RARE ALERT: Midwich Group plc said to ... - Part 3
Monday, 14 December 2020, 9:36 pm
And finally Midwich Group confirmed last week's RARE Alert about the company's acquisition of Dubai-based NMK Group. Below is the link:
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UNCOOKED ALERT: Pluralsight said to ... - Part 4
Monday, 14 December 2020, 7:49 pm
Apologies - I hadn't noticed that the venerable Wall Street Journal were claiming the "scoop" with a story about Vista Equity Partners buying Pluralsight for $3.5 billion late last night. Below is the link:
UNCOOKED ALERT: Pluralsight said to ... - Part 3
Monday, 14 December 2020, 4:20 pm
Another hour, another confirmation for little old Betaville.
This time it has emerged Vista Equity Partners, the private equity firm controlled by Robert Smith, has bought Pluralsight, the US-listed digital education business, for $3.5 billion.
In case you don't recall, Betaville Intelligence reported Pluralsight was a takeover target for Vista in early November and also published a follow up last week. Below are the links:..
Tags: Pluralsight, Vista
UNCOOKED ALERT: Codemasters Group Holdings PLC said to ... - Part 5
Monday, 14 December 2020, 10:42 am
Quelle Surprise - Electronic Arts has had a 604p a share cash offer recommended by the board of Codemasters, whose shares are up over 20pc this morning.
Now, readers wouldn't have been too surprised to learn about this morning's counterbid as on Friday Betaville publihsed an UNCOOKED Alert on the topic. Below is the link:..
Sunday review: Arcadia, Debenhams, AstraZeneca and Alexion Pharmaceuticals...
Sunday, 13 December 2020, 7:13 pm
The Sunday newspapers were given a "free" mega story when AstraZeneca announced its $40 billion takeover of US-based Alexion Pharmaceuticals on Saturday. So, naturally I thought they would all lead their respective business section front pages on the biggest pharma deal of the year carried out by a FTSE 100-listed company...
BREAKING: AstraZeneca buys Alexion Pharmaceuticals for $39 billion, confirming Betaville's scoops...
Saturday, 12 December 2020, 1:24 pm
Whoa! Alexion Pharmaceuticals, the US-listed pharmaceuticals stock, has just sold itself to FTSE 100-listed AsztraZeneca for $39 billion in cash and stock.
Now, in case you don't recall little old Betaville revealed several weeks ago that Alexion Pharmaceuticals was back in play with multiple articles on Betaville Intelligence. I will paste them below:..
UNCOOKED ALERT: Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc sa..
Friday, 11 December 2020, 7:50 pm
UNCOOKED ALERT: Codemasters Group Holdings PLC sai..
Friday, 11 December 2020, 3:27 pm
RARE ALERT: Midwich Group plc said to ... - Part 2
Friday, 11 December 2020, 2:59 pm
Oh look - Midwich has just announced it is an advanced discussions to buy NMK Electronics (see the link below).
Tags: Midwich Group
The fight back at Solutions 30 begins ... or does it? - Part 2
Friday, 11 December 2020, 11:33 am
Solutions 30's stock has now been suspended!
Jamie Powell over rival site FT Alphaville has rather good summary of the lead up to the suspension, so do give it a read when you have a moment. I have pasted a link to his piece below:
https://www.ft.com/content/414d4275-1c13-4a0b-ae33-92b00bb85da2 ..
Tags: Solutions 30, FT Alphaville
The Squid, the Stock Watch column and the £1.4 billion energy meter bid...
Friday, 11 December 2020, 10:45 am
This morning a consortium of investors led by BlackRock have announced they plan to buy Calisen, the London-listed smart meter company, for £1.4 billion or 261p a share. Below is the link:
The fight back at Solutions 30 begins ... or does it?
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 9:26 am
The City of London is currently captivated by a France-listed €1.7bn Luxembourg-based outsourcer.
Why?
Well yesterday the company's shares collapsed by almost 25pc during intraday trading and this piece (click on the link below) by rivals over FT Alphaville has a decent explainer of what's been going on.
https://www.ft.com/content/02e82970-f5ae-4aab-a60a-1aed9faa53a1..
Tags: Solutions 30
English (and Co) on fire, again... - Part 6
Thursday, 10 December 2020, 8:58 am
Simon English was on point again yesterday with his piece in the Evening Standard about taxing "rich" people.
Below is a link to his piece if you missed it:
https://www.standard.co.uk/business/a-oneoff-tax-on-the-rich-won-t-work-b229923.html..
Tags: Simon English, Evening Standard
UNCOOKED ALERT: Pluralsight said to ... - Part 2
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 5:43 pm
Pluralsight Inc, the US-listed online technology training company, may be edging closer to a sale of the business.
People following the situation said Pluralsight had recently cancelled their attedance at several investor conferences being held by leading investment banks, leading to a fresh round of speculation the business could be in talks with a potential purchaser...
Tags: Pluralsight
UNCOOKED ALERT: Pure Storage said to ... - Part 3..
Wednesday, 9 December 2020, 5:09 pm
English (and Co) on fire, again... - Part 5
Tuesday, 8 December 2020, 9:52 pm
The Evening Standard has been hit particularly hard by the lockdowns in London but thankfully the new (ish) editor has kept hold of one of Betaville's favourite City writers: Simon English.
English regularly churns out insightful, witty commentary pieces on City shenanigans and did so again today. Below is a link to Simon's piece, which is certainly worth a read if a have a few minutes...
Tags: Simon English, Evening Standard
RARE ALERT: Midwich Group plc said to ...
Monday, 7 December 2020, 5:26 pm
Midwich Group, the UK-listed audio visual distributor, is in talks to purchase a gulf-based company for more than £30 million.
People following the situation said Midwich is said to be in advanced talks to buy NMK Electronics, a Dubai-based distributor of audio equipment, such as speakers, laser projectors and cables.
Midwich is thought to prepared to pay between £30 million and £35 million for NMK Electronics, said people following the situation...
Tags: Midwich Group
Credit Suisse or is it UBS Credit? - Part 2
Saturday, 5 December 2020, 3:44 pm
Rumours about a merger of the two Swiss investment banking giants - Credit Suisse and UBS - rumble on thanks to, er, the banks' top executives.
You might recall in late Summer a little known 'Inside Paradeplatz' revealed UBS and Credit Suisse held taks about a mega merger. The story was then swiftly followed by the venerable Financial Times...
Tags: UBS, Credit Suisse
RARE ALERT: Sierra Wireless said to ... - Part 3
Friday, 4 December 2020, 7:10 pm
Sierra Wireless, the Canada-listed 'internet of things' designer, is rumoured to be eyeing a merger with Thales's IoT division ahead of a potential deal with London-listed Telit Communications.
People following the situation have heard speculation Thales, the France-listed conglomerate, is working with advisers from Deutsche Bank on a potential combination of its IoT division, which it inherited following its EURO 4.8 billion takeover of Gemalto in 2019...
Tags: Sierra Wireless
RARE ALERT: Telit Communications said to ... - Part 16
Friday, 4 December 2020, 7:48 am
It would appear the chaps over at Dbay are really cranking up the negotiations over Telit Communications, the Aim-listed 'internet of things' company.
Dbay, run by feared activist investor Colin Kingsnorth, has just put out a statement saying it is considering (note the "considering") submitting an offer of £1.90 a share for Telit and that U-blox's all paper £2.50 a share offer isn't worth the paper it is being issued with.
Below is the link:..
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