Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

360 Capital

31/01/2022 10:46

Jan 31 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 1045 GMT on Monday:

    ** Anglo American Platinum (Amplats)  AMSJ.J  will sell a
50% interest in its Kroondal and Marikana operations in
Rustenburg to the north-west of Johannesburg to Sibanye
Stillwater  SSWJ.J , the platinum group metals miners (PGM)
said.
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    ** Education group Pearson  PSON.L  has agreed to buy the
certification company Credly to expand its offering to
businesses looking to train and retain workers at a time of
tight labour markets and rapid technological innovation.
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    ** Hedge fund Land & Buildings Investment Management has
informed LXP Industrial Trust  LXP.N  that it is interested in
acquiring the U.S. warehouse-focused real estate investment
trust for $4.5 billion, people familiar with the matter said on
Sunday.
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    ** Australia's Irongate Group  IAP.AX  said it has received
a A$1.29 billion ($908.93 million) takeover bid from a
partnership managed by property investor Charter Hall Group
 CHC.AX , topping a rejected offer by 360 Capital  TGP.AX .
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    ** Elliott Management Corp and Vista Equity Partners are
close to buying Citrix Systems Inc  CTXS.O  in a deal that
values the U.S. cloud computing company at about $13 billion,
according to a person familiar with the matter.
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    ** French shipping giant CMA CGM said it had agreed to
acquire a majority stake in French delivery firm Colis Prive, as
it continues to build up its logistics business.
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($1 = 1.4192 Australian dollars)

 (Compiled by Akash Sriram and Rajarshi Roy in Bengaluru)
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