Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Sojitz

30/07/2024 10:37

July 30 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday:
    
    ** Japanese trading house Sojitz  2768.T  said it had bought
the takeout sushi businesses of Sushi Avenue Inc in the United
States for an undisclosed sum, as part of a drive to expand its
seafood operations.
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    ** AXA IM Prime, a unit of AXA Investment Managers, will
acquire a 20% stake in French private credit firm Rivage
Investment, the two companies said in a joint statement.
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    ** Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)  HPE.N  is expected to
secure unconditional EU antitrust approval for its $14 billion
acquisition of networking gear maker Juniper Networks  JNPR.N ,
people familiar with the matter said.
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    ** Global miner BHP Group  BHP.AX  and Canada-listed Lundin
Mining  LUN.TO  will jointly take over developer Filo Corp
 FIL.TO  for C$4.5 billion ($3.25 billion), the companies said,
as they move to progress the South American projects.
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    ** Regional lender Renasant Corp  RNST.N  has agreed to buy
smaller rival The First Bancshares  FBMS.N  in an all-stock deal
valued at $1.2 billion, the Mississippi-based banks said.
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    ** Investment firm Pondera Holdings is exploring options for
Whisker, including a sale of its controlling stake that could
value the maker of self-cleaning cat litter boxes at close to $1
billion, according to people familiar with the matter.
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    ** Hedge funds Nut Tree Capital Management and Caspian
Capital have made a sweetened bid to acquire fuels storage and
transporter Martin Midstream Partners  MMLP.O , according to a
letter seen by Reuters.
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    ** Investment firm Sixth Street will acquire Enstar  ESGR.O 
for $5.1 billion, in a deal backed by former Treasury Secretary
Steven Mnuchin and billionaire J Christopher Flowers, the
insurer said.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Harshita Mary Varghese in
Bengaluru)
 ((Harshitamary.varghese@thomsonreuters.com))