Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Calliditas Therapeutics AB

28/05/2024 14:48

(Adds: Riot Platforms, T-Mobile. Energy Transfer, Adam Neumann,
Vista Outdoor,  Nordson, Energy Capital Partners, KKR  Updates:
Asahi Kasei)
       May 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 13.30 GMT on
Tuesday:
    
    ** Riot Platforms  RIOT.O  said it has offered to acquire
all outstanding shares of Bitfarms  BITF.TO  for about $950
million in total equity value, even after a private proposal was
rejected by the crypto miner's board last month.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HV2KN
        
  
        ** T-Mobile  TMUS.O  will buy almost all of regional
carrier United States Cellular's  USM.N  wireless operations
including customers, stores and 30% of its spectrum assets in a
deal valued at $4.4 billion, the telecom giant said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HV28Z
  
        
  
        ** Energy Transfer  ET.N  said  it would buy WTG
Midstream Holdings in a deal valued at about $3.25 billion, the
latest in the pipeline operator's string of deals since last
year aimed at expanding its gas transportation and processing
network in the Permian Basin.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HV2EX
  
        
  
        ** Adam Neumann has ended his bid to re-acquire WeWork
 WEWKQ.PK  as the coworking business he co-founded has chosen to
emerge from bankruptcy with an "unrealistic" plan, he told the
New York Times Dealbook.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HV292
  
        
  
        ** Vista Outdoor  VSTO.N  said  it had agreed to sell
its sporting products business to Czechoslovak Group (CSG) for
$1.96 billion, after the Prague-based defense firm raised its
offer to acquire the unit from the company.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HV29P
  
        
  
        ** Nordson  NDSN.O , which makes products for a variety
of industries, said  it would buy medical devices maker Atrion
Corp  ATRI.O  in an $800 million deal, expanding its medical
portfolio.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HV24I
  

        ** Private equity firm Energy Capital Partners will buy
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure  AY.O  for $2.56 billion in
cash, the utility said , in a deal that will give its biggest
shareholder funds to lower its debt.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HV1ZR   
  
        
  
        ** A consortium of U.S. firm KKR  KKR.N  and Singapore
Telecommunications (SingTel)  STEL.SI  has emerged as the
frontrunner to buy a minority stake worth $1 billion in one of
Asia's biggest data centre providers, two sources with knowledge
of the matter said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3HV0PB
  
        
  
        ** Asahi Kasei  3407.T  offered to buy Swedish drugmaker
Calliditas Therapeutics  CALTX.ST  for around $1.1 billion  as
the Japanese maker company looks to turn itself into a global
player in pharmaceuticals.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3HV0GT    
  
    
    ** 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.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3HR1NU
    
    ** 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.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3HV0DC

    
    ** 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.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HV02W

    ** 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.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3HU0RB
    
    ** 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.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HU0H7

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Aatreyee Dasgupta in Bengaluru)
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