M&A

 Mergers & Acquisitions News (M&A)

• PE firm Silver ‌Lake is in talks to LBO $50B-listed HR software firm Workday Reuters

• Candle Lake, the family office of Solo Cup billionaire Kenneth Dart, made a mandatory $13.8B cash takeover offer for Swedish betting firm Evolution Thetimes

• EQT offered to LBO Australia's Cleanaway Waste Management for $4.9B at a 32% premium Bloomberg

• Thoma Bravo will LBO insurance marketplace Accelerant for $4B at a 50% premium Reuters

• KKR offered to take an 8% stake in power producer First Gen from parent First Philippine Holdings as well as the entire 11.6% public float; a mandatory offer from KKR could fetch a $2.7B valuation Reuters

• Diversified Energy is in advanced talks to acquire Elliott-backed Birch Resources for $1.7B in cash Rigzone

• Luggage giant Samsonite will buy an 85% stake in US lifestyle brand Béis for $178M in cash BoF

• Polymarket acqui-hired sports prediction startup Turf Yahoo finance

• Bezos Group Signs Deal for Roughly 30% of Liverpool FC Bloomberg