Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Creades publ AB

02/11/2021 13:57

(Adds Eni, Siam Commercial Bank, Daily Mail; updates DuPont de
Nemours, BlackRock)
    Nov 2 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 1400 GMT on Tuesday:

    ** Italy's Eni  ENI.MI  has bought an additional stake in
the Dogger Bank Wind Farm project to boost its position in the
British offshore wind market as it builds up its green
business. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2RT0RF
    
    ** DuPont de Nemours Inc  DD.N  has agreed to buy
engineering materials maker Rogers Corp  ROG.N  for $5.2
billion, doubling down on efforts to fortify its presence in
fast-growing markets such as electric vehicles, 5G and clean
energy.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RT2G0
    
    ** Thailand's oldest lender, Siam Commercial Bank  SCB.BK 
said it acquired a 51% stake in local digital asset exchange
Bitkub for 17.85 billion baht ($537.17 million).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RT30R
        
    ** 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 about
the British e-commerce group.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RT1VM
    
    ** The owner of Britain's Daily Mail said it was close to
agreeing to a deal with its pension trustees that would see the
publisher's founding family pay them roughly 400 million pounds
($546 million) and clear the way for a buyout of the company.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2RT2FH
                
    ** 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
    
    ** 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
            

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Sahil Shaw in Bengaluru)
 ((Sahil.shaw@thomsonreuters.com))