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bolt-on

British  

adjective

  1. supplementary or additional

    a bolt-on prologue

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Unilever Chief Executive Fernando Fernandez has signaled the company is focused on its beauty and personal-care unit, and said in December it was eyeing small “bolt-on” acquisitions in the space.

From The Wall Street Journal

Under the offer, Magnetic shareholders will get A$1.40 in cash and 0.0873 share in Genesis for each share that they own.”At first glance, this looks like attractive bolt-on when considering the price paid,” analyst Paul Kaner said.

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This transaction would be considered a bolt-on but would be transformational for the lender as it would fill the gap it has in its affluent wealth offering, analyst Benjamin Toms writes.

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At Coca-Cola, Quincey says, “bolt-on M&A will start to come back for us and for the industry.”

From MarketWatch

Yet, the deal is just a bolt-on and makes financial and strategic sense at first glance, analysts write.

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