Mergers & Acquisitions – Page 26

Flex Sells Swedish Plant

by Milos Pavlovic

A Swedish contract manufacturer, Orbit One, is buying a factory in Ronneby, Sweden, from Flex. The Flex factory is very close to Orbit One’s existing facility and is said to be Flex’s last manufacturing …

Dialog’s Board Supports Atmel Deal

by Milos Pavlovic

Dialog’s Board of Directors sent out a release to highlight its support for the Atmel acquisition and recommended shareholders to vote for it. (Dialog to Buy Atmel)

Tsinghua Eyeing MediaTek?

by Milos Pavlovic

The chairman of Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-backed Chinese technology company, has said it may be interested in a tie up with Mediatek, if rules on investment from China into Taiwanese chip companies were changed. …

JCDecaux to Acquire Outfront’s LATAM Operations

by Tom Allen

Outfront Media has agreed to sell its Latin American business to JCDecaux Latin America/Corameq (which is 85% owned by JCDecaux SA). JCDecaux will pay $82 million for the acquisition, which is expected to close …

CMA Clears BT’s EE Acquisition

by Tom Allen

BT’s takeover of UK mobile operator EE has been cleared by the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority. The watchdog judged that the move, worth £12.5 billion ($19.1 billion), would not cause ‘significant harm’ to …

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Envivio Becomes Ericsson Subsidiary

by Tom Allen

Ericsson has completed its acquisition of video encoder specialist Envivio (Ericsson to Acquire Envivio). The transaction was completed through the merger of Ericsson’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Cindy Acquisition Corporation, with Envivio. Envivio will now act …

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Pace Shareholders OK Arris Deal

by Bob Raikes

Arris said that Pace’s shareholders have approved the proposed merger between the two companies. There is still a possibility that anti-trust issues might delay or put conditions on the merger.

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Ingram Micro Expands in Latin America

by Tom Allen

Ingram Micro has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Grupo AÇÃO, a Brazil-based IT distributor. AÇÃO stocks high-value products from companies such as IBM and VMWare, as well as providing integration services, sales …

Charter Faces Opposition in Time Warner Merger

by Tom Allen

The merger of Time Warner Cable, Bright House Networks and Charter Communications in the USA (Time Warner Acquired by Charter Communications) has been the target of complaints from public interest groups and competitors. Opponents …

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LG Display Takes LG Chem’s OLED Business

by Tom Allen

LG Chem has confirmed that it will sell its OLED lighting business to its affiliate, LG Display, as rumoured in August (OLED Lighting May Move to LG Display). The move is part of the …

Takeover at Promethean Now Done

by Tom Allen

Having first been announced in July, the takeover of Promethean by China’s NetDragon has been unconditionally accepted (China’s NetDragon Launches Promethean Bid). NetDragon, through subsidiary Digital Train, will pay £84.1 million ($130 million) for …

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EU Clears Intel’s Altera Acquisition

by Tom Allen

The European Commission has given the green light to Intel proposed acquisition of Altera (Intel, Samsung Rumoured to Be on Acquisition Trail). It is the EC’s belief that the combined entity will continue to …

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