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SoftBank to meet Samsung to explore Arm ‘strategic alliance’ [Mergers & Acquisitions]

Masayoshi Son will visit Seoul in October to explore tie-up for UK chip designer Source Author: unknown

KnowBe4 gets $4.22bn go-private offer from Vista Equity Partners [buyout/ takeover]

Clearwater cybersecurity training company KnowBe4 has received a multibillion-dollar offer to go private Cybersecurity firm KnowBe4 Inc (KNBE.O) said that Vista Equity Partners had offered to take...

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...

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...

Figma’s Venture Backers Win Big With Adobe’s $20B M&A Deal

Adobe announced this morning that it has agreed to acquire collaborative design platform Figma for $20 billion in cash and stock, in what looks to be the largest purchase of a U.S. private,...

Adobe makes $20B bet on a collaborative future with Figma acquisition [Mergers and Acquisitions • TechCrunch]

Prior to announcing its intent to buy Figma for $20 billion on Thursday, Adobe’s largest deal was its $4.75 billion Marketo acquisition in 2018. Why go so far outside of its pricing comfort zone...

Microsoft Offers No UK Fixes For $69B Activision Deal [Law360: Mergers & Acquisitions]

By Matthew Perlman (September 15, 2022, 7:22 PM EDT) -- Microsoft Corp. is facing an in-depth probe by the U.K.'s competition enforcer over its planned $68.7 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard...

Elon Musk’s New Counterclaims Cite Twitter Whistleblower [Law360: Mergers & Acquisitions]

By Hailey Konnath (September 15, 2022, 11:25 PM EDT) -- Elon Musk on Thursday filed a public version of his updated counterclaims against Twitter in litigation over his attempt to walk away from his...

Grindr names new top team as it prepares to go public in Spac deal [Mergers & Acquisitions]

George Arison, founder of online car sales group Shift, to become gay dating app’s chief executive Source Author: unknown

Twitter Shareholders Vote To Approve Musk’s $44B Takeover [buyout/ takeover]

By Tom Zanki (September 13, 2022, 6:44 PM EDT) -- Twitter Inc. shareholders on Tuesday overwhelmingly endorsed Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover deal valued at $54.20 per share, placing another...