In a cash and share combination purchase, NV5 acquires Consilium Partners. NV5 Holdings Inc is in the business of providing of professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions.
Leveraged Buyouts
AmSpec Acquired by Incline Equity
Amspec purchaes Incline Equity Partners. Incline Equity Partners announced today that it acquired AmSpec. Incline is a small and medium business focused equity firm with headquarters in Pittsburgh.
Kinder Morgan Energy Acquires Copano
In an all stock deal, Kinder Morgan Energy purchases Copano. The role shale oil production in the United States continues to drive the growth of the energy sector.
3D Systems Acquires RPDG
3D Systems acquires RPDG for an undisclosed sum. 3D Systems, in a bid to expand its capacity to manufacture parts on demand, has acquired Rapid Product Development Group.
Ebix Purchased by Goldman Sachs
Goldman Sachs acquires Ebix, the insurance software provider for US$20 per share. Ebix, the insurance software provider based out of Atlanta, GA has accepted to a US$20 per share buyout offer from Goldman Sachs.
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Emma Delta, as required by the Athens government, increases its bid for OPAP, the Greek gambling monopoly.
Melrose Industries sells off Tyman Hardware for US$200 million. Melrose Industries Plc, the engineering turnaround specialist, has announced that it would be selling off its North American hardware company.
Two private equity consortiums are bidding for BMC Software. A private equity consortium consisting of Bain Capital LLC and Golden Gate Capital Corp has become the leading bidder to purchase BMC Software for over US$6.
Judge rules the share-buyout provision in the offer is not violative of the law. In a ruling, a New York judge set aside a potential obstacle to sell the Empire State Building as part of an REIT IPO.
Shutterfly purchases and acquires MyPublisher. In an announcement calling the recent move as 'best in class', Shutterfly CEO Jeffrey Housenbold said that when MyPublisher is used with Shutterfly's cloud based system, the platform would 'set the standard for design, choice and quality in the personal publishing and social expression category.
FIT's management buyout plan supported by FF&P Private Equity and acquirer EEMG. The private equity arm of Fleming Family and Partners, FF&P Private Equity has supported the buy-in management buyout of FIT, the specialist energy efficiency business.
Aepona bought out by Intel Aepona, a cloud-based network solutions company, has been acquired by Intel. Amadeus Capital Partners is the biggest venture financier of Aepona.
Unilever offer is not enough according to Aberdeen Asset Management. According to Aberdeen Asset Management Plc, the offer made by Unilever Plc to pay 600 rupees per share of Hindustan Unilever Ltd is not high enough to move many of existing stockholders to sell their shares.
Spansion pays US$110 million for the microcontroller unit of Fujitsu Electronics. Spansion Inc, a manufacturer of flash memory systems for electronic gadgets, has agreed to purchase the microcontroller operations of Fujitsu Ltd for US$110 million.
