Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Unilever

26/06/2026 14:36

Adds: Exail Technologies, Byju,  Unilever
June 26 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Friday:
     
** French sea drone maker Exail Technologies entered into negotiations on a possible sale of its business to French jet engine maker Safran at €128.5 per share, the companies said.
nL1N42Y0EM
     
** Byju's global lenders are in talks to take a roughly 30% stake in one of its partly-owned education firms in return for dropping all legal action against the Indian company's founder Byju Raveendran, two sources with direct knowledge said.
nL4N42Y0IV
     
** Unilever <ULVR.L> is exploring a bid for Thorne, a U.S. supplements maker valued at up to $4 billion, the Financial Times reported, as the consumer goods group accelerates its pivot towards beauty and wellbeing brands.
nL4N42Y0R2
     
** ON Semiconductor Corp <ON.O> said on Thursday it had agreed to acquire Synaptics <SYNA.O> in an all-stock deal valued at about $7 billion, its largest acquisition to date, as the chipmaker seeks to expand its presence in AI-enabled devices and so-called physical AI. nL4N42X204
     
** King Risk Partners has acquired North Andover, Massachusetts-based Perry Insurance Agency, the U.S. brokerage said on Thursday. nL6N42X0TI
     
** Texas-based Higginbotham has acquired Turbeville Insurance Agency, a Columbia, South Carolina-based independent brokerage with four offices across the state, while it has also expanded in South Georgia with a deal for Blanton & Griffin. nL6N42X18D

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Kunal Das in Bengaluru)
 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))