Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Calliditas Therapeutics AB

28/05/2024 10:48

May 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday:

    ** Hess Corp  HES.N  shareholders will vote  on Chevron's
 CVX.N  proposed $53 billion acquisition of the company, after
many investors have called for a delay in hopes of obtaining a
better offer for their shares.
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    ** OTE Telecom  OTEr.AT , Greece's biggest telecoms
operator, is in talks with West Network Invest for the potential
sale of its Romanian mobile business, Telekom Romania Mobile, it
said late on Monday.
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    ** Japan's Asahi Kasei  3407.T  said  it offered to acquire
Calliditas Therapeutics  CALTX.ST  for about 11.8 billion
Swedish crowns ($1.1 billion) as part of a plan to become a
global drug company.
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    ** ABN Amro  ABNd.AS  has agreed to buy German private bank
Hauck Aufhäuser Lampe (HAL) for 672 million euros ($730 million)
from China's Fosun International 0656.HK to expand in wealth
management, its largest deal since the global financial crisis.
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    ** Italy's Newlat Food  NWLF.MI  said on Monday it will buy
British food group Princes for 700 million pounds ($891.9
million) to create the first Milan-based "unicorn" - or
billion-dollar startup - in the food sector.
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    ** Owners of Asian pallet pooling provider Loscam are
considering a sale of the entire company in a deal that could
fetch over $2 billion, three people with knowledge of the
situation said.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Aatreyee Dasgupta in Bengaluru)
 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))