Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

CTBC Financial Holding Co

03/09/2024 10:58

Sept 3 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday:

    ** California-based investment firm Clearlake Capital Group
said it would buy pan-European private credit specialist MV
Credit from asset manager Natixis Investment Managers.
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    ** Taiwan's Shin Kong Financial  2888.TW  said that it sees
Taishin  2887.TW  as its preferred bidder despite having
received a higher $4.1 billion offer from CTBC Financial
 2891.TW .
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    ** U.S. gene sequencing company Illumina  ILMN.O  won its
court fight against the European Union's investigation of its
$7.1 billion purchase of cancer diagnostic test maker Grail
 GRAL.O , a ruling set to curb Brussels' merger powers.
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    ** Spanish bank BBVA  BBVA.MC  said Britain's Prudential
Regulation Authority has approved it taking indirect control of
Sabadell's  SABE.MC  TSB.
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    ** South Africa's biggest grocery retailer Shoprite
 SHPJ.J , has agreed to sell its furniture business including
the OK Furniture and House & Home brands to discount retailer
Pepkor  PPHJ.J , the companies said.
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    ** U.S. buyout fund Bain Capital has made a counter-offer to
buy Japanese software developer Fuji Soft  9749.T , estimated at
about 600 billion yen ($4.1 billion) that would exceed a rival
offer from equity fund KKR.
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    ** CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust  CMLT.SI  will
acquire a 50% stake in Singapore's ION Orchard mall for an
agreed property value of S$1.85 billion ($1.42 billion), the
real estate investment trust said.
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    ** REA Group  REA.AX , the property listings company
majority owned by News Corp  NWSA.O , is considering buying
Rightmove to create a global real estate company, the Australian
firm said on Monday, sending the British housing portal's shares
soaring.
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    ** Private equity giant Blackstone  BX.N  has agreed to buy
an 80% stake in a European warehouse portfolio run by landlord
Burstone  BTNJ.J , the latest push by the U.S. investment
manager into warehouses that have boomed alongside the rise of
e-commerce.
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    ** U.S. power equipment maker GE Vernova  GEV.N  said on
Monday it has acquired the remaining ownership stake in a Saudi
gas turbine producing joint venture from state-owned Dussur.
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    ** French train maker Alstom  ALSO.PA  said on Monday it had
completed the sale of its North American conventional signalling
business to Knorr-Bremse  KBX.DE  for $690 million.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)
 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))