Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Link Real Estate Investment Trust

08/11/2021 14:36

(Adds: McAfee Corp, Updates: Neinor Homes)
    Nov 8 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Monday:

    ** McAfee Corp  MCFE.O  said a consortium led by U.S.
private equity firm Advent International will buy the Cyber
security firm in a $14 billion deal.
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    ** Spanish residential real estate developer Neinor Homes
 HOME.MC  confirmed reports it is negotiating to buy rival Via
Celere.
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    ** Playtech  PTEC.L  is in talks with its second-biggest
shareholder over a possible takeover offer, weeks after agreeing
to a buyout from rival Aristocrat Leisure  ALL.AX , sending the
British online gambling software firm shares up 3%.
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    ** Shares in Coloplast  COLOb.CO  rose after the medical
equipment maker said it had agreed to a 2.16 billion euros
($2.49 billion) deal to buy Atos Medical, which specialises in
laryngectomy, from French private equity firm PAI Partners.
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    ** Private equity companies Hellman & Friedman (H&F) and EQT
said they had reached an acceptance rate of around 82% for their
joint takeover offer of German online pet supplied retailer
Zooplus  ZO1G.DE .
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    ** Alcon  ALCC.S  has agreed to buy Ivantis, the maker of a
tiny stent to treat glaucoma, for an initial $475 million, the
Swiss eye care company said.
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    ** Sydney Airport Holdings  SYD.AX  said it has agreed to
accept a A$23.6 billion ($17.5 billion) takeover bid from an
infrastructure investor group in one of Australia's biggest
buyouts.
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    ** Global miner BHP Group Ltd  BHP.AX  signed a deal to sell
its stake in BHP Mitsui Coal (BMC), a metallurgical coal joint
venture in Queensland, to Stanmore Resources Ltd  SMR.AX  for up
to $1.35 billion, the companies said.
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    ** Hong Kong-listed Link Real Estate Investment Trust
 0823.HK  said it has agreed to buy 50% interests in three
retail properties in Sydney from Ipoh Property Pty Ltd for
A$538.2 million ($398.16 million).
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    ** Australian coal seam gas producer Senex Energy Ltd
 SXY.AX  said it would recommend an A$852 million ($630 million)
takeover offer from POSCO International Corp, after the South
Korean firm raised its proposed bid for a third time.
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    ** Australian Pharmaceutical Industries  API.AX  said it had
signed an agreement with Wesfarmers Ltd  WES.AX  for the retail
conglomerate to buy all of its shares in a deal valuing the
pharmacy chain at A$763.6 million ($564.9 million).
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    ** Commonwealth Bank of Australia  CBA.AX  said it acquired
a minority stake in a Silicon Valley-based artificial
intelligence (AI) firm, H2O.ai Inc, in a bid to provide smarter
and personalised products to its customer base.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Oishee Majumdar in Bengaluru)
 ((oishee.majumdar@thomsonreuters.com))