Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Hikma Pharmaceuticals

05/02/2026 15:00

Adds KKR, Serra Verde; Updates Associated British Ports

Feb 5 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Thursday:

** The U.S. government has agreed a financing deal worth $565 million with Brazilian rare earths miner Serra Verde, which includes the option to take a minority equity stake, the firm said. nL8N3Z117F

** Investment firm KKR  said it would buy Arctos in a deal valued at $1.4 billion. nL4N3Z112L

** Two Canadian pension funds plan to sell their stakes in Associated British Ports (ABP) in a deal that they hope will value the UK's biggest ports operator at more than 10 billion pounds ($13.63 billion), the Financial Times reported.nL6N3Z10AX

** MTN Group , Africa's biggest mobile operator, said it is in advanced talks to buy the 75% stake it does not already own in IHS Holdings IHS.N, in a deal that could value the tower infrastructure firm at about $2.76 billion. nL6N3Z10G4

** Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina is merging its downstream companies to integrate its refinery business with its logistic units to improve its operations. nL4N3Z107O

** Australia's Maas Group  said it would sell its building materials division for up to A$1.70 billion ($1.19 billion) to pivot towards artificial intelligence-related infrastructure, sending its shares crashing more than 26%.nL4N3Z02K0

** Brookfield Private Capital said it does not intend to make an offer for Britain's Hikma Pharmaceuticals . nL4N3Z0255

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Angela Christy in Bengaluru)

 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))