(Adds: Silver Lake Resources Ltd, Sacyr Updates: Siemens
Energy, Volkswagen, Yandex)
May 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1945 GMT on Friday:
** Sacyr is negotiating with Spanish firm Bestinver to sell
its 45% stake in the Irish motorway N6 and thus fully exit the
concessions business in Ireland, two people familiar with the
talks said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N37G1JT
** German power equipment and service group Siemens
Energy ENR1n.DE is close to selling its minority stake in a
Spanish wind turbine towers joint venture to British fund
Bridgepoint BPTB.L , two people familiar with the matter said.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N37G1FE
** Silver Lake Resources Ltd SLR.AX raised its offer
to acquire gold miner St Barbara Ltd's SBM.AX Leonara assets
in Western Australia for A$722 million ($489.73 million).
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37G24D
** Volkswagen VOWG_p.DE has completed the sale of its
Kaluga production plant in Russia and its local subsidiaries,
the German carmaker said , ending months of wrangling with
Russian authorities over the deal. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N37G1W4
** Nasdaq-listed Yandex YNDX.O , often dubbed "Russia's
Google", has received bids from Russian billionaires for assets
it is seeking to divest in the country that value them at some
$14 billion, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37G1JP
** Chinese private equity firm Trustar Capital has hired
Citigroup C.N to manage a sale of Hong Kong-based soy sauce
maker Amoy Food Ltd, three people with knowledge of the
discussions said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37G1AJ
** Brookfield Asset Management BAM.TO will sell two
commercial properties in India to a partnership of its locally
listed REIT Brookfield India BROF.NS and Singapore sovereign
wealth fund GIC in a deal with an enterprise value of $1.4
billion. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37G1EQ
** The U.S. Justice Department is considering suing to block
Korean Air's 003490.KS planned acquisition of Asiana Airlines
020560.KS , Politico reported on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N37F33K
** Brazil retailer Americanas SA AMER3.SA said on Thursday
it will next week start to seek potential bidders for the
acquisition of its Hortifruti Natural da Terra (HNT) business
unit. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N37G00V
** Brazilian miner Vale SA VALE3.SA received binding
offers for a stake in its base metal unit, local newspaper Valor
Economico reported on Thursday, citing unnamed
sources. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N37F381
** Investment advisory firm Edenbrook Capital sent a letter
to the board of Canada's Absolute Software Corp ABST.TO saying
the deal for the company to be taken private by Crosspoint
Capital Partners "significantly undervalues" the
firm. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37F46O
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))