Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Appian

28/01/2026 19:53

Adds: Clear Group, Prosperity Bancshares, Howden Updates: Elliott Investment Management

Jan 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1446 GMT on Wednesday:

** Acquisitive UK broker Clear Group has bolstered its Brokerbility network unit with the acquisition of Gauntlet Appointed Representative (AR) Network and Gauntlet Retail Brokers.

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** Activist investor Elliott Investment Management is considering a tender offer for Toyota Industries <6201.T>, the Nikkei business daily reported , in what could further complicate an effort by the Toyota group to take the forklift maker private.

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** Prosperity Bancshares  will buy rival Stellar Bancorp  in a $2 billion cash-and-stock deal, the banks said , creating a mega Texas-focused lender and highlighting rapid consolidation among U.S. regional lenders.

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** Howden is to acquire Channel Islands-based retail insurance broker PIBL subject to regulatory approval, the company said .

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** Swiss contract drug manufacturer Lonza LONN.S is in talks with a potential buyer for its capsules and health ingredients business, its finance chief said , without naming the other party. nL6N3YT0KX

** Kazakhstan has submitted a formal bid to the U.S. authorities to acquire Russian oil producer Lukoil's LKOH.MM stakes in the country's energy projects, Energy Minister Yerlan Akkenzhenov said. nL8N3YT0V6

** WTW has completed its acquisition of Newfront, a move the fast-growing, technology-driven U.S. broker's co-founder and CEO Spike Lipkin described as the start of a "bigger game on a bigger platform." nL6N3YT062

** British Land BLND.L will acquire Life Science REIT LABS.L in a deal that values the property trust at about 150 million pounds ($207.1 million), the UK’s largest direct owner and operator of retail parks said. nL6N3YT0FH

** Activist investor Fivespan Partners said on Tuesday that it owns 6.2% of Appian APPN.O, a cloud computing and enterprise software company, and plans to discuss business strategy with its management and board as its stock price has slid. nL1N3YT048

** Colombian utility Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) said on Tuesday that it has sold its entire stake in the telecommunications company UNE to the local subsidiary of Millicom MICC.F for 2.1 trillion pesos ($571.2 million). nS0N3TS04A

** Enterprise artificial intelligence software provider C3.AI AI.N is in talks to merge with privately held startup Automation Anywhere, The Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the discussions. nL4N3YT08H

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Parth Chandna in Bengaluru)

 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))