Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
18/09/2025 21:09
Adds: Spire Healthcare, TikTok, Nvidia, Radian Group, Gazprom, Credit Agricole, Advent Internation, Norma Group, Mediobanca, Atlassian, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Sept 18 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1945 GMT on Thursday: ** British private hospital group Spire Healthcare SPI.L said it had initiated discussions with several parties to explore strategic options, including a potential sale of the company. nL3N3V51BR ** President Donald Trump told Fox News that it sounded like China had approved a deal on TikTok, after announcing an agreement earlier this week with China that would keep the short-video app operating in the U.S. nL2N3V50TF ** Nvidia NVDA.O said it would invest $5 billion in Intel INTC.O, throwing its heft behind the struggling U.S. chipmaker just weeks after the White House engineered an extraordinary deal for the federal government to take a massive stake in the company. nL2N3V50AZ ** Radian Group RDN.N said on Thursday it would buy UK-based Inigo for $1.7 billion as the U.S. mortgage insurer seeks to transform into a global multi-line specialty insurer, sending its shares up nearly 7%. nL3N3V50QU ** Germany's economy ministry, which oversees ownership of former Gazprom GAZP.MM unit SEFE, is open to the idea of combining all or parts of the business with bailed out peer Uniper UN0k.DE, according to two people familiar with the matter. nL5N3V50C7 ** Banco BPM Chief Executive Giuseppe Castagna said that a merger with the Italian arm of France's Credit Agricole CAGR.PA was the "clearest opportunity" for his bank, but there were others, such as a deal with Monte dei Paschi BMPS.MI. nL5N3V510V ** Advent International had been exploring a possible bid for British fund administrator JTC JTC.L, according to two people familiar with the matter, potentially adding to a bidding war for the business. nL2N3V50G7 ** German automotive and industrial supplier Norma Group NOEJ.DE said it has received binding offers from a small number of bidders for the acquisition of its water management business. nL5N3V514J ** Alberto Nagel, the long-serving head of Mediobanca MDBI.MI, resigned alongside the board after losing a battle to fend off a takeover by Monte dei Paschi di Siena BMPS.MI, one of the deals that are redrawing the map of Italy's banking sector. nL5N3V50I9 ** Atlassiansaid it has agreed to acquire developer intelligence platform DX for about $1 billion in cash and restricted stock, aiming to improve customer experience by providing insights into AI investments. nL3N3V50Z4 ** Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc 8316.T is considering increasing its stake in U.S. investment bank Jefferies JEF.N to about 20%, Bloomberg News. nL3N3V5128 ** Roche has agreed to buy U.S. biotech firm 89bio for up to $3.5 billion, joining a race to offer new liver disease treatments that complement an intense push in the area of weight-loss drugs. nL2N3V504K ** Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura has entered into a binding agreement to sell Avon International to an acquisition vehicle that is an affiliate of Regent, the company said in a securities filing. nS0N3UP01H ** Property group Hongkong Land said it has agreed to sell its MCL Land residential development business to a unit of Malaysian conglomerate Sunway for S$739 million ($577.98 million). nL3N3V50R8 ** Mercury13 has snapped up a majority stake in English second-tier club Bristol City Women, the multi-club ownership group said, marking their second European investment after acquiring a controlling stake in Italy's Como Women last year. nL3N3V50QO ** Private equity firms Blackstone and TPG revived their interest in acquiring medical diagnostics company Hologic in what could be one of the largest healthcare take-private deals this year, a person close to the transaction said on Wednesday. nL6N3V40X7 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Anshi Sancheti and Sanskriti Shekhar in Bengaluru) ((Anshi.Sancheti@thomsonreuters.com))