Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

China Cinda Asset Management

18/01/2022 14:31

(Adds Microsoft Corp)
    Jan 18 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Tuesday:

    ** Microsoft Corp  MSFT.O  said it would buy "Call of Duty"
videogame maker Activision Blizzard  ATVI.O  for $68.7 billion
in cash, the largest deal in the sector making the Xbox maker
the third-largest gaming company by revenue.
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    ** Vivendi  VIV.PA  said it was investing in digital
communication group Progressif Media through the purchase of an
8.5% stake from ZeWatchers, with the financial terms of this
deal not disclosed.
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    ** Private equity firm Affinity Equity Partners is this week
launching the sale of its Burger King fast-food businesses in
South Korea and Japan, in a deal that could fetch more than $1
billion, a person with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
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    ** Brazilian health company Mater Dei  MATD3.SA  said that
its board of directors approved the purchase of the Institute of
Plastic Surgery and Ophthalmology in the Midwestern state of
Goias by its privately-held corporation RMDS.
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    ** Italian infrastructure group Atlantia  ATL.MI  has agreed
to buy Siemens'  SIEGn.DE  Yunex Traffic division for 950
million euros ($1.1 billion) to expand its cutting-edge
transport services.
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    **    France's TotalEnergies  TTEF.PA  and Japan's Inpex
Corp  1605.T  said that they had agreed to sell their interests
in Angola's Block 14 B.V. to Angolan Company Somoil for an
undisclosed sum.
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    ** European private equity firm Ardian struck a deal to buy
the majority of Italy's Biofarma Group from White Bridge
Investments in order to boost further the international growth
of the drug company, a statement said on Monday.
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    ** China Cinda Asset Management Co Ltd  1359.HK  scrapped a
deal to buy a 20% stake worth about $944 million in fintech
giant Ant Group's consumer finance arm because of pressure from
state authorities, people with knowledge of the matter said.
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    ** Britain's Clinigen Group Plc  CLINC.L  has agreed to a
sweetened takeover offer by UK-based private equity firm Triton,
valuing the pharmaceutical services firm at about 1.3 billion
pounds ($1.77 billion).
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    ** Norwegian telecom firm Telenor  TEL.OL  has agreed to
sell its 51% stake in Myanmar's Wave Money, a digital payment
service provider, for $53 million to a subsidiary of Yoma
Strategic  YOMA.SI , the companies said in a joint statement on
Monday.
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