Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Opdenergy Holding SA

12/06/2023 15:32

(Adds Nasdaq, German Cartel Office, NielsenIQ; updates Georg
Fischer, Novartis, InterGlobe Aviation Ltd)
       June 12 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Monday:

    ** Nasdaq  NDAQ.O  said it would buy Thoma Bravo-owned
software firm Adenza for $10.5 billion, in what would be the
exchange operator's biggest acquisition as it speeds up its push
to become a more tech-focused company  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3841PQ
    
    ** Swiss industrial group Georg Fischer  GF.S  (GF) made a
rival offer for plumbing and heating systems maker Uponor
 UPONOR.HE , driving up the Finnish group's shares with a
premium over a bid from Belgium's Aliaxis  BE0941243520.BR 
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N38407I

    ** The German Cartel Office said it has approved the
acquisition of shares and sole control of Va-Q-tec by private
equity firm EQT  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N37204F
    
    ** Novartis  NOVN.S  said it has agreed to acquire U.S.
biotech firm Chinook Therapeutics  KDNY.O  for up to $3.5
billion to boost its late-stage drug development line-up,
raising the stakes in the race for a rare kidney disease
treatment  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N384074

    ** The family of IndiGo's co-founder Rakesh Gangwal is
likely to sell between 5% and 8% stake in the Indian airline's
parent InterGlobe Aviation Ltd  INGL.NS , worth up to 75 billion
rupees ($909.58 million), CNBC Awaaz said in a report, citing
sources  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3840UO
    
    ** Advent-owned NielsenIQ has offered remedies in a bid to
address EU antitrust concerns about its merger with German peer
GfK, according to a European Commission filing  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3840PB

    ** EU antitrust regulators are set to approve, with
conditions, U.S. chipmaker Broadcom's  AVGO.O  $61 billion
proposed acquisition of cloud computing firm VMware  VMW.N ,
people familiar with the matter said  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3841RR
    
    ** Spanish construction firm Sacyr  SCYR.MC  said it had
agreed to sell its waste management unit to Morgan Stanley
Infrastructure Partners, the first step in a divestment plan
that aims to switch focus to its profitable concession
business urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3840EE
    
    ** UBS  UBSG.S  said it had completed its emergency takeover
of embattled local rival Credit Suisse  CSGN.S , creating a
giant Swiss bank with a balance sheet of $1.6 trillion and
greater muscle in wealth management urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3840F1
    
    ** British sportswear and fashion retailer Frasers Group
 FRAS.L  has forged a strategic partnership with AO World  AO.L 
after buying an 18.9% stake in the online electricals retailer
from Odey Asset Management for 75 million pounds ($94.3
million) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3840U1
    
    ** Glencore  GLEN.L  offered to buy Teck Resources'
 TECKb.TO  steelmaking coal business as a standalone unit, after
the Canadian miner twice rebuffed its $22.5 billon offer to
combine the two companies urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3840X0

    ** GasNet, the Czech Republic's largest gas distributor, has
been put up for sale by Macquarie Asset Management, newspaper
Hospodarske Noviny reported, citing four unnamed
sources urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N38408A

    ** France's Antin Infrastructure  ANTIN.PA  launched  a
tender offer for 100% of the shares in Spanish renewable energy
company Opdenergy  OPDE.MC  in a deal worth up to 866 million
euros ($930.52 million) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3840LY
    
    ** Entities backed by Singapore's Temasek and Chinese
investment firm HighLight Capital agreed to a deal worth 1.06
billion yuan ($148.7 million) for stakes in a unit of VIVA
Biotech Holdings  1873.HK , the pharmaceutical service company
said late on Sunday  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N38404J    

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy in Bengaluru)
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