Deals of the day -Mergers and acquisitions

Bertelsmann SE & Co KGaA

10/02/2026 14:36

Adds: Paramount, Lee Equity Partners

Feb 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Tuesday :

** Paramount Skydance PSKY.O has enhanced its $30-per-share bid for Warner Bros Discovery WBD.O by offering extra cash for each quarter the deal fails to close and agreeing to cover the breakup fee the HBO owner would owe Netflix if it walked away from their deal.nL4N3Z61LE

** The deal for Lee Equity Partners to buy out SiriusPoint's stake in Arcadian Risk Capital has closed, with management selling a portion of their holdings in the expansive MGA platform and rolling the rest in the transaction, which valued the John Boylan-founded business at 15-times earnings.

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** Brookfield Asset Management BAM.N is in exclusive talks with Blackstone BX.N to purchase its residential real estate company Fidere YFID.MC in Spain, Spanish newspaper Expansion reported, citing unidentified market sources. nL1N3Z608N

** Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings said it had agreed to be acquired by Mubadala Capital, in partnership with TWG Global, in a deal valuing the U.S. billboard operator at $6.2 billion. nL1N3Z607E

** German media and services group Bertelsmann BTGGg.F has taken a majority stake in Indian logistics platform Lets Transport, hoping to build on its presence in India as an important growth market, the head of its investment division told Reuters. nL8N3Z51TN

** Oilfield services firm Transocean RIG.N said on Monday it would acquire peer Valaris VAL.N in an all-stock deal valued at $5.8 billion, expanding its exposure across deepwater, harsh-environment and shallow-water basins worldwide.nL4N3Z515V

** Eli Lilly LLY.N will buy Orna Therapeutics for up to $2.4 billion in cash, gaining access to a technology that allows patients' own cells to generate therapies inside the body, without the need to extract them. nL4N3Z50ZV

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Megavarshini G. Somasundaram in Bengaluru)

 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))