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Apollo Global Management Agrees £5.7 Billion Acquisition Of easyJet

Apollo Global Management agreed to buy easyJet plc for £5.7 billion on 6 August 2026. Target shareholders will receive £7.15 per share in cash. Chief executive Kenton Jarvis told Bloomberg News on 8 October 2026 that the transaction remains on...

Apple M&A Reorganization: Steve Smith Named Head Under CFO Parekh

Apple Inc. has named internal corporate development veteran Steve Smith as the new head of mergers and acquisitions, an appointment announced via an internal corporate memo circulated by Senior Vice President of Services Eddy Cue. According to...

Switzerland’s Partners Group winds down UK listed private equity fund

Switzerland-based Partners Group Holding AG is liquidating its Guernsey-domiciled closed-ended investment company, Partners Group Private Equity Limited, following a shareholder vote on 7 October 2026. The London Stock Exchange-listed vehicle,...

Nvidia’s Groq Pact Faces Delaware Fiduciary Litigation

Nvidia Corporation executed a technology licensing and talent transfer arrangement with artificial intelligence hardware developer Groq, Inc. on December 24, 2025 . Former Groq, Inc. engineers Benjamin Serebrin and Joshua Rubin filed a verified...

Wittington Investments Acquires The Boots Group For $8.9 Billion

On October 7, 2026, Canadian holding company Wittington Investments, Limited agreed to purchase The Boots Group from majority owner Sycamore Partners and minority shareholder Stefano Pessina for $8.9 billion. The transaction transfers control of...

Health & Life Sciences

BlackRock Acquires Welsh Carson Stake in Humana Clinics for $2.8 Billion

BlackRock entered an agreement on October 13, 2026, to acquire the majority equity stake in a primary care joint venture from Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe for $2.8 billion. The transaction establishes a new partnership structure for Humana,...

STERIS acquires Xodus Medical for $2.1 billion in cash

STERIS Corporation, a wholly owned operating subsidiary of STERIS plc, agreed to buy Xodus Medical, Inc. for $2.1 billion in cash on October 12, 2026, according to a corporate press release published on the same day. The buyer plans to extract...

Viatris Agrees to Purchase Pacira BioSciences for 1.65 Billion Dollars

Viatris Inc. agreed to purchase Pacira BioSciences Inc. for $36.50 per share in cash on October 8, 2026, establishing an equity valuation of approximately $1.65 billion. The transaction establishes a 44.8 percent premium over the closing price of...

Shionogi Buys IntraBio for $2 Billion to Acquire Approved Rare Disease Drug

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. agreed to acquire IntraBio Inc. for $2.0 billion in an all-cash transaction announced on October 5, 2026. The Japanese pharmaceutical company will purchase 100 percent of the outstanding shares of the Austin, Texas-based...

GE HealthCare Acquires SOFIE Biosciences for $945 Million to Secure Radiopharmaceutical Supply Chain

GE HealthCare announced on October 5, 2026, that it agreed to purchase SOFIE Biosciences from private equity firm Trilantic North America for $945 million in cash. SOFIE Biosciences operates as a contract manufacturing organization producing...