Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
22/01/2026 20:52
Adds Spirit Airlines, Epic Insurance Brokers & Consultants, General Fusion, JPMorgan Chase, iRobot, Shell and Wacker Neuson Jan 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 20:45 GMT on Thursday: ** Wacker Neuson WACGn.DE said that talks will not continue with South Korea's Doosan Bobcat 241560.KS to buy a majority stake in the German construction equipment maker. nL1N3YN14B ** Oil major Shell SHEL.L is considering a sale of its assets in Argentina's Vaca Muerta shale play and has approached potential buyers in recent weeks to gauge their interest, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. nL4N3YM002 ** A U.S. bankruptcy judge approved a Chinese manufacturer's bid to acquire Roomba maker iRobot, although the sale still requires clearance from other U.S. regulators. nL6N3YN14O ** U.S. banking giant JPMorgan Chase JPM.N has closed a deal to buy UK-based pensions technology platform WealthOS, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters. nL4N3YN1LS ** Nuclear energy startup General Fusion said it will go public in the U.S. in a deal of about $1 billion with blank-check company Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. III, as demand grows for cleaner power. nL4N3YN1AM ** Epic Insurance Brokers & Consultants has expanded its national surety practice with the acquisition of California-based The Bond Exchange, the company said. nL6N3YN0BX ** Spirit Airlines FLYYQ.PK has drawn fresh interest from a potential buyer, with investment firm Castlelake entering talks to acquire the bankrupt carrier, after an offer in November from rival Frontier Group Holdings ULCC.O was deemed unviable, according to four people familiar with the matter. nL4N3YN16Z ** Paramount Skydance on Thursday extended the deadline on its hostile tender offer for Warner Bros Discovery by about a month to February 20, buying more time to persuade investors that its bid for the Hollywood studio trumps a rival deal with Netflix.nL4N3YN12W ** Energy infrastructure developer Hecate Energy will go public in the United States in a $1.2 billion deal with blank-check vehicle EGH Acquisition EGHA.O, the companies said on Thursday, as the revival in SPAC transaction carries into 2026. nL4N3YN0YZ ** Telenorsaid on Thursday it would sell its 30.3% stake in Thailand's True Corporation for 39 billion Norwegian crowns ($3.92 billion), its second divestment from Asia in recent months, lifting the Norwegian group's shares 8%. nL1N3YN05Q ** Beazley BEZG.L on Thursday rejected a 7.67-billion-pound ($10.3 billion) takeover offer from Zurich Insurance ZURN.S as materially undervaluing the UK speciality insurer, adding it was lower than another proposal the group turned down last year. nL6N3YN0J2 ** Swedish private equity firm EQT EQTAB.ST will buy British investment firm Coller Capital for $3.2 billion, the two companies said on Thursday, marking EQT's entry into the rapidly growing secondary market. nL4N3YN0L2 ** British insurer Prudential PRU.L said on Thursday it had agreed to buy an additional 19% stake in Sri Han Suria, the holding company that owns Prudential Assurance Malaysia, for around 1.52 billion ringgit ($376.61 million). nL4N3YN0ML ** ArcelorMittal South Africa ACLJ.J said on Thursday it was in advanced talks with the state-owned Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) that could lead to a potential transaction, driving its shares up nearly 10%. nL8N3YN0KK ** Holcim HOLN.S plans to make around 15 acquisitions in 2026, CEO Miljan Gutovic told Reuters at the World Economic Forum in Davos, maintaining the pace of the building materials company's M&A drive. nL1N3YN09M ** French telecoms operators Orange ORAN.PA, Bouygues Telecom BOUY.PA and Iliad-owned Free said on Thursday they were in ongoing talks with Altice Group to buy a large part of its telecommunications activities in France. nL6N3YN0HS ** Azerbaijan's state oil and gas company SOCAR has signed an agreement with Italy's Eni ENI.MI to acquire a 10% stake in the Baleine offshore oil and gas field in the Ivory Coast, the two companies said on Thursday. nL1N3YN078 ** U.S. insurance broker Trucordia announced that it has acquired Dunedin-based Florida Insurance. nL6N3YM0G2 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Kunal Das and Pragyan Kalita in Bengaluru) ((Pragyan.Kalita@thomsonreuters.com))