Feb 12 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on
Wednesday:
** Balkan telecoms and media company United Group has agreed
to sell its broadband provider Serbia Broadband to e& PPF
Telecoms Group and other assets to Telekom Srbija in a deal with
an enterprise value of 1.5 billion euros, United said.
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** Spirit Airlines SAVEQ.PK on Tuesday rejected Frontier
Group's ULCC.O acquisition offer, worth about $2.16 billion,
saying the bid from its fellow ultra-low-cost carrier was less
beneficial to shareholders than its ongoing reorganization plan.
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** The Australian government said it was open to acquiring
collapsed airline Regional Express Holdings REX.AX to ensure
its regional services continue, in what would be the first state
ownership of a carrier in the country in three decades.
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** Merck KGaA MRCG.DE , the German healthcare and technology
group, said on Monday it is in advanced talks to acquire U.S.
cancer and rare diseases drugmaker SpringWorks Therapeutics
SWTX.O .
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** French retailer Carrefour said in a statement on Tuesday
it plans to acquire all outstanding shares of Carrefour Brazil
from minority shareholders, boosting its stake in Carrefour
Brazil from 67.4% to 100%.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Neil J Kanatt in Bengaluru)
((mailto:Neil.JKanatt@thomsonreuters.com;))