Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Schaeffler AG

15/11/2023 14:39

(Adds: China Huarong Asset Management, ValueAct Capital,
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Kakao Mobility
Updates:)
       Nov 15 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on
Wednesday:

        ** China Huarong Asset Management  2799.HK  said it has
agreed to buy a nearly 5% stake in CITIC Ltd  0267.HK  from
CITIC Polaris for HK$13.63 billion ($1.75 billion).
  
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        ** Activist investor ValueAct Capital has taken a stake
in Walt Disney  DIS.N , CNBC reported.
  
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        ** The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
is selling its 15% stake in Erste Group Bank's  ERST.VI 
Hungarian unit back to the Austrian group after the Hungarian
government's recent exit from the bank, a top EBRD official told
Reuters.
  
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        ** Kakao Mobility, a South Korean taxi-hailing service
provider, plans to acquire European taxi platform FreeNow, Maeil
Business Newspaper reported.
  
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    ** German financial regulator BaFin has approved
Schaeffler's  SHA_p.DE  voluntary public tender offer to acquire
Vitesco  VTSCn.DE  shares, the German EV components maker said.
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    ** Glencore's  GLEN.L  deal to buy Teck Resources'
 TECKb.TO  steelmaking coal unit shows how cheap fossil fuels
can be a lucrative option for companies - for a decade or two at
least - even as they are phased out in favour of renewable
energy.
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    ** Japan's Tsuruha Holdings Inc  3391.T  is considering
selling the entire company for about $4 billion or even more,
after a proxy battle with activist investor Oasis Management,
Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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    ** Lithium miner Livent  LTHN.N  said its proposed $10.6
billion merger with Australia's Allkem  AKE.AX  had received all
the required pre-closing regulatory approvals.
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    ** Real estate investment trust Boston Properties  BXP.N 
has agreed to sell a 45% interest in two Massachusetts-based
life sciences development properties to Norges Bank Investment
Management at a gross valuation of about $1.66 billion.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy in Bengaluru)
 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))