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UK's Serica Energy delays main market move due to M&A hurdles
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 22, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on October 22, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 21, 2026
Serica Energy delays its transition to the LSE main market due to M&A complexities, including acquisitions of BP's and Prax Upstream's North Sea assets.
(Reuters) -Britain's Serica Energy said on Wednesday it would no longer be able to complete its planned transition from the AIM market to the London Stock Exchange's main market this year, due to regulatory complexities from its recent M&A activity.
The company said last week it would buy BP's stake in some North Sea assets for $232 million, and last month announced a deal to purchase UK's North Sea oilfield operator Prax Upstream for $25.6 million.
(Reporting by Ankita Bora in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)
M&A stands for mergers and acquisitions, a general term that refers to the consolidation of companies or assets through various types of financial transactions.
The London Stock Exchange is one of the largest stock exchanges in the world, where shares of publicly traded companies are bought and sold.
North Sea assets refer to oil and gas reserves located in the North Sea, which are significant for energy production in the UK and surrounding countries.
An acquisition is a corporate action in which a company purchases most or all of another company's shares to gain control of that company.
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