(Adds Bank of America; updates Apollo, Iberdrola)
May 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1945 GMT on Friday:
** Spanish utility Iberdrola IBE.MC has agreed to
acquire the remaining 18.4% stake in Avangrid AGR.N that it
does not already own, the U.S. subsidiary said, in an all-cash
deal worth about $2.6 billion. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3HK19E
** US fund Apollo APO.N has withdrawn its offer to buy
Applus APPS.MC , it said in a filing to Spain's stock market
regulator CNMV, ending a months-long bidding war for the Spanish
industrial testing firm. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3HK3OV
** Washington Federal Bank agreed to sell a portfolio of
commercial multi-family real estate loans to Bank of America
BAC.N for about $2.9 billion, helping the regional lender cut
its exposure to the troubled sector. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HK337
** Brazilian oil company 3R Petroleum RRRP3.SA and
fellow energy firm Enauta ENAT3.SA have reached an agreement
to merge in an all-stock deal, they said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3HK119
** BHP Group BHP.AX would need to boost its latest offer
around 30% to reflect fair value for Anglo American AAL.L and
its key copper assets, JPMorgan analysts said in a note.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3HK28C
** U.S. fund General Atlantic and Canadian pension fund
CPPIB are readying a 3 billion euro ($3.26 billion) offer to buy
Spain's largest online real estate company Idealista, Spanish
newspaper Expansion reported , citing unidentified market
sources. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3HK1K0
** ABB ABBN.S has agreed to buy the wiring accessories
business of German rival Siemens SIEGn.DE in China, the Swiss
engineering group said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N3HK0PP
** Hess HES.N shareholders should vote in favor of
Chevron's CVX.N $53 billion all-stock offer at the oil
company's May 28 special meeting, proxy adviser Glass Lewis said
on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N3HK01M
** Philippine conglomerate Ayala Corp AC.PS sold its
entire stake in utility firm Manila Water Company (MWC) MWC.PS
to top shareholder Trident Water Company for a gross
consideration of around 14.5 billion pesos ($251.87
million). urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HK0DE
** Brazilian hospital chain Rede D'Or RDOR3.SA said on
Thursday it signed a deal to sell its controlling stake in the
insurance firm D'Or Consultoria to MDS. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS0N3HC03X
** Oil and gas producer Crescent Energy CRGY.N has agreed
to buy rival SilverBow Resources SBOW.N for $2.1 billion, a
deal which would create the second-largest operator in the Eagle
Ford basin in south Texas. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N3HJ2IP
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Abhinav Parmar and Anuja Bharat
Mistry in Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))