Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

New Relic

18/05/2023 14:51

(Adds: Amgen Inc, Regency Centers Corp, Allianz)
       May 18 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on
Thursday:
    
    **  A U.S. district court has issued a temporary restraining
order on Amgen Inc's  AMGN.O  $27.8 billion acquisition of
Horizon Therapeutics  HZNP.O  following a submission for it by
the two companies and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, Amgen
said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37F31I
    
    ** Shopping mall operator Regency Centers Corp  REG.O  said 
it has agreed to buy Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc  UBA.N  in an
all-stock deal valued at about $1.4 billion, including the
assumption of debt and preferred stock. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37F2QW
    
    ** Insurance company Allianz  ALVG.DE  has finalised a deal
to sell a majority stake in its Russian operations to local firm
Interholding, which owns Russia's Zetta Insurance, Allianz
Russia said . urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N37F2LZ
    
    ** Japan's Nippon Telegraph and Telephone  9432.T  and JERA
are poised to jointly buy Green Power Investment for about 300
billion yen ($2.2 billion), the Nikkei business daily reported.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37E4BB
    
    ** British events organiser Informa  INF.L  said it would
acquire business-to-business events, data, and media group
Winsight for $380 million, in a bid to strengthen its position
in the specialist food-service market.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37F19H
    
    ** Mediobanca  MDBI.MI  said it had agreed to acquire
London-based corporate finance advisory firm Arma Partners as
Italy's leading investment bank expands its international reach.
Mediobanca did not disclose the price of the transaction.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N37F1LU
    
    ** Private equity firm Everstone Capital is in talks to sell
its roughly 41% stake in Restaurant Brands Asia Ltd  RESR.NS ,
the master franchisee of Burger King in India and Indonesia,
CNBC Awaaz reported.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37F13I
    
    ** Private equity firms Francisco Partners and TPG  TPG.O 
are jointly planning a bid of more than $5 billion to acquire
U.S. business software company New Relic Inc  NEWR.N , a person
familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37E3TL
    
    ** Spanish pharmaceuticals company Esteve has agreed to sell
a 26% stake to German private investment firm Lubea, which will
become a strategic partner, the family-owned firm based in
Barcelona said in a statement on Wednesday. It did not disclose
the value of the deal.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N37E4YL
    
    ** Korean Air Lines's  003490.KS  proposed acquisition of
rival Asiana  020560.KS  may restrict competition in passenger
and cargo air transport services between Europe and South Korea,
EU antitrust regulators said on Wednesday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N37E453

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy in Bengaluru)
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