Sun Acquisitions

MARCH 1, 2024

A leading provider of commercial food-service furniture solutions initiates sell-side engagement managed by Sun Acquisitions. Established in 1984 and under current ownership since 2014, they have been a cornerstone in the commercial furniture market.

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Food Mergers and Acquisitions Acquisitions Middle Market 59

M&A Leadership Council

OCTOBER 22, 2023

The Art of M&A® / Post-Merger Integration and Divestitures An excerpt from The Art of M&A, Fifth Edition: A Merger, Acquisition, and Buyout Guide by Alexandra Reed Lajoux COMMITMENTS to EMPLOYEES Why is it important to make and keep commitments to employees? How do pension funds respond to downsizing after mergers?

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Shearman & Sterling

AUGUST 19, 2021

the "Company") challenging the Company's take-private acquisition by the Company's majority shareholder. Defendants argued that the transaction complied with the procedural protections necessary for deferential review—under the business judgment standard—of a merger process involving a controller pursuant to Kahn v.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 8, 2023

Founded in 2014, Argyle is experiencing robust growth in the U.S. With the acquisition of Argyle, the LABRADOR group is achieving its strategic priority to create a multinational company with offices in Paris, Atlanta, New York and Manila. This acquisition represents a decisive step in the Group’s growth.

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TechCrunch: M&A

JULY 27, 2023

Uplift was founded in 2014 by Brian Barth, who previously sold his travel startup SideStep to Kayak for $200 million. From the start, the focus was travel, with an emphasis on partnerships with the vacation package sites of United Airlines, Southwest and American Airlines as well as Allegiant Travel Company and Kayak.

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Sica Fletcher

MAY 13, 2024

Investors continue to be more selective when evaluating acquisition opportunities, with many well-funded buyers in the market still mindful of the high cost of capital. The Sica | Fletcher Index is the leading report on mergers and acquisitions within the insurance brokerage sector.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 5, 2024

Deal volume was comparable to this period last year, with investors maintaining a cautious approach in assessing acquisition opportunities and with numerous well-funded buyers mindful of the high cost of capital. The Sica | Fletcher Index is the leading report on mergers and acquisitions within the insurance brokerage sector.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 5, 2024

Deal volume was comparable to this period last year, with investors maintaining a cautious approach in assessing acquisition opportunities and with numerous well-funded buyers mindful of the high cost of capital. The Sica | Fletcher Index is the leading report on mergers and acquisitions within the insurance brokerage sector.

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Cooley M&A

JANUARY 24, 2017

At what point do “discussions” with a friendly merger party become “negotiations” that are required to be publicly disclosed under the tender offer rules in response to a hostile bid? Specifically, Allergan’s disclosure stated: In addition, we have been approached by another party regarding a potential merger transaction.

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Shearman & Sterling

AUGUST 19, 2021

the "Company") challenging the Company's take-private acquisition by the Company's majority shareholder. Defendants argued that the transaction complied with the procedural protections necessary for deferential review—under the business judgment standard—of a merger process involving a controller pursuant to Kahn v.

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Wizenius

APRIL 27, 2023

One specific area where these laws are frequently applied is in the context of merger and acquisition transactions. To prevent this from happening, governments often have laws in place that regulate mergers and acquisitions to ensure that they do not create or enhance a monopoly or otherwise harm competition.

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M&A Leadership Council

DECEMBER 4, 2023

He advises global clients on inorganic strategy, mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures, across all workstreams of the deal, pre and post transaction execution. Steven Rosenberg Senior Dir, Global M&A, WTW Steven Rosenberg is a Senior Director within WTW’s M&A Practice and based in New York.

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Shearman & Sterling

JUNE 16, 2017

2014)—intended to protect against just such an eventuality. In re Good Tech. Stockholder Litig., 11580-VCL (Del. 3d 54 (Del.

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InvestmentBank.com

OCTOBER 24, 2019

In fact, acquisitions by hospitals and private equity in provider services broke records last year according to Bain & Co’s 2019 global healthcare report. According to a study by Avalere Health and the Physician Advocacy Institute, hospital acquisition of physician practices in the U.S. In 2009 healthcare costs consumed 17.3%

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TechCrunch: M&A

APRIL 27, 2023

Kakao Pay first launched its mobile payment service in 2014. Today’s acquisition represents Kakao Pay’s first M&A transaction outside of its home market. Gloria Gebbia, Siebert’s controlling shareholder and board member, told TechCrunch that the second transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2024.

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Sica Fletcher

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The Sica | Fletcher Index stands as the leading report on mergers and acquisitions within the insurance brokerage sector. The firm was founded in 2014 by Michael Fletcher and Al Sica, two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $17.5 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Since its founding in 2014 the company has made north of 60 acquisitions, with the majority of those acquisitions focused on B2B produce distributors. fueled by millions of dollars in funding, a bold acquisition strategy, and a mission to digitally transform the global and American food supply chain.

Food 52

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Shearman & Sterling

JUNE 16, 2017

2014)—intended to protect against just such an eventuality. In re Good Tech. Stockholder Litig., 11580-VCL (Del. 3d 54 (Del.

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Sica Fletcher

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The Sica | Fletcher Broker Buyer Index stands as the leading report on mergers and acquisitions within the insurance brokerage sector. Founders Michael Fletcher and Al Sica are two of the industry's leading dealmakers who have advised on over $16 billion in insurance agency and brokerage transactions since 2014.

