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M&A Activity · Americas

Caldwell is divesting its IQTalent business to WinMil in a deal valued at about $4.7M.

M&A Activity · Americas

EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) entered a definitive all-stock merger agreement to acquire Range Resources (NYSE: RRC), creating a larger US natural gas producer.

M&A Activity · Americas

Bon Secours Mercy Health is in advanced talks to acquire a majority stake in Surgery Partners, the publicly listed US surgical care operator, at about $20 per share (roughly $6bn enterprise value including $3.5bn debt). Bain Capital would keep its ~40% stake. Reported via the Financial Times, with an announcement possibly imminent.

M&A Activity · Americas

Toronto-based AI vendor to banks Zafin acquired Silicon Valley-based Naehas for more than $100 million, its first major acquisition since a private equity takeover by Nordic Capital two years ago.

M&A Activity · Americas

EQT Corp agreed to acquire Range Resources in an all-stock deal valued at over US$50 billion including debt, creating what the companies call the largest vertically integrated natural gas producer in the US.

M&A Activity · Americas

Couche-Tard has made a new bid to acquire Cumberland Farms Ltd., with the bid reportedly valuing the target at up to $8 billion, per the Times as reported by Bloomberg.