm Talks StarHub and Keppel told the exchange on 23 September that they are discussing M1, while stating there is no ce... SA Sarah Chew 26 Sep Business 5 min Jollibee Sold 11 Per Cent of Highlands Coffee, Giving the Founder Majority Control The buyer is the founder's own company, which rises to 51 per cent. The price values the Vietnamese chain at a... EV Eva Chin 26 Sep Business 5 min Ultrajaya Buys Frisian Flag and Loses Control of Itself A Rp14.57 trillion share issue hands FrieslandCampina the largest single holding in the company buying its Ind... EV Eva Chin 21 Sep Business 6 min Grab Paid $1.49bn for a Lending Business It Chose Not to Build The cash is only half the arrangement. What the remaining 40 per cent will cost has already been fixed by a fo... EV Eva Chin 19 Sep Business 6 min VinFast Is Buying Its Founder's Property Company for $1.2 Billion The filing says the price is at a discount to an independent valuation. It does not name the valuer, publish t... EV Eva Chin 17 Sep Business 6 min Bending Spoons Is Buying Miro for $1.355bn. Its Record Is Steep Staff Cuts. Miro runs at about $600m in recurring revenue. After previous acquisitions the Milan company cut 75 per cent o... EV Eva Chin 16 Sep