Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Ampol

14/08/2025 10:40

August 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Thursday:

** Japanese components maker Minebea Mitsumi <6479.T> has decided to raise its tender offer price for thermistor maker Shibaura Electronics <6957.T> to 6,200 yen ($42.31) from 5,500 yen ($37.53), the companies said.

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** Australia's Ampol  said it would buy British fuel station operator EG Group's local unit, EG Australia, for a total of A$1.1 billion ($718.85 million) in a bid to strengthen its retail portfolio in the country.

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** British Gas owner Centrica  will jointly buy National Grid's  Grain LNG terminal with U.S.-based infrastructure investor Energy Capital Partners (ECP), it said , for an enterprise value of about 1.5 billion pounds ($2.04 billion).

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**  British student accommodation developer Unite Group  has agreed to acquire Empiric Student Property  in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the smaller peer at 634 million pounds ($860.59 million), the companies said.

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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)

 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))