Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
15/11/2024 14:44
(Adds: DFDS, Bilprovninge Updates: KKR)
Nov 15 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Friday:
** Danish shipping and logistics firm DFDS DFDS.CO
said it had agreed to buy Turkey's Ekol Logistics' international
transport network, overturning a decision made two weeks ago to
terminate the deal.
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** Private equity firm KKR KKR.N has raised its
tender offer price for Fuji Soft 9749.T by 7% to 9,451 yen
($60.86) a share, the Japanese software developer said, narrowly
surpassing a rival offer of 9,450 yen from Bain Capital.
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** The Swedish government has agreed to sell state-owned
motor vehicle inspection group Bilprovningen to Germany's TUV
Rheinland for 1.20 billion crowns ($109 million), Finance
Minister Elisabeth Svantesson told a press conference.
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** Singapore's competition regulator cleared South Korean
conglomerate Hanwha Group's S$790.6 million ($589.30 million)
takeover offer for oil contractor Dyna-Mac DMHL.SI .
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** Volex Plc VLX.L said that TT Electronics TTG.L had
declined to engage with it and rejected two takeover offers it
had submitted to the British electronic components maker.
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** Halozyme Therapeutics HALO.O said on Thursday it has
proposed to buy German drug developer Evotec EVTG.DE for about
2 billion euros ($2.10 billion), to bulk up its drug discovery
and development portfolio.
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** Finnish engineering firm Cargotec Corp CGCBV.HE said on
Thursday it would sell its cargo handler business MacGregor to
European private equity firm Triton in a deal valued at 480
million euros ($506 million), including debt.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Rishi Kant in Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))