Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Can Do

14/10/2021 21:00

(Adds Aegean Airlines, Celg T, Nexi, Naturgy, IHC, MONETA Money
Bank, Walgreens Boots Alliance, Canopy, Petrobras, Hapvida
Participacoes, Grupa Lotos; Updates Sumitomo Metal Mining)
    Oct 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Thursday:
    
    ** Greece's largest carrier Aegean Airlines  AGNr.AT  said
it has raised its stake in Romanian Animawings to 51% from 25%,
strengthening its presence in the Romanian market.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RA5JG
    
    ** Portugal's EDP  EDP.LS  placed the winning bid of 1.977
billion reais ($359 million) in an auction for Brazilian power
transmission company Celg T, which has been controlled by the
state government of Goias via CelgPar  GPAR3.SA .  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nE5N2OC00O
    
    ** Italy's antitrust authority said it had given a
conditional green light to Nexi's  NEXII.MI  acquisition of
smaller rival SIA to create an Italian payments champion.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RA562
    
    ** Australian fund IFM said it had secured a 10.83% holding
in Spanish energy group Naturgy  NTGY.MC  for 2.32 billion euros
($2.69 billion) in a tender offer, less than half of what it had
initially sought to buy.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2RA15X
    
    ** Abu Dhabi conglomerate International Holding Co (IHC)
plans to list subsidiary Multiply, a holding company that
invests in tech-focused businesses, on Abu Dhabi's main stock
market this year, IHC's chief executive said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RA3UU
    
    ** Czech investor Pavel Tykac, who owns the Sev.en Energy
group, wants to increase his stake in MONETA Money Bank
 MONET.PR  and help build a strong domestic lender, he was
quoted as saying in an interview with SeznamZpravy.cz.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RA481
    
    ** Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc  WBA.O  will invest an
additional $5.2 billion in care provider VillageMD as the
pharmacy chain aims to expand primary healthcare services at its
stores, the two companies said on Thursday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RA3FI
    
    ** Canada's Canopy Growth Corp  WEED.TO ,  CGC.O  said it
would buy weed gummies maker Wana Brands for $297.5 million, as
the world's biggest pot producer looks to expand in the U.S.
cannabis market.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RA2ZM
    
    ** Japan's Sumitomo Metal Mining Co Ltd  5713.T  and
Sumitomo Corp  8053.T  agreed to sell their stakes in the Sierra
Gorda copper mine in Chile to Australian miner South32 Ltd
 S32.AX  for $1.55 billion including net debt adjustment, the
companies said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2R94B7
    
    ** State-controlled Brazilian oil company Petroleo
Brasileiro SA  PETR4.SA , known as Petrobras, confirmed in a
securities filing that a group led by Aguila Energia offered
more than $1.5 billion to acquire onshore fields in the state of
Bahia.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS0N2Q1017
    
    ** Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, frustrated that he
has been blamed for gasoline price increases, is now inclined to
privatize oil company Petrobras  PETR4.SA , he said, adding he
would discuss the idea with economic advisors.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2RA1B4
    
    ** Brazilian economy minister Paulo Guedes said he was in
favor of the government selling part of its stake in oil company
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, known as Petrobras, to fund aid programs
for the poor.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2RA0PY
    
    ** Brazilian healthcare company Hapvida Participacoes
 HAPV3.SA  has acquired Viventi hospital in Brasilia for 220
million reais ($40 million), including the operations and real
estate, the company said in a securities filing on Wednesday
evening.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2RA0P6
    
    ** Shareholders of Polish refiner Grupa Lotos  LTSP.WA 
agreed to sell of some of the company's assets in order to meet
conditions set by the European Commision as a part of a planned
takeover by larger rival PKN Orlen  PKN.WA .  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RA2KS
    
    ** Telstra Corp  TLS.AX  Ltd is close to completing a deal
to buy the Pacific operations of telecommunications firm Digicel
Group in partnership with the Australian government, two sources
familiar with the bid told Reuters.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RA10M
    
    ** Japanese retail group Aeon Co  8267.T  announced  a
takeover bid for Can Do Co  2698.T , a popular chain offering
household goods for 100 yen.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nT9N2QX019
    
    ** Investment management firm Holocene Advisors said it will
not back Merck & Co's  MRK.N  offer to buy Acceleron Pharma Inc
 XLRN.O  for $180 per share, saying it significantly undervalues
the drugmaker.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2R93KG

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Dania Nadeem and Ruhi Soni in
Bengaluru)
 ((Ruhi.Soni@thomsonreuters.com;))