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Share: DuPont de Nemours Inc (NYSE: DD) is paying $2.3 billion to acquire Laird Performance Materials from the private equity firm Advent International. What Happened: Advent International acquired Laird Performance Materials parent company, the British-based Laird plc, in 2018 for $1.3 billion. The company was subsequently divided into three separate entities: Performance Materials, Connectivity and Thermal Services. The Shanghai-headquartered Laird Performance Materials is a manufacturer of e...

Share: Bausch Health Companies Inc (NYSE: BHC) is expanding its board of directors to accommodate two designees from activist investor Carl Icahn’s Icahn Group, which owns 7.83% of the company’s outstanding common stock. What Happened: The Quebec-based Bausch Health will add Brett Icahn and Steven Miller to its board in mid-March as independent directors, with each serving a term expiring at the companys 2021 annual meeting on April 27. The new directors, who are both portfolio managers at...

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