Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Papa Johns International

12/03/2026 13:46

Adds: Gen Digital, Atletico Madrid, Biglari Holdings

March 12 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Thursday:

** Gen Digital has acquired insurtech Trellis to expand the insurance capabilities of Engine by Gen, the company's embedded marketplace for financial products.

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** Atletico Madrid said that U.S. fund Apollo's  sports investment arm Apollo Sports Capital had completed the acquisition of a majority stake in the Spanish soccer club.

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** U.S investment company Biglari Holdings  said it had acquired a 3.4% stake in Ferretti Group , as Czech investment group KKCG prepares to launch a partial tender offer on the Italian yacht maker.

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** UK's Savills  said it would buy real estate investment bank Eastdil Secured in a $1.1 billion deal, including debt, as it looks to expand in North America and deepen its capital-markets presence, though concerns over Middle East tensions drove shares lower.

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** Energean  said it would acquire Chevron's  interests in two offshore Angola oil blocks for a base consideration of $260 million, as the Mediterranean-focused gas producer follows through on its plan to build out a hub in West Africa.

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** Japan's biggest utility and LNG buyer, JERA, has agreed to sell its interests in two Australian liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, Gorgon and Ichthys, to MidOcean Energy.

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** Billionaire Tilman Fertitta has been in exclusive talks to buy Caesars Entertainment  for roughly $7 billion after he topped a competing offer from Carl Icahn's firm, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

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** Qatari-backed investment fund Irth Capital this month offered to pay $47 a share to buy Papa John's International, in a second attempt after it tried to buy the pizza chain alongside Apollo Global Management last year, said two sources familiar with the matter.

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** French bank Credit Agricole  has agreed to buy Ukraine's Bank Lviv, it said on Wednesday, adding that the deal formed part of its strategy of supporting the reconstruction of Ukraine's economy, which has been hit by the war with Russia.

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** Oil producer Capricorn Energy  said on Wednesday it has received multiple non-binding takeover proposals from Alamadiyaf al-Masiyyah, a Cafani Group-affiliated investment vehicle, for a possible all-cash deal.

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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Sumit Saha in Bengaluru)

((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))