Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

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18/09/2025 14:38

Adds: Atlassian, Natura, Radian Group, Hongkong Land, Mercury13  Updates: Roche

Sept 18 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Thursday:

** 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.

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** Atlassian  said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire developer intelligence platform DX for about $1 billion in cash and restricted stock, including DX's cash balance.

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** 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.

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** Radian Group  said 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.

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** 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).

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** 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.

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** 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.

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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Anshi Sancheti in Bengaluru)

 ((Anshi.Sancheti@thomsonreuters.com))