Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Sixth Street Specialty Lending

22/07/2022 21:00

(Adds: Barcelona, Cargill Co and London Metal Exchange)
    July 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Friday:

    ** The London Metal Exchange (LME) has lost ED&F Man Capital
Markets as a ring dealing member after most of its floor team
resigned because they expect takeover talks with broker Marex to
be successful, a source close to the situation said.
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    ** Cargill and Continental Grain Co said that they had
closed their deal to buy Sanderson Farms Inc  SAFM.O , the third
largest chicken producer, in a deal worth some $4.53 billion.
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    ** Barcelona have sold a further 15% stake in their LaLiga
TV rights for the next 25 years to U.S. private equity group
Sixth Street, the club said, with The Financial Times reporting
the investment is worth more than 300 million euros ($305.64
million).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2Z32DK
    
    ** Santander  SAN.MC  has dropped out of the process to buy
Citigroup's  C.N  Mexican retail bank after having previously
submitted a non-binding offer earlier this year urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2Z31CE
    
    ** Britain's competition watchdog  approved a merger of
sports broadcasting businesses of BT Group  BT.L  and Warner
Bros. Discovery  DISCA.O  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2Z318A
    
    ** Qonto, a French online bank for small and medium-sized
companies (SMEs), announced  its intent to acquire German rival
Penta, in a move that aims to create a European digital business
finance leader with more than 300,000 customers. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N2XW00Z
    
    ** Portugal's Galp Energia  GALP.LS  has bought the 24.99%
it does not already own of Titan Solar, a renewable energy joint
venture created with Spanish engineering firm ACS  ACS.MC  in
2020, the company said in a statement urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N2Z2715
    
    ** Amazon.com Inc  AMZN.O  on Thursday agreed to buy primary
care provider One Medical  ONEM.O  for $3.49 billion, expanding
the e-commerce giant's virtual healthcare and adding
brick-and-mortar doctors' offices for the first
time. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2Z22YU
    
    ** Medical devices maker Hanger Inc  HNGR.N  said on
Thursday it has agreed to be taken private by healthcare
investment firm Patient Square Capital in a deal worth about
$1.25 billion, sending its shares up more than 20%. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N2Z23W0

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Rithika Krishna and Ananya Mariam
Rajesh in Bengaluru)
 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))