Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

BioLife Solutions

22/07/2026 21:19

Adds:Paramount Skydance, Capricorn Energy, NOVAGOLD, Platinum Equity, Penske  Updates: Segro
July 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1930 GMT on Wednesday:

** British warehousing group Segro SGRO.L said it was minded to back Prologis' PLD.N £14 billion ($18.8 billion) takeover bid after investors urged the two sides to keep talking, as they also secured a last-minute extension to a takeover deadline. nL4N43O0QF
 
** Paramount Skydance Corp PSKY.O gained European Union antitrust approval for its $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery WBD.O after agreeing to ditch a film distribution joint venture with Universal Pictures. nL8N43O2EY
 
**  Britain's Capricorn Energy CNE.L said it has received a £268.8 million ($359.33 million) all-cash bid from private investment firm Samos Energy, weeks after agreeing to a near-identical proposal from Genel Energy GENL.L. nL6N43O11L
  
** NOVAGOLD Resources NG.TO said it would acquire the shares it does not already own in Donlin Gold from Paulson Advisors in an all-stock deal that would create a gold producer worth $4.2 billion. nL4N43O122
 
** Private equity firm Platinum Equity is nearing a deal to acquire about a 50% stake in Nestle's European water business in a transaction that would value the joint venture at almost €5 billion ($5.71 billion), the Financial Times reported. nL1N43O0NI
 
** Penske Corp and Mitsui, the controlling shareholders of Penske Automotive Group PAG.N, have offered $210 per share in cash to take the auto dealership chain private, according to a regulatory filing. nL4N43O1EJ
     
** Rheinmetall <RHMG.DE> has yet to decide on whether to proceed with an acquisition of German Naval Yards Kiel (GNYK) after rival bidder Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) withdrew from the process, Chief Executive Armin Papperger said.
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** Sompo International Holdings said on Tuesday that a wholly owned subsidiary had agreed to acquire Brazil’s Fator Seguradora, as the insurer seeks to expand in Latin America's corporate and specialty insurance markets.
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** Repligen Corp <RGEN.O> said it would buy BioLife Solutions <BLFS.O> in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $1.5 billion, to expand the drugmaking equipment provider's presence in the fast-growing cell therapy market.
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** South African retailer Pepkor Holdings <PPHJ.J> said it will combine its fintech subsidiary Flash with payments platform Shop2Shop, creating a merchant commerce and financial technology company that it plans to list separately in future.
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** Norway's Vaar Energi said on Tuesday it will buy smaller Oslo-listed rival BlueNord to form Europe's largest independent oil and gas producer by output, in a deal indicated at around $1.33 billion.
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** Navacord has announced the acquisition of Steers Insurance Limited, marking the Canadian broker’s expansion into Newfoundland and Labrador.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Shania S Thomas and Prakhar Srivastava in Bengaluru)
 ((shanias.thomas@thomsonreuters.com))