Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
02/11/2021 09:38
Nov 2 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Tuesday:
** Swedish investment firm Creades CREADa.ST said it had
agreed to sell price comparisons company Pricerunner to Swedish
payments firm Klarna for 1.06 billion Swedish crowns ($124.36
million). urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RT27U
** THG's THG.L second-largest shareholder BlackRock Inc
BLK.N is offloading nearly half its stake in the company at a
10% discount, in the latest sign of investor discontent with the
British e-commerce group. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RT1VM
** German online pet supplies retailer Zooplus ZO1G.DE
urged its shareholders to hurry to accept a 3.7 billion euro
($4.29 billion) takeover offer from two private equity companies
before it expires on Nov. 3. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2RT1UX
** Private equity firm Baring Private Equity Asia (BPEA) has
agreed to acquire Tricor Group from buyout group Permira, in a
deal valuing the business expansion specialist at $2.76 billion
including debt, the three companies announced. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RT1KT
** Industrial materials maker DuPont DD.N is in advanced
talks to buy engineering materials maker Rogers Corp ROG.N for
about $5 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing a
person familiar with the matter. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RT0QI
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Sahil Shaw in Bengaluru)
((Sahil.shaw@thomsonreuters.com))