Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT

01/11/2019 10:14

Nov 1 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Friday:

    ** Amgen Inc  AMGN.O  said on Thursday it will take a 20.5%
stake in BeiGene Ltd  6160.HK  to expand the California-based
biotechnology company's presence in China, the world's
second-largest pharmaceuticals market.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N27G2KJ
    
    ** Hudson's Bay Co  HBC.TO  shareholder Catalyst Capital
Group Inc has opposed an agreed deal by the struggling Canadian
department store operator with a group led by its executive
chairman Richard Baker to be taken private.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N27G6HF
    
    ** Virgin Australia Holdings Ltd  VAH.AX  said on Friday it
had completed the bookbuild for its domestic notes offer, and
had raised the issue size to A$325 million ($223.99 million)
from A$150 million, citing strong support from investors.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N27G6SP
    
    ** Grupo Aval  GAA.CN , Colombia's largest financial
conglomerate, said on Thursday it had agreed to buy Panama's
Multibank Financial Group, giving it a higher profile in Central
America.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N27G2L7
    
    ** Brazil's largest lender, Itau Unibanco Holding SA
 ITUB4.SA , said in a securities filing late on Thursday the
bank has acquired 51% of software company Zup IT Servicos for
293 million reais ($73 million).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nE6N25P012
    
    ** Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust  AEMN.SI  said on
Friday it is buying 30 business parks in the United States and
Singapore for about S$1.66 billion ($1.22 billion) from its
controlling unit holder CapitaLand Ltd  CATL.SI .  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N27H25O
    
    **  Apple Inc  AAPL.O  and Taiwan's Wistron Corp  3231.TW 
have proposed the possibility of directly investing in troubled
panel supplier Japan Display  6740.T , Kyodo News reported on
Friday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N27H1EY
    
    ** Kenya's largest telecoms operator Safaricom  SCOM.NR 
plans a joint bid with South Africa's Vodacom  VODJ.J  for one
of two Ethiopian telecom licences that will be offered next
year, its acting chief executive said on Friday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N27H1Q9

 (Compiled by Trisha Roy in Bengaluru)
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