Italian pharmacy network Hippocrates Holding said on Monday that private equity firm Antin Infrastructure Partners had agreed to take an 80% stake in the company. The pharmacy group short-listed four bidders in October for its network of pharmacies with the aim of...
Italian payments processor Nexi SpA agreed to buy private equity-owned rival Nets A/S, a month after purchasing a state-backed competitor and creating one of Europe’s biggest payment providers. The all-share deal values Copenhagen-based Nets at 7.8 billion euros ($9.2...
CVC Capital Partners and Advent International want to add a “breakaway” clause to their €1.6bn deal to buy into Italy’s Serie A football competition to protect their investment if a rival European super league is launched. The two private equity firms are part of a...
British engineering company Rolls-Royce said shareholders signed up for 94% of new shares it issued as part of a 2 billion pound ($2.64 billion) rights issue to bolster its finances after the pandemic stopped planes flying. Rolls-Royce said on Thursday that the...
Blackstone Group Inc. has agreed to acquire the glass unit of Indian conglomerate Piramal Enterprises Ltd. for about $1 billion, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The transaction could be announced as soon as in the next few weeks, one of the people... 