By Arthus Marande, Olivia Riera Ripoll, Christopher Putnis, Nehir Yanmaz (ESCP); Alvaro Aguilar De Nalda (ESADE); Ben Motamed, Emmanuel Olowe, Charlie Bark, James Midgley, Archie Clarke (Durham) Photo: Getty Images (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer:  Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) Target:  Sealed Air (NYSE: SEE) Implied Equity Value: $6.2bn Total Transaction Size:  $10.3 billion Closing Date:  Expected mid-2026  Target Advisor:  Evercore (financial); Latham & Watkins

By Arthus Marande, Christopher Putnis, Namien Koné, Mattia Colombo (ESCP); Freya ZHANG, Jacky CHAN, Sharon Liu, Akshi Bansal, Chak Li (HKUST). Photo: Khanh Nguyen Overview of the deal Acquirer: Blackstone, TPG, and other minorities (ADIA, GIC) Target:  Hologic, Inc. Implied Equity Value: $17.67bn Total Transaction Size:  $18.3bn (EV) Closed date:  Pending; expected H1 2026 (45-day go-shop in the agreement) Target advisor: Citi (Financial); Kirkland & Ellis (Legal); Ropes & G

By Harvey Han, Utku Kaya, Omar Kanaa, Nayoung Kim, Tomiwa Oshai (King’s College London) and Nikhil Freiherr Raitz Von Frentz, Max Fischer, Daniel Barker, Moritz Ibe (University of St Andrews) Photo: Getty Images (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer: Lone Star Funds Target:  Hillenbrand Inc. Implied Equity Value: $3.8 billion ($32 per share) Total Transaction Size:  $3.8 billion (All-cash) Closed date:  The end of 1Q 2026 (Expected) Target Advisors: Jefferies LLC, UBS Inve

By Mateo Rafael Roman Sy, Nathaline Marielle Lukito, Nguyen Thi Hong Linh, Parth Talwar, and Jeongmin Oh (The University of Hong Kong), Edoardo Roveda, Alesha Jaswal, Mikhail Sinev, and Cooper Wu (University College London) Photo: Crystal Kwok Overview of the deal Acquirer: Berkshire Hathaway Target:  OxyChem Implied Equity Value: $9.7 Billion Total Transaction Size:  $9.7 Billion Closed date:  October 2, 2025 Target advisor: Barclays (Financials), Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP

By Kush Mahawar, Lexi Xiao, Joe Colton, Sean Yeow (University of Oxford); Diana Usova, Dylan Stiassny, Oli Cedar, Obianuju Okafor (University of Bristol) Photo: Simone van der Koelen Deal Overview Acquirer : Novo Nordisk Target : Akero Therapeutics Total Transaction Size : $5.2bn (including CVR) Closed Date : Expected Q4 2025 Target Advisors : Morgan Stanley and J.P. Morgan (Financial); Kirkland & Ellis (Legal) Acquirer Advisors : Bank of America (Financial); Ropes & Grey (Le

By Anastasia Malikova, Dennis Malaj, Gauri Khanna, Sarah Lee (LSE); Aman Prasad, Ibrahim Demir, Jiaqi Tang, Oli Greenhalgh (University of Birmingham) Photo: Florian Olivo Overview of the deal Acquirer: PIF, Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners Target: Electronic Arts (EA) Total Transaction Size: $55 billion Closed Date : Expected in Q1 FY27 Target Advisors: Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (Financial); Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz (Legal) Acquirer Advisors : J.P. Morgan Securities LL

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