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Tate & Lyle Plc has received a takeover offer from Ingredion Inc., raising the prospect of another famous brand leaving London's stock market.

In December last year, longtime sports and entertainment executive Tim Leiweke received a US presidential pardon. Now he’s looking to snap up a number of minority stakes in European football clubs.

UK buyout firm Epiris and a separate Oakley Capital-backed investor group are considering a potential acquisition of London-listed telecommunication services company Gamma Communications Plc, people with knowledge of the matter said.

UK buyout firm Epiris and a separate Oakley Capital-backed investor group are in talks about a potential acquisition of London-listed telecommunication services company Gamma Communications Plc.

Britain has been a go-to destination for international deal hunters. The value of M&A mergers targeting UK companies is up more than 250% this year to around $150 billion, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.

H.B. Fuller Co. has bid more than £600 million ($804 million) for Advanced Medical Solutions Group Plc, a British maker of tissue-healing medical products, as it seeks to push into healthcare, people with knowledge of the matter said.

Buyout firm Lone Star Funds is in the early stages of exploring a sale of IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG nearly two decades after investing in the German lender, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Die Beteiligungsgesellschaft Lone Star Funds lotet dem Vernehmen nach einen Verkauf der IKB Deutsche Industriebank aus – fast zwei Jahrzehnte nach dem Einstieg bei der deutschen Bank.

OpenPayd, a financial infrastructure firm, is nearing a deal to go public via a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Ingredion Inc. is in advanced talks to acquire Tate & Lyle Plc in a deal valued at £2.7 billion ($3.6 billion), people with knowledge of the matter said, as another famous brand prepares to leaves the London stock market.