Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Colt CZ SE

09/06/2023 10:44

June 9 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Friday:

    ** BPER Banca  EMII.MI  is not interested in merging with
rival Banca Monte dei Paschi  BMPS.MI , the Chief Executive of
Italy's fourth-largest bank, Piero Montani, said on the
sidelines of an event in Milan. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N36M01H
    
    ** Canada's Brookfield Asset Management  BAM.TO  said  it
would buy payments provider Network International  NETW.L  for
2.2 billion pounds ($2.76 billion) in cash, as it expands its
payments business in the Middle East and Africa. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3811BX
    
    ** A small group of shareholders in Colt CZ Group  CZG.PR 
sold 1.74% of the Czech gunmaker in an accelerated bookbuilding
process at 555 crowns ($25.29) per share, the company said in a
stock market filing. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3810KN
    
    ** Italy's biggest gas distributor Italgas  IG.MI  signed a
deal worth more than 100 million euros ($107.64 million) with
Veolia  VIE.PA  to buy the French utility's stakes in companies
running water services in Lazio, Campania and Sicily, the two
companies said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N38117Y
    
    ** Australian real estate firm Dexus  DXS.AX  said it is
selling one of its premium office buildings in Sydney's central
business district for A$393.1 million ($263.7 million) at a near
17% discount to an independent valuation made in
December. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3811AA

    ** The Auckland Council voted  to sell 7% of its 18.09%
stake in Auckland Airport  AIA.NZ , New Zealand's biggest, as
part of a plan to reduce the local government body's debt.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N38107T
    
    ** ASX-listed Limeade  LME.AX  said it will be acquired by
WebMD in an all-cash deal with an enterprise value of A$112
million ($75.21 million).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3804HT
    
    ** Asset manager Energy Income Partners LLC, one of the top
shareholders in Magellan Midstream Partners  MMP.N , said on
Thursday that it intends to vote against pipeline operator ONEOK
Inc's  OKE.N  deal to buy Magellan. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N38044I

 (Compiled by Pratyush Thakur and Rajarshi Roy in Bengaluru)
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