Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Odyssey Marine Exploration

06/12/2021 14:56

(Adds Odyssey, Jack in the Box Inc, Caisse de depot et
placement du Quebec and A1)
    Dec 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Monday:
    
    ** Amsterdam-listed blank check company Odyssey has agreed
to buy pharmaceutical company BenevolentAI, in the biggest
acquisition by a European special purpose acquisition vehicle
(SPACs) to date.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SR3QS 
    
    ** Russian investment company A1 has bought into defaulted
Eurobonds secured by a 49% stake in Russian Standard Bank,
eyeing a sale of that stake as one of the possible options once
the legal battle is over, A1's Chief Executive said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SR38Q
        
    ** U.S. hamburger restaurant chain Jack in the Box Inc
 JACK.O  said  it would buy Del Taco Restaurants Inc  TACO.O 
for $455.3 million, as it looks to expand its customer base and
take advantage of the Mexican food chain's drive-thru
foothold. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2SR2RX
    
    ** Canadian pension fund Caisse de depot et placement du
Quebec  CDPDA.UL  is looking to buy Andrade Gutierrez's stake in
Brazilian infrastructure company CCR SA  CCRO3.SA , O Globo
columnist Lauro Jardim reported on Sunday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2SR0PQ
    
    ** Dutch financial services company Intertrust  INTER.AS 
has agreed to a takeover bid by corporate services firm CSC for
around 1.8 billion euros ($2 billion), the companies said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2SR0AR
    
    ** London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) said it had acquired
Quantile Group to expand its range of post-trade risk management
solutions.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SR14Z
    
    ** French construction materials company Saint-Gobain
 SGOB.PA  said it would buy GCP Applied Technologies  GCP.N  in
a deal that values the U.S.-based specialty construction
chemicals company at around $2.3 billion.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SR0O7
    
    ** Australia's top construction materials maker Boral Ltd
 BLD.AX  said it would sell its North American fly ash business
for $755 million, marking its exit from the market as it looks
to focus on its domestic business.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2SQ0HK
    
    ** The Public Investment Fund, Saudi Arabia's sovereign
wealth fund, is selling a 5.01% stake in Saudi Telecom Co (STC)
 7010.SE  through a secondary share offering, STC said on
Sunday.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2SQ0CV
    
    ** Israel's Property and Building Corp  PTBL.TA  said on
Sunday it had agreed to sell the HSBC Tower building in midtown
Manhattan for $855 million to New York-based real estate firm
Innovo Property Group, recording a net loss of $45 million.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2SQ06J

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Oishee Majumdar in Bengaluru)
 ((oishee.majumdar@thomsonreuters.com))