September, 2022 | CorpDev.Org

HSBC CEO Says Multiple Independent Advisers Opposed a Breakup [CXO VT]

HSBC Holdings Plc has sought advice on a proposed breakup of the bank and remains convinced that the move would damage the business, according to CEO Noel Quinn.The bank sounded out investment banks...

What Adobe’s Really Paying For Figma: $20 Billion — And Another Billion For CEO Dylan Field To Stick Around [CXO VT]

Figma CEO Dylan Field will have one billion added reasons to stick around Adobe for a while. Gabriela Hasbun/The Forbes Collection Figma’s cofounder and some employees are set to make billions...

What Marriott’s CEO Says About the Prospect of Another Mega-Merger [CXO VT]

Skift Take: Anthony Capuano, CEO of Marriott International, will not be surprised if a big merger or acquisition shakes up the hotel industry, but it most likely won't involve his brand.— Andrea...

The ‘Spac king’ abdicates the throne [Mergers & Acquisitions]

Plus, hedge funds press new deal with Trump’s social media shell company and bankers attempt to sweeten Citrix financing Source Author: unknown

FTC Not Done Targeting Specific Corporate Execs [Law360: Mergers & Acquisitions]

By Bryan Koenig (September 20, 2022, 10:03 PM EDT) -- U.S. Federal Trade Commission Chair Lina Khan told lawmakers Tuesday the agency is just getting started targeting individual company executives...

Zendesk shareholders vote in favour of $10.2bn go-private deal [Private Equity Insights]

Zendesk shareholders have approved a $10.2bn planned acquisition by Hellman & Friedman and Permira Zendesk Inc (ZEN.N) shareholders have approved a $10.2bn planned acquisition of the software...

Gilead Sciences Completes Acquisition of MiroBio [Business Wire Merger/Acquisition News]

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced the completion of the previously announced transaction to acquire MiroBio, a privately held U.K.-based...

Gold Fields CEO confident investors will support $7B Yamana takeover [buyout/ takeover]

bodnarchuk/iStock via Getty Images Initial concerns over Gold Fields' (NYSE:GFI) $7B offer to buy Yamana Gold (NYSE:AUY) have not caused an exodus among top shareholders, CEO Chris Griffith said...

KKR invests in Hero Future Energies in $450m transaction [Future of Work]

KKR invests in Hero Future Energies in $450m transaction KKR and the Hero Group have signed a deal to invest $450 million in Hero Future Energies (HFE), the renewable energy arm of the Hero Group....

UK Probes SocGen Leasing Unit’s €5B Deal For Dutch Rival [Law360: Mergers & Acquisitions]

By Najiyya Budaly (September 20, 2022, 11:55 AM BST) -- Britain's antitrust authority said on Tuesday that it has launched a formal probe into French banking giant Société...