Top mergers and acquisitions in United Kingdom in May 2026
Every verified merger and acquisition involving United Kingdom in this period, ranked by disclosed value. Updated every morning.
We tracked 8 deals involving United Kingdom in May 2026, 8 of them with a disclosed value, worth $12.9bn in total. The largest was Vodafone Group Plc's $5.8bn deal for VodafoneThree (CK Hutchison's 49% stake), ahead of Bullish and Equiniti at $4.2bn.
Top mergers and acquisitions in United Kingdom in May 2026
- 15 MayVodafone Group Plc → VodafoneThree (CK Hutchison's 49% stake)Vodafone agrees £4.3bn buyout of CK Hutchison's VodafoneThree stakeTelecom / Mobile networksCompleted$5.8bn
- 25 MayBullish → EquinitiBullish agrees US$4.2bn deal for transfer agent EquinitiFinancials / Shareholder servicesAgreed$4.2bn
- 322 MayApollo Global Management (Apollo Management X) → Bodycote plcApollo walks away from £1.5bn Bodycote approachIndustrials / Heat treatment servicesTerminated$2bn
- 47 MayCentrica plc → Severn CCGT power station (Severn Power Limited)Centrica buys Severn gas plant for about £370mEnergy / Gas-fired power generationCompleted$500m
- 521 MayIntegrated Media Company (VantageCo Limited) → Playstack Limited (TruFin's 84.5% stake)TruFin agrees £125m sale of Balatro publisher PlaystackMedia / Video game publishingCompleted$168m
- 614 MayAMG Critical Materials N.V. (AMG Lithium B.V.) → Zinnwald Lithium plcAMG agrees £57m takeover of Zinnwald LithiumMining / LithiumCompleted$78m
- 714 MayIntuitive Machines, Inc. → Goonhilly Earth Station Ltd (and COMSAT)Intuitive Machines agrees £37m deal for Goonhilly Earth StationTechnology / Satellite ground stationsCompleted$50m
- 813 MayVossloh AG (Vossloh Digital Solutions GmbH) → Cordel Group plcVossloh agrees £29m takeover of CordelTechnology / Rail monitoring softwareCompleted$39m