Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Seven & i Holdings

16/07/2026 20:35

Adds  Csquare, Monte dei Paschi di Siena,  Dassault Systemes; Updates: Uber, KKR
July 16 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1930 GMT on Thursday:
    
** Italy's Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) said on Thursday a €30.6 billion ($34.9 billion) unsolicited takeover bid from larger rival Intesa Sanpaolo undervalued the bank, while highlighting concerns over proposed synergies and regulatory hurdles.
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** French software maker Dassault Systemes  DAST.PA is in talks to buy drug-trial software maker ArisGlobal from Nordic Capital for about $2 billion, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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** Brookfield-backed data center provider Csquare  CSQR.N was valued at $3.24 billion after its shares fell 0.5% in their NYSE debut on Thursday.
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** Uber UBER.N agreed on Thursday to buy Germany's Delivery Hero  DHER.DE at an equity value of $14.8 billion to create the largest food-delivery group outside China and stave off intensifying competition from U.S. and European rivals.
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** Eli Lilly LLY.N will buy AtaiBeckley  ATAI.O for up to $3.8 billion, the company said on Thursday, joining a race among pharma majors to develop psychedelic treatments for depression and other mental health conditions.
     
**  Private equity firms KKR  KKR.N and Energy Capital Partners have sweetened their takeover bid for Ireland's DCC  DCC.L for the second time in five weeks, the energy distributor said , valuing it at up to £67.97 per share, or £5.81 billion ($7.86 billion).
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** Howden has acquired Limerick-based financial advisory firm Folk Asset Management as part of the expansion of its financial advisory team in Ireland, the broker said.
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** Eli Lilly <LLY.N> said it would acquire psychedelic drug developer AtaiBeckley <ATAI.O> for up to $3.8 billion, entering the race to develop psychedelic treatments for depression and other mental health disorders.
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** ABB <ABBN.S> has $14 billion for further acquisitions, CEO Morten Wierod said, after the Swiss engineering group announced a record $5.5 billion purchase of British automation company Rotork <ROR.L>.
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** Angelini Pharma said it had completed the acquisition of U.S. rare-disease drug maker Catalyst Pharmaceuticals <CPRX.O> in a $4.1 billion deal involving Italian state lender CDP.
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** Bridgepoint <BPTB.L> has agreed to buy a majority stake in German laboratory testing company GBA Group from Ardian, Bridgepoint said, confirming a Reuters report.
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** Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings <3382.T> is considering buying a double-digit stake in Polish convenience store operator Zabka Group <ZAB.WA>, Polish Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski said.
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** Hyundai Motor Group disclosed that it would make U.S. robotics company Boston Dynamics a wholly owned subsidiary by acquiring SoftBank Group's <9984.T> stake of around 10%, a move it said would help it deploy advanced robotics across its operations.
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** Swedish investment firm EQT <EQTAB.ST> will lift its bid for Kakaku.com <2371.T> to more than 3,400 yen per share, above 3,384 yen previously offered by SoftBank unit LY Corp <4689.T> and Bain Capital, the Nikkei said.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Dharna Bafna and Sanskriti Shekhar in Bengaluru)
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