Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Mincor Resources NL

04/04/2023 16:48

(Adds TD Bank Group, Apollo Management; updates Natura & Co, Nano Dimension)
       April 4 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were
reported by 1530 GMT on Tuesday:

        ** Private equity firm Apollo Management has made what it said was a final offer to buy
John Wood Group  WG.L  for 1.66 billion pounds ($2.1 billion) in cash, after the British
oilfield services and engineering firm rejected four earlier proposals.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3672PG
  
    
        ** The chief executive of Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura & Co Holding SA  NTCO3.SA 
said the company is now focused on a disciplined capital allocation after agreeing to sell
luxury brand Aesop to L'Oreal  OREP.PA .  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS0N35H00I
  
        
  
        ** Nano Dimension Ltd  2N5By.F  further sweetened its bid for the remaining stake in
Stratasys Ltd  SSYS.O  and hinted at taking the offer directly to the company's shareholders in
case it faced another rejection.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N36703T
  
        
  
        ** TD Bank Group  TD.TO  should abandon or renegotiate its $13.4 billion acquisition of
U.S. lender First Horizon  FHN.N  as the regional banking crisis has unearthed unknown risks,
some small shareholders told Reuters.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N35W54E
  

    ** Australian aged-care provider Estia Health Ltd  EHE.AX  said it will provide its suitor
Bain Capital with a limited period of access to the company's non-public financial and other
information on hopes of a revived and improved proposal. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3671P2
    
    ** British asset manager Rathbones  RAT.L  said it had agreed to acquire the UK wealth
business of Investec  INLJ.J ,  INVP.L  in an all-share deal that values the unit at 839 million
pounds ($1.04 billion).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3670D0

    ** Australian nickel miner Mincor Resources  MCR.AX  recommended its shareholders vote in
favour of a A$750.3 million ($509.08 million) buyout bid from Wyloo Metals, owned by Australian
mining magnate Andrew Forrest.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N36705Z

    ** World Wrestling Entertainment Inc  WWE.N  will combine with Endeavor Group-owned  EDR.N 
mixed martial arts franchise UFC to form a new, publicly listed entertainment giant valued at
about $21 billion, the companies said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3662HP
    
    ** Copper and zinc miner Teck Resources  TECKb.TO  rejected an unsolicited $22.5 billion bid
from Glencore Plc  GLEN.L , citing reluctance to expose its shareholders to thermal coal, oil,
LNG and related sectors.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3662J5

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Yuvraj Malik in Bengaluru)
 ((yuvraj.malik@thomsonreuters.com))