By Arthus Marande, Mattia Colombo, Namien Kone, Christopher Putnis, Olivia Riera Ripoll, and Nehir Yanmaz (ESCP); Aman Prasad, Oliver Greenhalgh and Jiaqi Tang (University of Birmingham) Photo: Jake Hills (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer: Paramount Skydance Corporation Target: Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. Implied Equity Value: Approximately $81bn Total Transaction Size: Approximately $110bn enterprise value Closed Date: Not yet closed; expected to close in Q3 2026 Tar

By Mateo Roman Sy, Nathaline Marielle, Jeongmin Oh, Linh Nguyen, and Parth Talwar (University of Hong Kong); Rasmus Sjögren, Nikolas Kakona, Haris Jasarevic and Alexander Henje (Stockholm School of Economics) Photo: Pedro Lastra (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer: Brookfield and GIC Target: National Storage REIT Implied Equity Value: A$4 billion (approx. US$2.7 billion) Total Transaction Size: A$6.7 billion (~US$4.5 billion) Closed Date: Q2 2026 Target Advisor: Citi & J

By Haci Eren Sidar, Mustafa Arda Sis, Muthu Ramanathan, Josh Lai (University of Nottingham); Julianna Zelnhefer, Alex Svanidze, Ryan Leo, and Ava Singer (Boston University) Photo: Abel Pérez (Unsplash) Overview of the deal Acquirer: The Brink's Company Target: NCR Atleos Corporation Implied Equity Value: US $4.0 bn Total Transaction Size: US$6.6 bn ($30.00 in cash and 0.1574 Brink’s shares per Atleos share, representing an approximate 20–24% premium to the unaffected share p