Deciphera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: DCPH), a biopharmaceutical company focused on discovering, developing, and commercializing important new medicines to improve the lives of people with cancer, today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with ONO Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (ONO), under which ONO will acquire all outstanding shares of Deciphera common stock for $25.60 per share in cash through a tender offer followed by a merger of Deciphera with a wholly-owned subsidiary of ONO (the “Acquisition”), for a total equity value of $2.4 billion. The boards of directors of both companies have unanimously approved the transaction.

Conduent Incorporated (Nasdaq: CNDT), a global technology-led business solutions and services company, today announced an innovation initiative with Microsoft that will use Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service to bring the power of generative AI to drive quality, productivity and faster cycle times for Conduent’s global clients.

UMB Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: UMBF) and Heartland Financial, USA Inc. (Nasdaq: HTLF) announced today that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which UMB Financial Corporation (UMB) will acquire Heartland Financial USA, Inc. (HTLF), in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $2.0 billion.

HONG KONG, April 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- iClick Interactive Asia Group Limited ("iClick" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: ICLK), a leading enterprise and marketing cloud platform in China that empowers worldwide brands with full-stack consumer lifecycle solutions, today announced the termination of the previously announced agreement and plan of merger, dated as of November 24, 2023 (the "Merger Agreement"), by and among the Company, TSH Investment Holding Limited (the "Parent") and TSH Merger Sub Limited (the "Merger Sub").