Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Storytel AB (publ)

12/11/2021 14:53

(Adds: Booking Holdings Inc, RWE, Grupo Carrefour Brasil,
Marfrig Global Foods SA  Updates: KMW+Nexter Defence Systems)
    Nov 12 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Friday:
    
    ** Travel website Booking Holdings Inc  BKNG.O  said it
would buy hotel room booking website Getaroom for about $1.2
billion.
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    ** RWE  RWEG.DE , Germany's largest power producer, has
reached a deal to sell parts of solar-plant builder Belectric,
it said.
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    ** Grupo Carrefour Brasil  CRFB3.SA  said in a filing that
antitrust watchdog Cade has said the retailer's plan to buy
wholesaler Grupo Big Brasil SA is complicated.
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    ** Franco-German KMW+Nexter Defence Systems is interested in
buying Leonardo's OTO Melara and Wass units, an Italian
political source said, adding that the government wanted to play
a key role in the negotiations.
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    ** Brazilian meat producer Marfrig Global Foods SA
 MRFG3.SA  said PlantPlus Foods, a company in which it has a 70%
stake, has bought Sol Cuisine Ltd and Drink Eat Well for a total
of $140 million.
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    ** Richemont  CFR.S  is in advanced talks with online
retailer Farfetch  FTCH.N  about selling it a minority stake in
loss-making Yoox Net-a-Porter in a move likely to appease
investors critical of the luxury goods firm.
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    ** Britain's Neptune Energy said it has agreed to sell
stakes in several Norwegian oil and gas assets to Norway's OKEA
 OKEA.OL  and M Vest Energy for a total of $35 million.
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    ** Swedish audiobook streaming group Storytel  STORYb.ST 
said it had agreed to buy Audiobooks.com from investment firm
KKR, marking its entry into the U.S. market.
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    ** UK's Land Securities Group Plc  LAND.L  said it has
agreed to sell Harbour Exchange, a London office property, to
Blackstone Inc  BX.N  for 196.5 million pounds ($262.82 million)
as the commercial landlord reshuffles its portfolio.
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    ** Dutch financial services company Intertrust  INTER.AS 
has entered exclusive talks over a potential 1.63 billion euro
($1.87 billion) takeover by private equity firm CVC Capital
Partners, it said.
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    ** Financial conglomerate Ping An Insurance Group of China
 601318.SS  is seeking to offload its 44% stake in auto services
portal Autohome  ATHM.N   2518.HK , three people familiar with
the situation told Reuters.
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    ** SBI Holdings Inc  8473.T  said it would consider taking a
majority stake in Shinsei Bank Ltd  8303.T  if it succeeds in
its $1.1 billion tender offer to raise its stake in the
mid-sized lender to 48% from about 20%.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Oishee Majumdar in Bengaluru)
 ((oishee.majumdar@thomsonreuters.com))