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Paramount Global in talks to open its books to Sony Pictures and Apollo

A special committee of Paramount's board that is evaluating the company's options allowed an exclusivity period to lapse in its deal discussions with Skydance last week

Reliance acquires petrochemicals step-down subsidiary for Rs 314 cr

Reliance Industries Ltd on Wednesday said it has acquired a step-down subsidiary engaged in the manufacture of petrochemicals and hydrogen, for Rs 314.48 crore. In a stock exchange filing, the firm said Reliance Chemicals and Materials Ltd (RCML) is a step-down wholly owned subsidiary of the Company through Reliance Projects & Property Management Services Ltd (RPPMSL). "It is proposed to make RCML a direct wholly owned subsidiary and hence, the company has today, at around 3:15 p.m., acquired a 100 per cent equity stake of RCML from RPPMSL for an aggregate consideration of Rs 314.48 crore," it said. RCML was incorporated in India on November 2, 2022, to undertake the business of manufacturing petrochemicals, vinyls, hydrogen & its derivatives, rare and industrial gases, bio-energy products and carbon fibre. "The transaction is between the company and its wholly-owned subsidiary and hence a related party transaction. It is on arm's length basis," Reliance said adding no ...

SMFG invests Rs 1,300 crore in its Indian unit to fuel NBFC growth

First fresh direct equity investment after 100% acquisition

KKR to acquire Bengaluru-based medical device maker Healthium from Apax

The investment will be made through KKR's Asian Fund IV, according to Monday's statement, which didn't disclose financial details

IIHL sets sights on $50 bn valuation by 2030: Chairman Ashok Hinduja

The Hinduja Group arm will raise stake in IndusInd Bank to 26%; IIHL, Aasia Enterprises acquisition of Rel Cap to meet Irdai norms

Premji Invest inches closer to majority stake acquisition in Nainital Bank

Bank of Baroda, a public sector lender and the majority shareholder holding around 98% of Nainital Bank, is expected to divest its entire stake

Coforge slips 10% post Q4 results, acquisition of Cigniti Technologies

The stock of Coforge is trading at its lowest level since June 2023. With today's decline, it corrected 34 per cent from its 52-week high of Rs 6,840 touched on February 19, 2024

Adi-Nadir Godrej family makes open offer to acquire Astec Lifesciences

To acquire 20.84% stake in Godrej Industries from Jamshyd Godrej family

Happiest Minds to acquire Noida-based PureSoftware for $94.5 million

The IT company aims to boost its domain capabilities in BFSI, healthcare and life sciences through this acquisition

Happiest Minds Technologies to acquire PureSoftware for Rs 779 crore

IT company Happiest Minds Technologies Ltd on Thursday said it will acquire PureSoftware Technologies for a total consideration of USD 94.5 million (Rs 779 crores). Happiest Minds Technologies has signed definitive agreements to acquire 100 per cent of the equity share capital of PureSoftware Technologies Pvt Ltd for a total purchase consideration of Rs 779 crore, according to a company statement. The total purchase consideration comprises upfront payment of Rs 635 crore on closing and deferred payment of up to Rs 144 crore payable at the end of 2024-25, on achievement of set performance targets. "I am delighted to welcome the PureSoftware Team to the Happiest Minds family. Our Mission of 'Happiest People. Happiest Customers' and PureSoftware's 'Customer Delight by Creating Employee Delight' harmonizes our shared vision of driving happiness for people and customers," Happiest Minds, executive chairman, Ashok Soota, said in the statement. Noida-headquartered PureSoftware has a globa

KKR said to consider $1 billion acquisition of Healthium Medtech: Report

Apax Partners, which bought Healthium in 2018, has been working with advisers to gauge interest in the business, the people said

India's deal-making activity unfazed by elections: BNP Paribas' Murugaiyan

Murugaiyan, who oversaw close to a dozen ECM deals in 2023, says large sell-downs by private equity (PE) firms show the depth of the domestic market

