http://www.janes.comA special collection of articles covering Mergers and Acquisitions.en-gbCopyright: (C) Jane's Information Group. All rights reserved.http://www8.janes.com/public/images/janes_rss.gifhttp://www.janes.comVisit http://www.janes.comhttp://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80143.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINUS-based Global Defense Technology and Systems initial public offering (IPO) has been priced at USD13 per share: somewhat lower than market expectations. This suggests that the company will raise USD39 million from the sale of three million shares (an additional 1.6 million will be sold to stockholders, although Global Defense itself will not benefit). Global Defense is being spun off from its privately held parent company, Global Strategies Group. - 2009/11/20 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80132.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINUK countermeasures specialist Chemring saw its order backlog jump 37 per cent to GBP559 million (USD939 million) during the year to 31 October, reflecting last year's acquisition of NIITEK and a record contract win in the United States. The USD132 million purchase of the New York Stock Exchange provider of energetics solutions primarily for US defence and aerospace programmes was Chemring's largest acquisition to date. Chemring noted that the USD30 million acquisition of mine-detection ... - 2009/11/19 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jni/history/jni2009/jni73270.htm@current&Prod_Name=JNISouth Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has recorded strong sales and profit figures during the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 (3Q09) due to more favourable market conditions, the company said. DSME said on 18 November that 3Q09 sales climbed 25 per cent in comparison with the corresponding period last year to KRW9.2 trillion (USD7.9 billion), while net income surged more than 300 per cent compared with 3Q08 to KRW494 billion. The company has previously said that it ... - 2009/11/19 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80126.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINSouth Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) has recorded strong sales and profit figures during the third quarter of Fiscal Year 2009 (3Q09) due to more favourable market conditions, the company said. DSME said on 18 November that 3Q09 sales climbed 25 per cent in comparison with the corresponding period last year to KRW9.2 trillion (USD7.9 billion), while net income surged more than 300 per cent compared with 3Q08 to KRW494 billion. The company has previously said that it ... - 2009/11/19 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80123.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINElectronic components supplier Arrow Electronics has agreed to buy AE Petsche, a US-based supplier of speciality wires, cables and relays for the aerospace and defence sectors. The group's most recent purchase in the defence sector (prior to the agreement to buy AE Petsche) was the February 2008 buyout of defence and aerospace electronics components distributor, ACI Electronics. "With this acquisition," Arrow said in a statement, "AE Petsche will expand Arrow's product offering in speciality ... - 2009/11/18 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80103.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINLockheed Martin is planning to expand its business in Australia over the next few years to triple both the number of people it employs and its in-country revenues, according to Paul Johnson, chief executive officer of the company's Australian business. A fourth element why Australia is such an attractive market for Lockheed Martin is its business environment, said Johnson. As Lockheed Martin Australia continues its expansion the company has adopted a philosophy that Johnson said supports the ... - 2009/11/17 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80096.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINChina's two largest shipbuilders - the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) - are set to launch initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first half of 2010, state news reported on 13 November. Details of the CSSC IPO were not available, although Jane's expects the structure of this sale to be similar to that of CSIC's. As well as constructing a large variety of commercial ships, CSSC and CSIC manufacture submarines, missile ... - 2009/11/16 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdw/history/jdw2009/jdw41459.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDWChina's two largest shipbuilders - the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) - are set to launch initial public offerings (IPOs) in the first half of 2010, state news reported on 13 November. Details of the CSSC IPO were not available, although Jane's expects the structure of this sale to be similar to that of CSIC's. As well as constructing a large variety of commercial ships, CSSC and CSIC manufacture submarines, missile ... - 2009/11/16 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jni/history/jni2009/jni73264.htm@current&Prod_Name=JNIChina's two largest shipbuilders - the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and the China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (CSIC) - are set to be partly privatised in the first half of 2010, state news reported on 13 November. CSIC recorded Fiscal Year 2008 (FY08) sales of CNY103.2 billion (USD15 billion), up 26 per cent on the previous year, and pre-tax profits climbed 20 per cent to CNY6.18 billion. As well as constructing a large variety of commercial ships, CSSC and CSIC ... - 2009/11/16 00:00:00http://www8.janes.com/JDIC/JDIM/documentView.do?docId=/content1/janesdata/mags/jdin/history/jdin2009/jdin80097.htm@current&Prod_Name=JDINFrance's DCNS has confirmed that it is in talks regarding the acquisition of a stake in Polish naval shipyard Stocznia Gdynia. Confirmation from DCNS that it is talking about a possible strategic investment follow the French/Polish summit of 5 November, at which French President Nicholas Sarkozy and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk made a series of common declarations that included the "facilitation of a strategic industrial partnership between DCNS and the naval yard of Poland". The talks ... - 2009/11/16 00:00:00