Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Erste Bank AG

05/05/2025 15:16

Adds: Skechers,  Sunoco LP   Updates: Erste Group Bank,

May 5 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Monday:

**  Skechers <
SKX.N
> said  it had agreed to be taken private by investment firm 3G Capital in a $9.4 billion deal, at a time when the footwear company
grapples with the impact of steep U.S. tariffs and erratic trade policy.

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** Erste Group Bank <
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> has bought a 49% stake in Santander's Polish bank for around 6.8 billion euros ($7.7 billion), turning Austria's largest lender into one of the most important banks in Poland and freeing up billions for Santander <
SAN.MC
>.

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**  Sunoco LP <
SUN.N
> will buy Canada-based Parkland <
PKI.TO
> in a deal valued at about $9.1 billion, including debt, the U.S. fuel supplier said, in a move the companies said would create the largest independent fuel distributor in the Americas.

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** South Africa's Gold Fields GFIJ.J will acquire Gold Road Resources GOR.AX in a sweetened deal valuing the Australian miner's equity at A$3.7 billion ($2.4 billion), as sky-high bullion prices drive a wave of tie-ups.

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** AI-powered defense startup Anduril Industries said it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Ireland-based tactical communications systems maker Klas.

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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Neil J Kanatt in Bengaluru)

 ((Neil.JKanatt@thomsonreuters.com))