M&A

Airbus completes sale of its Defence Electronics unit to KKR

01 Mar 2017

Airbus Group SE yesterday said that it had finalised the sale of its Germany-based Defense Electronics business to US private equity firm KKR

Perrigo to sell royalties of multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri to Royalty Pharma for up to $2.85 bn

01 Mar 2017

GMR Chhattisgarh Energy allots majority shares to lenders in debt restructuring

28 Feb 2017

Tata Sons, DoCoMo to settle $1.17-bn dispute out of court

28 Feb 2017

Under a new settlement deal, Tata Sons will route a substantial part of the compensation payment through overseas entities, within a legal framework permitted by the RBI

LSE “highly unlikely” to meet EC conditions for Deutsche Börse

27 Feb 2017

ONGC to merge HPCL to create an integrated oil giant: report

27 Feb 2017

The merger is aimed at creating a company with operations in the entire spectrum of energy from exploration to refining and retail

Canada’s MDA to buy US satellite imagery provider DigitalGlobe for $2.4 bn

25 Feb 2017

Advent International outbids Cinven, Bain with €3.6-bn offer for Stada Arzneimittel

24 Feb 2017

SBI, associate banks merger to start on 1 April

24 Feb 2017

The merger of all the five associate banks will raise SBI’s combined asset base to over Rs3,200,000 crore and place it among world’s top 50 banks

M&A activity scales six-year high in 2016 on big-ticket buys

23 Feb 2017

Softbank denies move to buy stake in Vodafone-Idea

23 Feb 2017

Bharti Airtel to acquire Telenor's India operations

23 Feb 2017

The move comes as the market is awaiting response on a potential Vodafone-Idea merger after the new entrant Reliance Jio acquired 100 million users in just five months of its entry

Airtel acquires strategic stake in FinTech Startup Seynse

23 Feb 2017

Restaurant Brands to buy Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen for $1.8 bn

22 Feb 2017

Infosys refutes allegations over Panaya purchase

21 Feb 2017

AstraZeneca licenses cancer drug Zoladex to TerSera Therapeutics

21 Feb 2017

Rosneft consortium looks to complete Essar acquisition by March: report

21 Feb 2017

Havells acquires Lloyd Consumer for Rs1,600 crore

20 Feb 2017

Vodafone-Idea merger may be less than a month away

20 Feb 2017

RCom, Tata Teleservices reported in merger talks

20 Feb 2017

Reliance Communications and the Tata Group have reportedly initiated talks to explore a possible union that could see Tata Teleservices join forces with the merged RCom-Aircel and MTS entity

Kraft calls off Unilever bid amid mutual praise

20 Feb 2017

News that the proposed $143-billion deal, what would have been the third-largest of all time, was off came in a terse joint statement from the two companies

Sundaram Finance to hive off non-finance business into separate arm

18 Feb 2017

Kraft Heinz may sweeten $140-bn bid as Unilever rejects takeover bid

18 Feb 2017

Kraft Heinz suggested it could make another offer after Unilever said the initial offer of $50 a share "fundamentally undervalues" the company, despite being nearly 20 per cent higher than Thursday's closing price

Time Warner shareholders approve $85.4-bn merger with AT&T

16 Feb 2017

The blockbuster deal will transform Dallas-based AT&T into a phone and television behemoth with prominent media assets such as CNN, HBO, TBS, Cartoon Network and the Warner Bros studio in Burbank

Time Warner shareholders approve $85.4-bn merger with AT&T

16 Feb 2017

The blockbuster deal will transform Dallas-based AT&T into a phone and television behemoth with prominent media assets such as CNN, HBO, TBS, Cartoon Network and the Warner Bros studio in Burbank