The Daily Buyout

Friday, October 30, 2026

The Daily Buyout

32 deals · $11.5B announced

Europe’s grocery map is shifting: Ahold Delhaize is buying Tesco’s Czech and Slovak businesses for €1.7 billion. Plus deals involving Trench Group, Pacira BioSciences and BMO’s transportation and vendor finance businesses.

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Ahold Delhaize buys Tesco's Czech and Slovak businesses for €1.7B

$2BDivestiture / carve-outConsumer & Retail

Tesco agreed to sell its Czech and Slovak businesses to Ahold Delhaize at an enterprise value of €1.7 billion, on a cash- and debt-free basis. Tesco expects about €1.2 billion in net cash proceeds and plans to return most of it through an extra buyback. Closing is targeted for the second half of 2027, pending antitrust approvals.

Why it matters: Ahold Delhaize adds businesses with £2.9 billion in combined sales last year, while Tesco narrows its Central European footprint to Hungary.

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$9BPrivate equity buyoutIndustrials & Manufacturing

GE Vernova buys grid equipment maker Trench Group from Triton for $9B

GE Vernova agreed to buy Trench Group, a high-voltage grid equipment maker, from Triton Partners for $9 billion, announcing the deal with its third-quarter results. Trench serves more than 800 utility and hyperscaler customers with bushings, instrument transformers and coils. The deal brings about $5 billion in backlog and framework agreements and is expected to close in late 2027.

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C$14.5B loan portfolioDivestiture / carve-outFinancial ServicesCompleted

BMO closes sale of transportation and vendor finance arms to Stonepeak

BMO closed the sale of its US and Canadian Transportation Finance and Vendor Finance businesses to Stonepeak, transferring about C$11 billion of a roughly C$14.5 billion loan and lease portfolio at closing. The rest transfers in early fiscal 2027. BMO keeps a 19.9% stake, and the business relaunches as Longview Capital Solutions.

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~$2.5BreportedHostile / unsolicited bidIndustrials & Manufacturing

LCI board rebuffs Monomoy's unsolicited $101-a-share proposal

LCI Industries' board unanimously determined that Monomoy Capital Partners' unsolicited, non-binding proposal to buy the company for $101 per share in cash is not a superior proposal. The board also concluded it is not reasonably likely to lead to one. It reached the decision after consulting outside financial and legal advisors.

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