Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Axonics

09/01/2024 10:51

Jan 9 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1050 GMT on Tuesday:

    ** German airline Lufthansa  LHAG.DE  has offered remedies
to address EU competition concerns about its bid to buy a
minority stake in Italian state-owned ITA Airways, EU antitrust
regulators said.
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    ** Salmon, a consumer fintech firm backed by Abu Dhabi
sovereign wealth fund ADQ, is acquiring a majority stake in a
Philippine rural bank, the company said.
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    ** GSK  GSK.L  said it would acquire asthma drug maker
Aiolos Bio in a deal worth up to $1.4 billion, as the British
drugmaker boosts its growing respiratory diseases portfolio.
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    ** Zee Entertainment  ZEE.NS  said it was committed to the
merger with Sony's India unit, after reports said the
broadcaster was about to call off a $10 billion deal.
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    ** Hewlett Packard Enterprise  HPE.N  is in talks to buy
Juniper Networks  JNPR.N  in a deal valuing the network gear
maker at about $13 billion, a person familiar with the matter
told Reuters on Monday.
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    ** Medical device maker Boston Scientific  BSX.N  said on
Monday it had agreed to buy Axonics Inc  AXNX.O  for $3.7
billion, gaining access to devices used to improve bladder
function.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Christy Santhosh in Bengaluru)
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