Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Mcgrath Rentcorp

19/09/2024 11:12

Sept 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on
Thursday:
    
    ** Renewable developer Sonnedix is increasing its solar
power capacity in Italy with a series of acquisitions, its CEO
told Reuters, adding the company was also looking at
opportunities to develop battery storage projects in the
country.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3L01MF
    
    ** The sale of a stake in the Middle East, North Africa and
central Asia Starbucks  SBUX.O  franchise operated by Kuwait's
AlShaya Group is on hold, two people with knowledge of the
process said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3L00LG
    
    ** Shares in German property firm Deutsche Wohnen  DWNG.DE 
jumped as much as 25% on Thursday as it started talks about a
full takeover offer from its parent company Vonovia  VNAn.DE .
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3L10EW
    
    ** Close Brothers Group  CBRO.L  has agreed to sell its
wealth management unit, Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM),
to private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management for up to 200
million pounds ($265 million).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3L10JT
    
    ** UniCredit  CRDI.MI  was able to buy 4.5% of Commerzbank
 CBKG.DE  from the German state because the government trusts
the Italian bank, its CEO said in a newspaper interview, ruling
out any "aggressive" moves such as an unsolicited buyout bid.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3L1072
    
    ** Seiko Epson  6724.T  said it plan to buy all equity
interests of U.S. printing service provider Fiery LLC for about
$592.5 million in a bid to accelerate growth in the digital
printing businesses.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3L01DY
    
    ** Chesapeake Energy's $7 billion acquisition of rival
natural gas producer Southwestern Energy is expected to close
early in the fourth quarter, CEO Nick Dell'Osso said on
Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3L01BZ
    
    ** U.S. utility Vistra  VST.N  announced on Wednesday it
would acquire the 15% equity it does not already own in its
subsidiary Vistra Vision for nearly $3.25 billion in cash.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3L01O5
    
    ** Mobile games developer Playtika  PLTK.O  said on
Wednesday it would acquire peer SuperPlay in a deal that could
go up to $1.95 billion, which would bring popular games such as
Bingo Blitz and Dice Dreams under the same umbrella.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3L01LU
    
    ** WillScot Holdings  WSC.O  mutually terminated its $3.8
billion acquisition of McGrath RentCorp  MGRC.O , the latter
said on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3L0187

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Aatreyee Dasgupta in Bengaluru)
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