Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Siemens Energy AG

09/12/2025 20:30

Updates Alco, Teleflex, Ananym Capital

Dec 9 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday:

** Swiss eyecare giant Alcon ALCC.S has made a new offer for Staar Surgical STAA.O worth $1.6 billion, as it seeks to clinch a deal despite opposition from Staar's biggest shareholder.

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** Medical device maker Teleflex  said it would sell three units for a combined $2.03 billion, as it sharpens its focus on its critical care and hospital businesses.[nL4N3XF17H]

**  U.S.-based activist investor Ananym Capital has taken a stake in German power equipment manufacturer Siemens Energy ENR1n.DE and is asking the group's management to review its loss-making wind division, its co-founder said on Tuesday.[nL4N3XF0D1]

** Activist investor Starboard Value has taken a nearly 5% stake in Clearwater Analytics  and wants the technology company to boost its share price and run a robust sales process with independent advisers if it has received in-bound interest from potential buyers, two people familiar with the matter said. nL1N3XF01C

** Paramount Skydance  on Monday launched a hostile bid worth $108.4 billion for Warner Bros Discovery , in a last-ditch effort to outbid Netflix and create a media powerhouse that would challenge the dominance of the streaming giant.

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** Hawaii-based commercial real estate investment fund Alexander & Baldwin  said on Monday that it will be taken private by a group of investors led by MW Group in an all-cash deal that values the company at about $2.3 billion. nL6N3XE16Y

 (Compiled by Sahil Pandey, Rajarshi Roy and Koyena Das in Bengaluru)

 ((Sahil.Pandey@thomsonreuters.com))