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The week in Mergers and Acquisitions
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Paramount's Warner Bros. Discovery acquisition cleared a major foreign-ownership hurdle and moved toward negotiations with 12 states, but disagreements over remedies and continued public opposition kept the deal unresolved.
Grab agreed to buy control of Atome for about $1.49 billion, giving it immediate regional lending and buy now, pay later scale while increasing exposure to credit losses, funding costs, and regulation.
Solar Industries moved from announcing its all-cash bid for Omnia to absorbing the company as its shares fell sharply. Investors questioned the transaction's dilution, leverage, and integration risks despite its international growth rationale.
ITM Isotope Technologies Munich and Telix agreed to merge after an unexpected FDA rejection, combining their businesses to gain scale and share regulatory and development risk.
Envestnet agreed to acquire Vestmark, linking portfolio-management and trading technology with a broader advisor platform network. The deal adds to consolidation around core wealth-management infrastructure.
Aon is seeking about $13.5 billion in bonds to finance its planned $17 billion USI acquisition. The funding raises the transaction's credit burden and pressure to deliver benefits after closing.
Sysco plans to raise $1 billion in shares to help fund its $29.1 billion Jetro acquisition, limiting additional borrowing while shifting part of the cost to existing shareholders through dilution.
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