Bid value raised to $120 per share, including extra cash to win over shareholders

Private company aims to raise up to $800m in return to public markets

All-cash deal ranks among largest leveraged buyouts since financial crisis

Some members fight acquisition of US property company by Canada’s Brookfield

Deal values US healthcare technology group at 12% premium to last closing share price

Deal comes as telecoms equipment makers brace for arrival of 5G wireless technology

Bid from private equity group Thoma Bravo would add to wave of leveraged takeovers

UK stationers made and withdrew offer for US book chain

Sean Stewart told his father about deals he worked on at Perella Weinberg and JPMorgan

Largest takeover in IT pioneer’s history set to accelerate shift towards cloud computing

Shares in group jump as billionaire Tilman Fertitta makes cash-and-stock offer

Ride-hailing group’s move to list within months sets up direct competition with Lyft

Global bankers have collected more than $1bn in fees from Saudi deals this decade

Tie-up combines two of the biggest providers of defence technology in the US

Conglomerate has offloaded an estimated $18bn worth of assets this year

World’s No. 2 burger chain sees ‘huge opportunity’ in countries including Nigeria

The dealmaker has become a force in US M&A but it offers big commissions to its bankers

Move by activist investor comes as coffee chain deals with slowing growth in US

Founder and chairman Leonard Riggio leads parties eyeing purchase of bookstore chain

Industrial conglomerate has paid more than $6bn to Wall Street bankers since 2000

German drugmaker entitled to end purchase without penalty after whistleblower claims

Boutique investment bank targets valuation of $1.5bn