Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Sanofi SA

06/03/2026 20:59

Adds Oak Hill Capital, CVC, Lonza

March 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Friday:

** Lonza LONN.S will sell its capsules and health ingredients business to private equity firm Lone Star Funds for an enterprise value of 2.3 billion Swiss francs ($3.0 billion), the Swiss contract drug manufacturer said.

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** European private equity group CVC CVC.AS is weighing buying a stake in state-owned Belgian bank Belfius ahead of its possible listing, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

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** Oak Hill Capital has agreed to buy Guild Garage Group, an alliance of garage door repair and replacement businesses, for more than $800 million, according to four people familiar with the matter.

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** German media group Axel Springer said it had agreed to buy Britain's Telegraph Media Group for 575 million pounds ($766.3 million) in cash, bringing to an end a prolonged period of uncertainty over the newspaper's ownership.

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** French drugmaker Servier said on Friday it would buy U.S.-based Day One Biopharmaceuticals DAWN.O for about $2.5 billion, expanding its brain tumor treatment portfolio.

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** Brazilian pharmaceutical company EMS announced on Friday the purchase of Medley, a unit of French drugmaker Sanofi ,  according to a joint statement.

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** UK-based blank check firm Marwyn Acquisition Company III Ltd  has ended merger talks with Palmer Street Capital, saying the financial services firm has limited near-term need for outside capital.

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** Toyota supplier Denso <6902.T> has made a bid for chipmaker Rohm <6963.T>, a potential $8.3 billion deal that will expand the auto parts giant's hold on power management chips used in electric vehicles and data centres.

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** Lesha Bank, formerly known as Qatar First Bank, said it would acquire Guernsey-based aircraft lessor Amedeo Air Four Plus  in an all-cash deal, implying an enterprise value of 751  million pounds ($1 billion).

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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Koyena Das and Pranav Mathur in Bengaluru)

 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))