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The Deal

JANUARY 25, 2024

Sanjay Murti graduated from Georgetown University in 2010 and from Columbia Law School in 2014, when he joined Cravath as an associate. (SGMS) on the $6.05 billion sale of its global lottery services and technology business to Brookfield Business Partners LP (BBU) in 2022. He became a partner at the firm in 2022.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Neal Aizenstein has joined Cooley’s mergers and acquisitions practice group in the firm’s newly launched Chicago office. Outside of practice leadership, Cooley’s M&A team has continued to set the standard for gender parity in dealmaking. Neal Aizenstein.

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The Deal

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Bomi Lee knew she wanted to specialize in M&A after working on two deals as a mid-level associate at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in 2014 and 2015, she said on this week’s Drinks With The Deal podcast. “I I liked the strategy and the negotiations and the chess game element of M&A, the immediacy of M&A,” Lee said.

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M&A Leadership Council

MARCH 29, 2022

The acquisition of Tiffany & Co. Integration is the process of accelerating the delivery of value expected from an acquisition by leveraging the assets (people, core capabilities, processes, IP, systems and cultures) of BOTH the buyer and the acquired company.”. Can this acquisition be saved?

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The Deal

AUGUST 10, 2023

In 2014, he advised General Electric Co. (GE) “The clients are trusting their lawyer to go to a place that’s going to take care of them. … It’s imperative that the first three months, six months go smoothly.” Fahrney also discussed the more challenging regulatory environment for deals. GE) on a $3.3

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Cooley M&A

JULY 19, 2019

On July 9, 2019, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) publicly announced its intent to impose a £99M (approximately $123M) GDPR fine on Marriott as a result of its acquisition of Starwood and the subsequent discovery and notification of a data breach at Starwood.

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Sica Fletcher

MARCH 28, 2024

Federal Interest Rates vs. EBITDA Multiples, Q1 2022 - Q1 2024 That being said, many buyers have reportedly held off on prospective acquisitions until the market conditions improve, resulting in a historically high amount of dry powder waiting in the wings. However, volume and value in the insurance sector remained remarkably stable.

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Sica Fletcher

OCTOBER 16, 2024

HNW vs. Mass Affluent: Pros & Cons An RIA’s acquisition strategy can also affect their value in the eyes of a prospective buyer. growth from acquisitions, mergers, or partnerships with other RIAs). growth from relationships with existing and new customers) and inorganic growth (e.g., Learn more at SicaFletcher.com.

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Peak Frameworks

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

For instance, the Bali Package in 2014 aimed at streamlining trade, allowing developing countries more options for food security, and providing better trade opportunities for the least developed countries. Decisions are ideally made through consensus, emphasizing the cooperative nature of the organization.

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Focus Investment Banking

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The authors studied 322 public deals between 2014 and 2019 that totaled more than $2.4 Michael McGregor is a Managing Director at FOCUS Investment Banking (focusbankers.com/tire-and-service) and advises and assists multi-location tire dealers on mergers and acquisitions in the automotive aftermarket. trillion in value.

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Peak Frameworks

JULY 20, 2023

For instance, consider the case of Satya Nadella , who became the CEO of Microsoft in 2014. Main Decision-Maker They address critical issues, such as mergers and acquisitions, financial strategies, and major investments. CEOs must balance their responsibilities with the interests and expectations of these groups.

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Cooley M&A

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

5] Accordingly, definitive agreements for public company acquisitions almost universally contain a condition to the closing of the transaction that such stockholder approval has been obtained. Stockholder litigation. As always, ambiguity begets litigation. Best practice: Include a carve out in your transfer provisions.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

AUGUST 14, 2024

Following the subprime crisis and bank bailouts, one knew exactly what was happening in the broader economy, and companies like Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Amazon kept investing but focused on smaller deals and IP acquisitions. They were not completely revamping their business models. vs. how much money it makes.

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Cooley M&A

APRIL 7, 2017

SRS , the Delaware Court of Chancery recently held that Gilead Sciences was not required to pay former stockholders of Calistoga Pharmaceuticals a $50 million milestone payment under the terms of a 2011 merger agreement in which Gilead acquired Calistoga for an upfront payment of $375 million and potential milestone payments of up to $225 million.

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Cooley M&A

MAY 5, 2020

2014) (“MFW”) and its progeny applies in a non- MFW scenario (i.e., On October 11 th , the special committee authorized its counsel to negotiate definitive documents and determined that any acquisition should be conditioned on approval of a majority of the disinterested stockholders. per share, and the eventual merger price of $3.68

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InvestmentBank.com

DECEMBER 1, 2020

M&A Beat – US Health Services Q2 2020 M&A Beat is a quarterly update for CEO’s, CFO’s, Owner, Founders of lower middle-market ($10M-$100M Rev) companies, offering relevant details on mergers and acquisitions deal value, volume, valuation multiples and trends in their respective industry and vertical. acquisition.

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Bronte Capital

JUNE 30, 2022

it was a reverse merger into a totally b t EASDAQ listed company. I did one check - described below - and found that the acquisitions did not make sense. But the accounts showed big profits Back in 2014 the accounts showed quite a bit of cash generation - a margin considerably higher than I would expect. So I had two theories.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

Dutch and Belgian time (subject to the completion or waiver of conditions precedent no later than 31 December 2024) – to proceed with the crossborder transaction assimilated to merger by acquisition in which two companies of the Vastned Group (Vastned Retail Nederland B.V. and Vastned Retail Monuments B.V.)

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