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Acquisitions & ownership· News

KKR agrees to acquire Gen II Fund Services at $5.1 billion enterprise value

KKR has agreed to buy fund administrator Gen II from Hg, General Atlantic and other minority investors through its Core Private Equity strategy. The stated $5.1 billion enterprise value is not a disclosed equity purchase price. The proposed acquisition remains subject to approvals and other closing conditions, with a close expected in 2027.

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6 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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GE HealthCare agrees to buy SOFIE Biosciences for $945 million

GE HealthCare agreed to acquire SOFIE Biosciences from Trilantic North America for $945 million in cash. The proposed deal would add a U.S. PET radiopharmaceutical manufacturing network and U.S. rights to the investigational FAPI-74 tracer.

6 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Basware closes Trustpair acquisition, plans to keep payment-verification business independent

Basware says its purchase of Trustpair is complete after an August agreement. Trustpair is expected to keep selling its payment-verification software across customers' existing systems, including outside Basware. The companies have not disclosed the price in their transaction announcements.

6 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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BT Group buys TalkTalk and PlatformX out of administration as UK review opens

BT Group says it has acquired TalkTalk's consumer and PlatformX wholesale businesses through administrations. BT estimates approximately £400 million in total FY27 cash impact, not a separately disclosed purchase price. The UK Competition and Markets Authority has opened an inquiry into the completed acquisition.

6 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Acquisitions & ownership· News

Mutares receives offer to sell control of Lapeyre Group and retain minority stake

Mutares said on October 5 that an Italian-backed investment vehicle had offered to acquire a controlling stake in French home-improvement group Lapeyre. Mutares would retain a minority stake. The seller expects a fourth-quarter closing, subject to the employee representatives’ opinion, but disclosed neither a price nor the precise stake.

5 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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5E Advanced Materials closes Searles Valley asset purchase with $7 million bridge draw

5E Advanced Materials completed its purchase of specified Searles Valley assets on October 1, 2026. The buyer received $7 million at closing under a $10 million secured bridge facility, separate from the cash, shares and seller-lender note used as purchase consideration.

5 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Nova Capital acquires BMP Group and RB Medical from Andrew Industries

Nova Capital Management announced on October 2 that it had acquired industrial-components maker BMP Group and healthcare-products business RB Medical from Andrew Industries. Nova says their existing management structures will remain. It disclosed neither a purchase price nor quantified commitments for further investment.

5 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Montagu completes Helix majority acquisition, creating standalone ServiceOps company

Helix said on October 2 that Montagu had completed its majority-stake acquisition through a carve-out from BMC Software. KKR-managed funds retain a minority interest, but the company announcements do not specify the final equity split or confirm a purchase price.

5 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Roland Foods agrees to buy Savor Brands; Dot Foods to take Roland stake

Roland Foods has agreed to acquire Savor Brands from Dot Foods. Dot is to become a Roland shareholder and distribute both brands under a separate commercial agreement. The acquisition has not closed, and the companies did not disclose financial terms.

5 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Samfara completes first buyout of Chr. Olesen Synthesis as CEO co-invests

Samfara's first acquisition brings in a Danish drug-ingredient manufacturer whose audited accounts show a fire-hit 2025 loss and negative equity. Seller counsel says all its shares were sold; the buyer has not disclosed the purchase price.

3 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Antin takes majority stake in HP Helicopters; founder retains minority holding

Antin says its NextGen Fund I has acquired a significant majority stake in California helicopter operator HP Helicopters. Co-founder Brad Bauder will retain a minority holding. Antin wants to expand the fleet and increase long-term exclusive-use contracts, but has not disclosed the deal value or exact ownership percentages.

3 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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QPE-backed Canford Group acquires Lemonaid Motor Legal, adding broker-facing claims intake

Queen’s Park Equity announced on October 2, 2026, that Canford Group had completed its acquisition of Lemonaid Motor Legal. The broker-facing claims business will keep its brand and leadership, whose retained equity stake was described as significant but not quantified.

3 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Stryten completes acquisition of C&D Technologies and Trojan Battery

Atlas-backed Stryten announced the completed acquisition on October 1. It reports 18 battery manufacturing and component facilities across three countries and about 4,800 employees worldwide. The price and the sponsors’ post-closing economic interests were not disclosed.

3 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Fed approves Fleur Capital’s revised plan to acquire Simmesport State Bank

The Federal Reserve Board approved Fleur Capital’s amended application on October 2, 2026, after an earlier application was approved in January. Fleur proposes to buy all of Simmesport State Bank’s shares with cash and Fleur shares; approval does not establish that the acquisition has closed.

3 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Eni and Ares complete €1.56 billion Plenitude capital increase and joint-control deal

Eni says it and Ares funds completed a €1.56 billion capital increase at Plenitude on October 1. Eni retains 65.03% of the shares, but Ares-appointed directors have approval rights over specified major decisions. The completion fixes the contributions and ownership stakes under a joint-control plan announced in March.

2 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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ArcLight funds complete purchase of InfraBridge’s 50% IATP stake

InfraBridge and ArcLight reported on September 30 that ArcLight funds had completed the purchase of InfraBridge’s 50% interest in an 11-asset North American power portfolio. Invenergy retains its other 50% interest and operational role. The transaction price was not disclosed.

2 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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CMA says nexfibre’s proposed Substantial acquisition could weaken wholesale broadband competition

The UK competition regulator provisionally objects to the proposed acquisition. Its concern turns on a potential loss of a third wholesale network in areas where Substantial overlaps nexfibre and Virgin Media O2, and on how competition in those areas could influence terms across a wider network. The finding is not final.

2 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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SoftBank completes DigitalBridge acquisition at $16 per common share; preferred shares remain outstanding

SoftBank completed its acquisition of DigitalBridge on September 30, 2026. Covered common shares gained a right to $16 in cash, while preferred shares remained outstanding with separate change-of-control conversion rights. An October 1 notice set an October 22 election deadline for Series I holders.

2 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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Advent agrees to buy majority stake in Mexican software provider CONTPAQi

Advent International announced an agreement on October 1, 2026 to acquire a majority stake in CONTPAQi. The Mexican business-software provider reports more than 1.2 million businesses using its products and more than 6,000 distributors. Co-founder René Torres is to retain a significant minority stake. The acquisition remains subject to closing conditions and regulatory approvals; financial terms were not disclosed.

2 Oct 2026 · MoneyMakers

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TransDigm completes approximately $1.066 billion cash purchase of IGP-backed Prince & Izant

TransDigm completed its acquisition of Prince & Izant on September 28. The buyer now expects approximately $390 million in calendar-2026 revenue from the acquired business, versus approximately $360 million in its July announcement. Buyer and seller describe the treatment of certain tax benefits differently.

30 Sept 2026 · MoneyMakers

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