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The Latest News from merger, acquisition and takeover

Cloud backup firm hits new heights in $420m acquisition

Cloud backup firm hits new heights in $420m acquisition

Shares in ASX-listed Dropsuite have surged to an all-time high - 57 times the price of its 2016 IPO - after the Melbourne company agreed to be taken over.

Northern Star to buy WA gold developer in $5b deal

Northern Star to buy WA gold developer in $5b deal

Northern Star to buy WA gold developer in $5b deal

Northern Star to buy WA gold developer in $5b deal

Northern Star has agreed to buy De Grey Mining in an all-scrip transaction that will give it ownership of the massive Hemi gold project in Western Australia.

Telstra boosts services with prepaid youth mobile brand

Telstra has acquired prepaid mobile service provider Boost Mobile, a youth brand founded in 2000, for an undisclosed purchase price.

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ACCC gives Chemist Warehouse-Sigma merger the go-ahead

ACCC gives Chemist Warehouse-Sigma merger the go-ahead

A merger between Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare is unlikely to substantially lessen competition in the pharmaceutical, a watchdog has concluded.

New merger laws to shelve 'damaging' supermarket deals

New merger laws to shelve 'damaging' supermarket deals

The competition watchdog will have to be notified of every supermarket merger to prevent major players from gaining an unfair advantage.

Rio Tinto to acquire Arcadium Lithium for $10 billion

Rio Tinto to acquire Arcadium Lithium for $10 billion

Rio Tinto will pay a 90 per cent premium to acquire Arcadium Lithium, adding lithium to its aluminium and copper operations.

Mixed fruit: SPC to merge with Original Juice Company

Mixed fruit: SPC to merge with Original Juice Company

Three Australian food companies are joining forces in a merger expected to deliver more than $400 million in revenue this financial year.

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EToro to blast off with superannuation app Spaceship

EToro to blast off with superannuation app Spaceship

EToro to blast off with superannuation app Spaceship

EToro to blast off with superannuation app Spaceship

The Mike Cannon-Brookes backed Australian superannuation platform Spaceship has been acquired by eToro in a deal worth up to $80 million.

Xero acquires analytics platform Syft for $104 million

Xero acquires analytics platform Syft for $104 million

Xero acquires analytics platform Syft for $104 million

Xero acquires analytics platform Syft for $104 million

Accounting software business Xero hit its highest price since 2022 after announcing the $A104 million acquisition of cloud-based reporting platform Syft.

News Corp flags potential Foxtel buyer, rise in revenue

News Corp flags potential Foxtel buyer, rise in revenue

News Corp flags potential Foxtel buyer, rise in revenue

News Corp flags potential Foxtel buyer, rise in revenue

Foxtel could change hands with owner News Corp revealing a potential suitor for the pay-TV operator along with a rise in revenue for the American conglomerate.

Woodside to be 'global LNG powerhouse' after $1.4b deal

Woodside to be 'global LNG powerhouse' after $1.4b deal

Woodside to be 'global LNG powerhouse' after $1.4b deal

Woodside to be 'global LNG powerhouse' after $1.4b deal

Australia's Woodside Energy has agreed to buy the US developer of an under-construction LNG project in the Gulf of Mexico for $US900 million.

Regional radiology chains agree to $857m merger

Regional radiology chains agree to $857m merger

Regional radiology chains agree to $857m merger

Regional radiology chains agree to $857m merger

Integral Diagnostics and Capitol Health have agreed to join forces and create a 155-clinic diagnostic imaging company.

ACCC flags concerns over $8.8b Chemist Warehouse merger

ACCC flags concerns over $8.8b Chemist Warehouse merger

ACCC flags concerns over $8.8b Chemist Warehouse merger

ACCC flags concerns over $8.8b Chemist Warehouse merger

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it has preliminary competition concerns about the $8.8 billion merger, and is soliciting feedback.

Star Entertainment confirms Hard Rock takeover offer

Star Entertainment confirms Hard Rock takeover offer

Star Entertainment confirms Hard Rock takeover offer

Star Entertainment confirms Hard Rock takeover offer

Star Entertainment Group says it has been approached about a transaction by a consortium that includes a local partner of Hard Rock Hotels and Casinos.

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Task Group to be acquired by US firm for $310 million

PAR Technology will pay a 103 per cent premium to gain control of Task Group, which makes customer loyalty apps for fast food restaurants.

Woodside, Santos end talks on possible $80b LNG merger

Woodside has ended talks with Santos on a potential merger between Australia's top two oil and gas companies following "an initial exchange of information".

Metcash to acquire Superior Food, 2 hardware businesses

IGA supplier Metcash will buy Superior Food, Bianco Construction Supplies and Alpine Truss for a total of around $558 million.

Arcadium set to join ASX200 after Allkem-Livent merger

Arcadium will be the world's third-biggest lithium producer, a combination of Brisbane-headquartered Allkem and Philadelphia-based Livent.

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Link Group, Adbri agree to billion-dollar takeovers

Sydney-based financial services company Link Group and Adelaide-based cement company Adbri are set to leave the ASX after agreeing to takeover offers.

Pathology company merger off after regulator opposition

Australian Clinical Labs has dropped a takeover bid for fellow pathology company Healius after the competition regulator opposed the move.

Chemist Warehouse to land on ASX via merger with Sigma

Privately held Chemist Warehouse has agreed to merge with Sigma Healthcare in a deal that will create a retailer worth around $9 billion.

Shareholders pull the plug on Origin takeover bid

Origin Energy shareholders have sunk Brookfield's $20 billion takeover bid and the promise of tens of billions of dollars extra in renewables investment.

Coles gets green light for $105m milk plants purchase

Coles' buy out of two state-of-the-art milk processing plants in NSW and Victoria will not be blocked by the competition watchdog.

Late bid for Origin Energy as first offer loses power

A private equity consortium hoping to acquire Origin Energy has put forward a new offer after it became clear the previous one would have failed.

'Too permissive' merger rules eyed for reform

The federal government is taking a look at merger rules to ensure they are not weighing on competition and allowing firms to charge higher prices.

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