Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Portland General Electric Co

17/02/2026 14:53

Adds: Kennedy-Wilson, Warner Bros Discovery; Updates: Danaher, PGE

Feb 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Tuesday:

** Warner Bros Discovery WBD.O rejected Paramount Skydance's PSKY.O latest $30-a-share hostile bid, but gave the Hollywood studio seven days to come up with a "best and final" offer for the owner of HBO Max and the "Harry Potter" franchise.

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** Danaher DHR.N will acquire pulse oximeter maker Masimo MASI.O in a $9.9 billion deal, as the life science firm looks to bulk up its diagnostics portfolio.nL4N3ZD0X5

** Real estate investment firm Kennedy-Wilson KW.N said it will be acquired by a consortium led by its CEO William McMorrow and Fairfax Financial FFH.TO for about $1.5 billion. nL4N3ZD0O3

** PacifiCorp, a utility owned by Berkshire Hathaway BRKa.N, is selling wind, natural gas generation and distribution assets and infrastructure in central and southern Washington state to Portland General Electric POR.N for $1.9 billion, citing liquidity concerns as it battles wildfire litigation in Oregon.

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** Exor EXOR.AS, the Agnelli family's investment vehicle, and the founder of Lifenet Healthcare have agreed to sell the Italian private clinics and diagnostics group to insurer Reale Mutua, the companies said on Monday. nL1N3ZC0EG

** U.S. hedge fund Third Point has bought a stake in Spanish defence company Indra IDR.MC and supports its chairman's plan to acquire smaller rival Escribano Mechanical & Engineering, a market source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday.    nL8N3ZC0VU

** Germany's Hapag-Lloyd HLAG.DE said on Monday it would buy Israel's ZIM Integrated Shipping Services for $4.2 billion in cash to secure its position as the world's fifth-largest shipping group. nL1N3ZC06H

** British investment firm Rosebank Industries ROSE.L is in advanced talks to buy two private equity-owned U.S. businesses for $3.05 billion, it said on Monday. nL4N3ZC0C9

** Ardonagh Group has acquired a majority stake in Hong Kong-based Risk Management Insurance Brokerage (RMIB), the company said on Monday.  nL6N3ZC0BO

** Chinese private equity firm FountainVest has called off a deal to buy a major stake in EuroGroup Laminations (EGLA) EGLA.MI from the Italian electric motor parts maker's top shareholder EMS after they failed to obtain a regulatory approval in India. nL8N3ZC097

** India's Torrent Power TOPO.NS said on Monday it will buy a coal-fired power plant operator in northern India from Larsen & Toubro LART.NS for 68.89 billion rupees ($759.48 million), including debt, as it seeks to build capacity in the region. nL4N3ZC082

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Pragyan Kalita in Bengaluru)

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