AIM has proved more attractive than the main market to UK firms looking to float last quarter, according to research from Ernst & Young. M&A's Paul Driscoll reports
Micro Focus International Plc has acquired US firm Liant Software Corporation for US$5 million (£2.5 million) cash, in order to improve its business development software services.
Back in 1999, Tom Weston hired a chief exec to take the reins, allowing him to become chairman of the company he had founded, Sunrise Software. Three years later, Weston discovered Sunrise was on the verge of going under.
Investcorp, a London-based provider and manager of alternative investments, has agreed to buy an Italian producer of pumps and valves for domestic appliances.
Salamander Energy Plc, an Asia-focused independent upstream oil and gas exploration and production company, has increased its shareholding in two of its Indonesian assets.
The management of Arc VCT has admitted the response to its ‘C’ share offer was 'disappointing'. The offer, which sought to raise up to £7.5 million, has brought in less than £300,000.
A New York-based private equity firm has bought a company in the Netherlands that manufactures speciality ingredients for the food, pharmaceutical and animal feed markets.
