M&A

 Mergers & Acquisitions News (M&A)

• Asset manager Janus Henderson rejected Victory Capital's $8.6B unsolicited bid and reaffirmed support for Trian and General Catalyst's $7.4B offer  Wall Street Journal 

• Hospitality billionaire Tilman Fertitta is in exclusive talks to buy casino and hotel operator Caesars Entertainment for $7B after topping a competing bid from Icahn Enterprises  Reuters

• Uniform supplier Cintas agreed to acquire rival UniFirst in a $5.5B cash-and-stock deal to end a four-year pursuit  Reuters

• Nvidia agreed to invest $2B in $24B-listed AI infrastructure firm Nebius  Reuters

• Qatar-linked Irth Capital offered to take-private pizza chain Papa Johns at a $1.5B valuation New York Post

• Ara ​Partners agreed to buy Gate City Power and Gate City Renewable Fuels ​portfolios from HF Capital ​while also picking up an interest ⁠in the JET retail network ​in an $875M deal Reuters

• Netflix acquired Ben Affleck's AI film post-prod business InterPositive in a $600M deal  TechCrunch

• Blackstone revived plans to sell a Canary Wharf London office building for over $335M  Financial Times

• Portuguese postal operator CTT is exploring options for its Banco CTT banking unit  Bloomberg

• Palmer Luckey's defense tech startup Anduril will acquire space defense firm ExoAnalytic Solutions  Reuters