EVENTS:   Best Equity Short Ideas Conference Call 12 - Zach Shannon/Corto Capital Advisors & Craig Huber/Huber Research Partners & Thomas Beevers /Forensic Alpha & Ed Steele/Iron Blue Financials & Bill Campbell/Paragon Intel - 12 Nov 25   Will AI Deflate the World? Macro Lessons from Three Industrial Revolutions and China - Manoj Pradhan/Talking Heads Macro - 13 Nov 25     ROADSHOWS: Forest Products Sector Equity and Commodity Research With Expertise in Distressed Debt - Kevin Mason /ERA Research   •   London   12 - 14 Nov 25       Buyside to Buyside Forum and Expert Calls across TMT, Consumer, Healthcare and Fintech - Andrew Peters /Revelare Partners   •   London   17 - 19 Nov 25       Fundamental US Healthcare Short Ideas - Dr Elliot Favus /Favus Institutional Research   •   London   17 - 19 Nov 25      

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Betaville

Darktrace (DARK LN) - on Aug 15th with the shares trading at 420p Betaville revealed that the company was at the centre of takeover speculation. DARK subsequently confirmed it had received an approach from US PE firm Thoma Bravo, pushing the cybersecurity company's shares ~25% higher.
Micro Focus (MCRO LN) - on Feb 10th with the shares trading at 466p Betaville revealed that the company was under the spotlight amid takeover talk. Canadian software company Open Text and MCRO have just announced a recommended takeover offer at 532p a share.
Bunzl (BNZL LN) - one of Betaville's latest alerts reveals the FTSE 100-listed distribution giant to be the centre of takeover speculation. This story is yet to be confirmed...

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- 02 September, 2022