BlackRock buys shares of two companies for Rs 207 crore via open market

US-based asset manager BlackRock on Friday acquired shares of Electrosteel Castings and PTC India Ltd for Rs 207 crore through open market transactions. BlackRock, through its affiliates iShares II Public Ltd Company - iShares Global Water UCITS ETF, iShares Global Clean Energy ETF and iShares Global Clean Energy UCITS ETF purchased shares of two companies. iShares is a collection of exchange-traded funds managed by BlackRock. According to the bulk deal data available with the National Stock Exchange (NSE), iShares Global Water UCITS ETF bought 32.28 lakh shares of Electrosteel Castings at an average price of Rs 196.21 per scrip, taking the deal value to Rs 63.35 crore. In addition, iShares Global Clean Energy ETF purchased 27.50 lakh shares of PTC India, and iShares Global Clean Energy UCITS ETF acquired 38.67 lakh shares of the firm at an average price of Rs 217.53 apiece, taking the transaction value to Rs 143.95 crore. The combined deal value of both transactions is Rs 207.30

Infosys to acquire German firm in-tech in 450 mn euro all-cash deal

Infosys will acquire a 100% stake in the German engineering R&D services provider, expanding its footprint in Europe

Home solutions provider Resideo to buy Snap One in $1.4 billion deal

The acquisition will help Resideo's ADI unit, a global distributor of audio-visual and low-voltage products, benefit from Snap One's smart-living solutions

Edelweiss Alternatives completes acquisition of L&T IDPL for Rs 6,000 cr

Edelweiss Alternatives on Thursday announced that it has completed the Rs 6,000 crore deal to acquire L&T Infrastructure Development Projects (LTIDPL), which owns various road assets and power transmission lines. The deal to buy LTIPDL, a joint venture where infra major L&T had a 51 per cent stake and its partner Canada Pension Plan Investment Board had the rest, was first announced in December 2022. The Edelweiss arm is buying 100 per cent ownership in the JV and will get a portfolio comprising seven road assets spanning 4,400 lane-km and a 960 circuit km power transmission line, according to a statement. After this acquisition, the infra platform's overall portfolio will go up to 26 assets, comprising 5,000 lane-km of roads, 1,800 ckms of power transmission assets and 813 MWp of renewables, with a cumulative annual revenue of Rs 3,000 crore, it added. A statement from L&T said the stakes have been acquired by Epic Concesiones, an investee company of Edelweiss ...

Google parent Alphabet weighs offer for $35 bn valued firm HubSpot

The potential acquisition would be Alphabet's largest ever and allow it to put some of its cash pile, which reached $110.9 billion at the end of December, to work

General Atlantic acquires majority stake in Ujala Cygnus hospitals

Ujala Cygnus currently operates 21 hospitals in five states of northern India, catering mainly to tier-2 and tier-3 cities

Decision Point acquisition will help expand into Latin America: LatentView

Digital analytics consulting and solutions company LatentView Analytics will pick up 70 per cent stake in Decision Point for USD 39.1 million, marking its foray into the Latin American market. Established in 2012, Decision Point is a leader in Artificial Intelligence-led Business Transformation and Revenue Growth Management (RGM) solutions, which has an employee base of over 300. Chennai-based LatentView Analytics, in a statement on Friday, said it would acquire the remaining 30 per cent stake in Decision Point over the next two years. "Decision Point's strength is in Revenue Growth Management solutions that help companies achieve sustainable and profitable growth, with data being the primary factor in this acquisition. This deal will bring 300-plus highly skilled employees into LatentView's CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) practice and help us expand into the Latin America market," LatentView Analytics CEO Rajan Sethuraman said. Gurugram-headquartered Decision Point has over a decade

Varun Beverages completes acquisition of South African bottler BevCo

Varun Beverages Ltd, PepsiCo's largest franchise bottler, on Wednesday said it has completed the acquisition of South Africa-based Beverage Company (BevCo) along with its wholly-owned subsidiaries. The acquisition was done after receipt of requisite approvals from PepsiCo Inc and Competition Commission South Africa and now BevCo has become a subsidiary of the company from March 26, Varun Beverages Ltd (VBL) in a regulatory filing. VBL has also issued a corporate guarantee amounting to ZAR 1,500 million (around Rs 660 crore) to secure credit facilities extended to BevCo by the FirstRand Bank there, it added. However, it also added: "There is no impact of this corporate guarantee on the company." In December 2023, VBL announced its plans to acquire 100 per cent stake in BevCo, along with its wholly-owned subsidiaries at an enterprise level, valued at about Rs 1,320 crore (about ZAR 3 billion). BevCo holds franchise rights from PepsiCo in South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini. It also h