Apollo Wins easyJet: £5.7bn Take-Private at 715p a Share
Apollo Global Management sealed a £5.7bn ($7.7bn) all-cash bid for easyJet after Castlelake walked away, in one of the largest airline take-privates ever.
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EQT to Take Intertek Private in £9.4B UK Buyout
EQT’s recommended £58-a-share cash offer for Intertek values the FTSE 100 testing group at about £9.4B in equity, one of the UK’s biggest 2026 take-privates.
Drahi’s €20.4B SFR Sale: France Telecom Goes 4-to-3
Patrick Drahi agreed to sell SFR to a Bouygues-Iliad-Orange consortium for €20.4B ($23.5B). Inside the carve-up, the buyers, and the antitrust gauntlet.
Ingredion’s £2.7B Tate & Lyle Bid: Another FTSE Name Exits London
Ingredion will buy UK ingredients group Tate & Lyle for 595p a share — a 59% premium and another bargain-Britain take-private. Here’s the deal math.
EU Opens FSR Probe Into JD.com’s $2.5B Ceconomy Bid
Brussels launched an in-depth Foreign Subsidies Regulation probe into JD.com’s EUR2.2B/$2.5B takeover of MediaMarkt-Saturn parent Ceconomy AG.
Russell 2026 Reconstitution: A $217B Day, Now Semi-Annual
FTSE Russell’s preliminary 2026 additions and deletions hit on May 22. The flip goes effective after the June 26 close – and now happens twice a year.
Citi, BlackRock’s HPS Strike €15B EMEA Credit Deal
Citi and HPS Investment Partners launch a €15B EMEA private capital program — the European sequel to Citi-Apollo, now with BlackRock’s scale behind it.