Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Greenhill & Co

06/04/2021 12:00

(Adds Carrefour, Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Organigram Holdings
Inc, Banco BTG Pactual SA, Barclays)
    April 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1400 GMT on Tuesday:

    ** Dolce & Gabbana is not in talks with French luxury group
Kering  PRTP.PA  over a possible tie-up, the chief executive of
the Italian fashion company said in an interview.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR1N2L8022
    
    ** U.S. asset manager BlackRock  BLK.N  and Canada's
Brookfield Asset Management Inc  BAMa.TO  are no longer in the
race to buy a stake in Saudi oil giant Aramco's  2222.SE 
pipeline business, two sources familiar with the deal said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2LY1RS
    
    ** South Africa has signed an agreement with Pfizer Inc
 PFE.N  for 20 million dual shot COVID-19 vaccine doses, a
government official told Reuters, boosting plans to start mass
vaccinations from April.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2LZ1XR
    
    ** Brazil's Banco BTG Pactual SA  BPAC11.SA  has agreed to
buy state lender Caixa Economica Federal's stake in Banco Pan SA
for 3.7 billion reais ($653 million), it said in a securities
filing.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2LZ0NF
    
    ** The board of Brazilian state power company Companhia
Estadual de Geracao e Transmissao de Energia Eletrica, known as
CEEE-GT  EEEL3.SA , has approved the privatization of its
transmission unit, a securities filing showed.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS0N2KB04X
    
    ** Organigram Holdings Inc  OGI.TO ,  OGI.O  said it has
acquired The Edibles & Infusions Corp (EIC) in a C$35 million
($27.88 million) stock deal, as the cannabis producer looks to
tap surging demand for pot-based edibles and soft chews.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2LZ2G8
    
    ** Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petroleo Brasileiro
SA  PETR4.SA  has agreed to buy BP PLC's  BP.L  stakes in six
oil blocks in Northern Brazil, the company said in a securities
filing.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS0N2KB04Y
    
    ** Barclays  BARC.L  has poached Greenhill's managing
director Anthony Samengo-Turner to lead its merger and
acquisition unit in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as it seeks
to boost its client network across one of Europe's biggest M&A
markets.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2LZ38U
    
    ** Europe's largest retailer Carrefour  CARR.PA  and
Deliveroo said they were expanding to France their partnership
to bring on-demand groceries in less than 30 minutes their
customers' homes.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2LZ30R




 (Compiled by Sahil Shaw in Bengaluru)
 ((Sahil.Shaw@thomsonreuters.com;))