Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Howmet Aerospace

22/12/2025 21:38

Adds Coinbase and Alphabet

Dec 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2130 GMT on Monday:

** Coinbase COIN.O said it will buy prediction markets startup The Clearing Company, as the crypto exchange looks to expand beyond its core digital assets business.
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** Alphabet GOOGL.O said it would buy clean energy developer Intersect for $4.75 billion in cash, plus assumed debt, as tech giants spend billions to expand the computing and power capacity necessary for developing artificial intelligence.
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** Nelson Peltz's Trian and VC firm General Catalyst have agreed to buy asset manager Janus Henderson JHG.N for $7.4 billion, the companies said on Monday, bringing to close a more than five-year activist campaign by the billionaire's hedge fund.

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** Global commodities trader and miner Glencore  has agreed to acquire a majority stake in Dutch fuel supplier FincoEnergies for an undisclosed sum, the Dutch company said.

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** Howmet Aerospace  will acquire Consolidated Aerospace Manufacturing from Stanley Black & Decker  for an all-cash purchase price of approximately $1.8 billion, the companies said.

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** Uniform retail firm Cintas  said it has made another offer, marking its third attempt, to acquire its smaller rival UniFirst  in a deal valued at $5.2 billion.

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** Britain's North Sea-focused Harbour Energy  said it would buy deepwater oil and gas exploration and production company LLOG Exploration for $3.2 billion in a cash-and-stock deal giving it entry into the Gulf of Mexico.

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** U.S. defense contractor CACI International  will acquire space technology provider ARKA Group from funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities for $2.6 billion, expanding its footprint in national security and space-based intelligence.

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** South Korea's Samsung Biologics <207940.KS> said it is acquiring its first U.S. drug production facility from GSK  for $280 million to respond to long-term U.S. market demand.

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** A group of private equity firms led by Permira and Warburg Pincus has clinched a deal to acquire investment and accounting software maker Clearwater Analytics Holdings  for about $8.4 billion, including debt, the parties said in a joint statement on Sunday.

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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Varun Sahay in Bengaluru)

 ((Varun.sahay@thomsonreuters.com))