Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
05/03/2025 14:57
Adds: Jazz Pharmaceuticals March 5 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Wednesday: ** Jazz Pharmaceuticals < JAZZ.O> will acquire biotech firm Chimerixfor about $935 million in cash to gain access to its lead drug candidate to treat a rare brain tumor, the companies said. nL3N3PO139 ** Australian lender Commonwealth Bank of Australia said it has sold its remaining 4.4% stake in Vietnam International Commercial Joint Stock Bank , marking its full exit from the Vietnamese lender. nL3N3PO0UN ** Swedish grocery retailer ICA Gruppen said it would sell its Baltic subsidiary to Denmark's biggest supermarket operator Salling Group in a deal worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.38 billion), excluding debt. nL3N3PO0T6 ** Nvidia-backed CoreWeave said on Tuesday it is acquiring AI developer platform Weights & Biases, as the company seeks to extend its cloud platform ahead of its IPO. nL3N3PO0QZ ** Japan's Trial Holdings 141A.T said it would spend 382.6 billion yen ($2.55 billion) to acquire the Seiyu supermarket chain controlled by U.S. private equity fund KKR . nL2N3PO08Z ** Arthur J. Gallagher said on Tuesday it would acquire rival Woodruff Sawyer in a $1.2 billion deal, marking the insurance broker's latest move to expand its business. nL3N3PN28I (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Aamir Sohail in Bengaluru) ((Aamir.sohail@thomsonreuters.com))