Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

Arbonia AG

15/09/2016 21:05

(Adds Investindustrial, Notenstein and Toronto Dominion Bank) 
    Sept 15 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, 
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on 
Thursday: 
 
    ** Japanese trading house Mitsubishi Corp  8058.T  said it 
is considering raising its stake in convenience store operator 
Lawson Inc  2651.T  to make it a subsidiary, in a deal worth 
about 140 billion yen ($1.37 billion).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1BR04L 
     
    ** At least three leading chemical companies are set to vie 
for BP Plc's  BP.L  stake in Chinese petrochemicals joint 
venture SECCO which could fetch more than $2 billion, sources 
close to the process said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BQ3U8 
     
    ** Spanish investment fund ProA Capital will acquire a 30 
percent stake in restaurant group VIPS from Goldman Sachs for an 
undisclosed amount, VIPS said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BR1ZL 
     
    ** Fast-food giant McDonald's Corp  MCD.N  has received 
final offers from at least three bidding groups for its China 
and Hong Kong outlets, with global private equity firms Carlyle 
Group  CG.O  and TPG Capital teaming up with Chinese partners 
for the business worth up to $3 billion, sources told Reuters. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1BR1JX 
     
    ** Italian private equity firm Investindustrial has agreed 
to buy a majority stake in kitchen maker Arclinea through 
furniture group B&B Italia, widening its footprint in the design 
industry.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BR2J9 
     
    ** Swiss private bank Notenstein and the Swiss unit of 
Germany's DZ Bank are in talks over a "stronger collaboration", 
Notenstein's parent company, cooperative lender Raiffeisen, 
said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BR1YB 
     
    ** Toronto Dominion Bank  TD.TO  has sold home improvement 
financing assets to financial technology company Financeit and 
Concentra, a provider of services to credit unions, the buyers 
said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1BR0LM  
     
    ** Swiss building materials maker AFG Arbonia Forster 
 AFGN.S  offered to buy Looser Group  LOHN.S  in a 
cash-and-share deal worth around 415 million Swiss francs ($426 
million), betting a tie-up will form a more significant European 
construction industry supplier.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nZ8N1B401X 
     
    ** Polish billionaire Sebastian Kulczyk could team up with 
private equity funds in a potential joint bid for SABMiller 
Plc's  SAB.L  central and eastern European beer brands, Puls 
Biznesu daily said quoting unnamed sources.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BR0D3 
     
    ** U.S. holding company Standard Industries announced a 
takeover offer for Braas Monier  BMSA.DE  valuing the German 
roof tile maker at around 1.9 billion euros ($2.1 billion) 
including debt, which Braas has already said it rejects for 
being too low.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BR0UB 
     
    ** A Dubai-based subsidiary of Islamic investment bank GFH 
Financial Group BSC  GFHB.BH  has sold its remaining 18 percent 
stake in English football club Leeds United, ending nearly four 
years of Middle Eastern involvement in the club. [nL8N1BR0G4 
     
    **  Accenture Plc  ACN.N  intends to acquire a 47.7 percent 
stake in French service consultancy firm Octo Technology 
 ALOCT.PA , the company said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N1BR0RQ 
     
    ** British business information group Informa Plc  INF.L  
said it had agreed to buy U.S.-based information services 
company Penton for 1.18 billion pounds ($1.56 billion) to expand 
in the United States and grow its global exhibitions business. 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1BR1ZE 
     
    ** West Bromwich Albion's takeover by Chinese investment 
group Yunyi Guokai (Shanghai) Sports Development Ltd has been 
completed, the Premier League club said in a statement on 
Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1BR3TC 
 
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