Mergers and acquisitions

Competition authority probes Trinity's N&S deal
Trinity Mirror has been served a 'hold separate' order by the Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), pending an investigation into risks to press plurality resulting from its acquisition of titles...

Goss and Manroland Web Systems set to merge
Goss International’s printing press business and Manroland Web Systems are to combine, with Contiweb set to become a standalone company.

Ex-COO returns to Trinity Mirror to aid N&S integration
Trinity Mirror is understood to be drafting in its former chief operating officer Mark Hollinshead to oversee the integration of Northern & Shell’s newly acquired titles after shareholders voted...

New salvo from Icahn and Deason over Xerox deal
The two high-profile Xerox shareholders who are opposing its proposed sale to Fujifilm are now urging the Xerox board to explore the potential for a better deal – such as selling to a rival –...

Merger threatened by investor dissent
Fujifilm boss Shigetaka Komori has considerable form when it comes to taking on seemingly insurmountable challenges.

Assets of publishing firms that hit printers bought out of liquidation
The assets of Black Dog Publishing and sister company Artifice Books, which went into liquidation last month owing printers thousands of pounds, have been bought by St James’s House Media Group.??

Simpson Group acquired in MBO
POS specialist Simpson Group has been acquired in a management buyout, with the family founders handing over the reins of the £11m-turnover business.

Encore snaps up stricken GNE
Encore Envelopes could become the biggest envelope business in the country after acquiring the business and assets of failed rival Great Northern Envelopes (GNE).

Xerox investor files lawsuit in attempt to stymie deal
Fujifilm's proposed takeover of Xerox has taken yet another twist, with activist investor Darwin Deason filing a lawsuit in an attempt to block the deal, while Xerox countered by describing the legal...

Icahn and Deason reject Xerox takeover terms
Major Xerox shareholders Carl Icahn and Darwin Deason have denounced Fujifilm's proposed acquisition of Xerox, claiming the deal "undervalues Xerox and disproportionately favours Fuji" – while both...