Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Shibaura Electronics Co

03/10/2025 21:11

Adds: Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Chevron, Microsoft, J&F Investimentos SA, Veritex Holdings, Global Infrastructure Partners; updates: Spreadex

Oct 3 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday:

** Monte dei Paschi di Siena (MPS) BMPS.MI proposed Alessandro Melzi d'Eril, CEO of fund manager Anima Holding ANIM.MI, as the new chief of Mediobanca, the Milanese merchant bank it took over last month. nL2N3VK0AZ

** Chevron CVX.N is selling a collection of pipeline assets in the Denver-Julesburg shale basin that are likely to fetch more than $2 billion, people familiar with the matter said. nL6N3VK0KD

** A Delaware judge said former Activision Blizzard officials including Chief Executive Bobby Kotick must face most of a lawsuit alleging they shortchanged shareholders when Microsoft MSFT.O bought the "Call of Duty" game maker for $75.4 billion. nL2N3VK0IO

** J&F Investimentos SA, the holding company owned by Brazil's billionaire Batista brothers, is in talks to acquire French utility EDF's Rio de Janeiro thermal plant, according to two people familiar with the matter. nL2N3VK0H9

** The U.S. Federal Reserve announced it had approved the acquisition of Veritex Holdings by Huntington Bancshares, clearing the way for the $1.9 billion all-stock deal announced in July. nL6N3VK0MW

** BlackRock-owned BLK.N Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in talks to acquire Macquarie-backed MQG.AX Aligned Data Centers, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. nL3N3VK0M9

** Britain's antitrust watchdog has accepted Spreadex's proposal to sell Sporting Index's consumer-facing unit, it said, after the companies gave into the regulator's demands to allay competition concerns. nL6N3VK0FQ

** French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu ruled out using special constitutional powers to ram the budget through parliament without a vote, putting the onus on lawmakers to agree on a compromise. nL5N3VK08F

** Taiwan's Yageo 2327.TW has succeeded in its $740 million unsolicited bid to buy Japan's Shibaura Electronics 6957.T as a majority of shareholders tendered to its bid of 7,130 yen ($48.32) per share, it said in a filing. nFWN3VJ0D5

** Amsterdam-listed private equity firm CVC CVC.AS will acquire a 20% stake in International Schools Partnership (ISP), which owns private schools around the world, it reported.nL5N3VK09S

** Artificial intelligence startups are attracting record sums of venture capital, but some of the world's largest investors warned that early-stage valuations are starting to look frothy, senior investment executives reported. nL2N3VK05Y

 (Compiled by Dharna Bafna and Anuja Bharat Mistry in Bengaluru)

 ((Dharna.Bafna@thomsonreuters.com))