Switzerland’s
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Wealth Management Nebraska acquired a new stake in Philip Morris International Inc. (NYSE:PM – Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund acquired 21,134 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,390,000.

Centiel listed on SIX Swiss Exchange via a reverse merger with HT5 AG (“HT5”), of which 11,501,225 were sold to the public, alongside 3,885,763 newly issued shares as part of an ordinary capital increase. In total, 15,386,988 shares were placed at the offer price of CHF 2.04 per share, corresponding to a placement volume of approximately CHF 31 million.

Nestlé's sale of a multibillion euro stake in its water business has moved forward, with private equity firms CD&R, KKR and PAI advancing to the next round of bidding for the stake.

Sunshine SwissCo GmbH, an affiliate of the EQT VIII fund (“EQT VIII”), together with other selling shareholders, is pleased to announce the completion of the placement of c. 34.0 million shares (the “Shares”) in Galderma Group AG (SIX: GALD) (“Galderma”) for aggregate gross proceeds of c. CHF 4.9 billion via an accelerated bookbuilding process (the “Placement”).

Orior said it acquired the final 81% shareholding for a consideration in the “mid single-digit millions”

Gobi Partners, through its SuperSeed II Fund, has led an undisclosed pre‑seed investment in Valiance Health Inc., a Malaysia‑based artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare company building the country’s first large‑scale standardized healthcare data platform.

Investment firm KKR is preparing OPI nail polish owner Wella Company for an initial public offering in the U.S. as soon as this year that could value the global beauty company at meaningfully more than the $4.3 billion KKR paid for it, according to sources familiar ⁠with the matter.

Swiss super-automatic coffee machine maker Thermoplan recently acquired Mikafi, a novel electric coffee roasting machine brand for commercial applications.

Frost Brown Todd (FBT) represented dormakaba Group, a leading global provider in the access solutions market, in its agreement to acquire Avant Garde Systems Inc.

Persan’s agreement with Migros to acquire Mibelle Group stood out as one of the year’s most transformative supply-side deals.