Comprehensive reporting on the whole spectrum of special situations for event-driven professionals: from spinoffs, asset disposals, and tender offers to shareholder activism, litigation, and corporate restructuring
The increased €94-per-share [US$102] tender offer for German drivetrain and powertrain technologies specialist Vitesco Technologies by its largest shareholder, family-controlled automotive supplier Schaeffler Group, is likely to go through, despite t… To read the full …
Schaeffler Group’s offer for Vitesco Technologies expected to go through Read More »
A deal which would result in the joint ownership of Brazilian petrochemical player Braskem by state-controlled energy company Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and Rio de Janeiro-based peer Petrobras is unlikely to materialise until …
ADNOC/Petrobras deal for control of Braskem unlikely to close before early next year Read More »
A group of shareholders in British Virgin Islands-incorporated automation control systems provider HollySys Automation continue to face hurdles in their attempts to convene an extraordinary shareholder meeting (EGM), despite representing a significan… To read the …
Calls of HollySys Automation shareholders to convene EGM keep facing challenges Read More »
The shareholders behind an alternative proposal to the sale of Italian former telecom incumbent TIM’s network have requested meetings with both TIM’s largest shareholder Vivendi as well as Italy’s Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) …
Korean dynamic random-access memory (DRAM) and flash memory chipmaker SK hynix, which is an indirect shareholder in Japanese NAND flash memory specialist Kioxia, has “some concerns” over a long-awaited merger between the latter and US …
SK hynix has “concerns” over Western Digital-Kioxia deal Read More »
TIM’s top shareholder Vivendi is standing ready to launch litigation proceedings should TIM management decide to approve KKR’s upcoming binding offer for the Italian former incumbent’s fixed network without putting it to a shareholder vote …
Ongoing environmental litigation claims against Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem have already been “factored into” the price of the bids that the target has received from multiple suitors, a source involved in the process told Equity …
Jonathan Milner, founder of British protein research tools provider Abcam, is considering a number of paths to gain back control of the company after voicing his opposition to a $24-per-share offer the target received from …
Abcam founder reviewing options to regain company control Read More »
The three non-binding offers for Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem – from a consortium comprising Apollo Global Management and Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), J&F Investimentos, and Unipar Carbocloro – are still on the table, …
Unipar’s offer for Braskem would require asset sales, source involved says Read More »
KKR’s final and binding offer for TIM’s fixed-line network assets is unlikely to significantly diverge from earlier proposals in the €23bn (US$25bn) region, well below the €31bn (US$34bn) valuation sought by the target’s largest shareholder …
Valeria is a seasoned business and financial journalist with fifteen years of industry experience.
Before launching Equity Report in October 2022, Valeria was European Editor for US-based financial news service CTFN, where she spent seven years reporting on event-driven situations, breaking news stories on complex financial and regulatory issues across several jurisdictions, from Europe and Africa to China, India, Brazil, and Australia.
Prior to that, she was Senior Reporter at TelecomFinance, Middle East correspondent, and later Southern Europe correspondent at Mergermarket (currently ION), and held a number of editorial positions with Dubai and London-based b2b publications.
She holds a BA (Hons) in Languages and Public Relations from Leeds Beckett University and an MA in International Journalism from University of Central Lancashire.
