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Financing is a major factor in all mergers and acquisition transactions, especially in buy outs, and is an important driver of valuations.
Companies looking to buy businesses through third party financing, or to have a minority or majority sponsor onboard, currently have to deal with higher financing costs and lower valuations. This is because of the persistent volatile macro-economic climate, which includes the issue of inflation, the Russian/ Ukraine conflict, with all of them causing rising interest rates. These all directly impact the M&A industry.
The outcome of the Tamtron Group OYJ’s initial public offering (IPO) on Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland was announced on November 24, 2022. The IPO exceeded expectations and the company received the capital it applied for in the listing.
City Rise Safety and Bay Area Traffic Solutions (BATS), two of the Bay Area’s most established traffic control solutions providers, announced their merger. The deal creates Northern California’s largest, full-service provider of traffic control services.
Translink Corporate Finance in US Dinan advised ENTRUST Solutions Group, a portfolio company of Kohlberg & Company, on the acquisition of Magellan Advisors.
ENTRUST Solutions Group are excited to enter into this partnership with Magellan Advisors who work closely with utilities, municipalities, co-ops, and tribal organisations to build transformational fiber and broadband networks.
Translink Corporate Finance acted as the exclusive financial advisor to the company and the owners of Suora Broadcast in the successful transaction with DMC Production.
Suora Broadcast Oy, a specialist in live sports productions, has been acquired by a Swedish family-owned company. Through the acquisition, Suora Broadcast Oy becomes part of the organisation of DMC Production (DMC), owned by Stena AB Group, one of Sweden's largest family companies.
Eagle Eye Solutions Group plc (AIM: EYE), is a leading SaaS technology company that develops digital connections enabling personalised, real-time marketing through coupons, loyalty, apps, subscriptions, and gift services.
Eagle Eye Solutions group conditionally agreed to acquire the entire share capital of Untie Nots and its subsidiaries, a leading business based in France providing large retailers with AI powered promotion and gamification SaaS software solutions.
Unifeye Vision Partners (“UVP”), a leading network of comprehensive eye care providers, announced the completion of a strategic partnership with Eye Care of San Diego, based in Mission Hills, California. This represents UVP’s ninth practice partnership in the state of California and the 13th member of the growing UVP community.
Translink Corporate Finance in Finland has been shortlisted for the prestigious Mergermarket Finland Financial Advisor of the Year 2022 Award. The list of finalists was announced last month, with the other contestants including advisors such as Goldman Sachs and Carnegie. The two main categories of these country-specific awards include financial advisors and legal advisors.
The technology, media, and telecommunications (TMT) sector has remained the dominant dealmaker for 2022. While not surpassing last year’s performance, the accelerating demand for cloud-based services, IT security, and enterprise software has kept these deals at the forefront of global M&As.
The COVID-19 pandemic, global warming, the Russia-Ukraine conflict and global economic challenges. These are just some of the issues that are severely impacting the food and beverage industry across the globe. This, together with shifting consumer habits and lifestyle trends, is seeing this sector going through unprecedented change. While change within any sector is expected and par for the course, given the magnitude and pace at which the food and beverage industry is changing, what might this sector look like come 2050?