Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

PayPal Holdings

15/07/2026 14:35

Adds:  Perpetual, Intesa Sanpaolo Updates:
July 15 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Wednesday:
     
**  Australia's Perpetual said it received a sweetened A$2.5 billion ($1.75 billion) takeover proposal from Sweden's EQT AB, less than two weeks after rejecting the private equity firm's earlier offer, deeming it inadequate.
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** Intesa Sanpaolo <ISP.MI> has no plans to raise its €30.6 billion takeover offer for Monte dei Paschi di Siena <BMPS.MI>, CEO Carlo Messina said.
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** Payments company Stripe and private equity firm Advent International have made a joint offer to acquire PayPal Holdings Inc <PYPL.O> for $60.50 per share, in a deal that would value the payments company at more than $53 billion, two people said.
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** Brazilian education company Anima <ANIM3.SA> said on Tuesday it has signed a contract to buy local rival FMU for 410 million reais ($80.9 million), according to a securities filing.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)
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