The group led by Thoma Bravo goes up against Bain-Golden State Capital for final bids for BMC Software.
Leveraged Buyouts
LinkedIn Buys Pulse News Reader
LinkedIn purchases Pulse at US$90 million where 90% are in stocks and 10% is paid cash. The social network for professionals, LinkedIn Corp has announced that it would be acquiring Pulse.
Gladstone Acquires Land then Leases It
Gladstone purchases a farm in Michigan and leases it out to a corporate farmer. In an announcement, Gladstone Land Corporation has acquired a farm with a land area of 119 total acres where 89 is arable land.
Delay in Hudson City-M&T Deal Ruling Expected
Concerns about money laundering and violations of the Bank Secrecy Act hold back M&T Bank's purchase of Hudson City Bancorp Inc.
DreamWorks Purchases Troll Doll Rights
In a push for diversification, DreamWorks Animation purchases the worldwide rights for Troll Doll Toys.
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First Solar acquires TeraSun for an undisclosed amount. First Solar will be undertaking a new path in the silicon solar panel business with the acquisition of TetraSun, a start up based out of the Silicon Valley.
Protective Life Corp (PLN) is set to acquire Mony Life Insurance Company from parent AXA SA for $1.06 billion to access its life insurance policies portfolio.
Private equity form LDC sells kidsunlimited to Bright Horizons Family Solutions. A leading global provider of child care sponsored by employers has purchased kidsunlimited for the amount of GBP 45 million.
PKO BP just recently announced plans to purchase Nordea Bank Polska and is also looking into the purchase of CSOB of KBC Groupe.
The Petronas shareholdings increased after it submitted its revised offer to EPF for its shares for MISC.
Denizbank has entered into an agreement to acquire the Turkish consumer businesses of Citibank. Denizbank A. S. of Turkey was recently acquired by Sberbank, a state controlled bank of Russia late last year.
In a deal worth US$1 billion, AXA SA would transfer assets from its US unit to Protective Life. A deal was recently announced where Protective Life Corp.
Crest Financial files a proxy statement contesting the Sprint Nextel-Clearwire merger. The biggest minority shareholder in Clearwire Corp, Crest Financial Ltd, has filed a proxy statement with federal regulators.
Thermo Fisher's bid for Life Technologies remained the best offer compared to an effort of buyout firms to put together a bid proposal.
