This is a joint press release by PAI Partners SAS (“PAI”) and various entities (indirectly) controlled by or affiliated to Charles Jobson and/or his family members (“Charles Jobson”), acting jointly through Best of Nature Bidco B.V. (“Bidco”, and together with PAI and Charles Jobson, the “Consortium” or the “Offeror”), and Koninklijke Wessanen N.V. (“Wessanen” or […]
Category Archives: Mergers And Acquisitions
AssetMark Acquires OBS Financial
CONCORD, Calif., Sept. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AssetMark Financial Holdings, Inc., announced today that it has reached an agreement, through its subsidiary AssetMark Financial, with Canandaigua National Corporation to acquire OBS Financial, an established turnkey asset management platform delivering academically constructed, structured investment strategies to independent advisors, bank Trust officers and their clients, in […]
Armstrong World Industries Completes Sale of EMEA and Pacific Rim Business to Knauf
LANCASTER, Pa., Sept. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Armstrong World Industries, Inc. (the “Company” or “AWI”) (NYSE:AWI) today announced that it has completed the sale to Knauf International GmbH (“Knauf”) of certain subsidiaries comprising the EMEA and Pacific Rim businesses of the Company, including the businesses of the WAVE joint venture in EMEA and the […]
NewLink Genetics and Lumos Pharma Enter into Merger Agreement to Form Biopharmaceutical Company Focused on Developing Therapies to Treat Rare Diseases
— Combined company to assume the name, Lumos Pharma, Inc. and is expected to be led by Richard J. Hawkins, current CEO of Lumos Pharma — — Lumos asset, LUM-201, represents first oral therapeutic candidate for pediatric growth hormone deficiency (PGHD) with planned Phase 2b expected to begin in mid-2020 — — Lumos Pharma stockholders, […]
Colfax Completes Sale of Air & Gas Handling Business
Annapolis Junction, MD, Sept. 30, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Colfax Corporation (“Colfax”) (NYSE: CFX), a leading diversified industrial technology company, today announced it completed the sale of its Air & Gas Handling business to an affiliate of KPS Capital Partners, LP for an aggregate consideration of $1.8 billion. The cash proceeds, net of transaction expenses […]
The HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited – Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) – Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY (“RI”) STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS NOT APPLICABLE) Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”) 1. KEY INFORMATION (a) Name of exempt principal trader: The HongKong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation […]