(Adds: APA, DCC, Thyssenkrupp Updates: BizLink Holding)
The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were
reported by 1330 GMT on Wednesday:
** Oil producer APA APA.O said it has agreed to acquire Savant
Alaska for about $70 million, gaining access to oil and pipeline
infrastructure near eastern North Slope acreage in Alaska.
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** Irish energy distributor DCC DCC.L said it received a
sweetened cash offer of £66.72 ($89.29) per share from a
consortium of U.S. private equity firms KKR KKR.N and Energy
Capital Partners.
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** Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE sold its remaining 15% stake in
Italian stainless steel firm AST to Arvedi, the German
industrial group said.
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** Taiwan-listed BizLink Holding 3665.TW , a cables and
connectors maker, said it had agreed to buy Singapore-based
Interplex Datacom for an enterprise value of $850 million in
cash, as it seeks to expand its data center connectivity and
infrastructure business.
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** Norwegian telecom operator Telenor TEL.OL said it has
agreed to acquire fibre operator Enivest for 2.5 billion
Norwegian crowns ($263.55 million), expanding its broadband
footprint in western Norway.
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** Gallagher has bought a majority stake in ACE Re Gallagher
Arabia Reinsurance Brokers, adding to its presence in Saudi
Arabia as the kingdom seeks to attract more international firms
and diversify its economy.
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** Australia's Sigma Healthcare SIG.AX said that it had
engaged in preliminary discussions for a potential acquisition
of the British pharmacy chain Boots.
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** Australia's Steadfast Group SDF.AX said Amwins Group and
Dragoneer Investment Group have offered to buy the insurance
broker in a A$7.7 billion ($5.41 billion) deal, including debt,
helping its shares log their best day ever.
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** Norwegian defence and technology group Kongsberg KOG.OL
said it had completed the acquisition of U.S.-based Zone 5
Technologies, a developer of low-cost, mass-producible missile
systems linked to U.S. Air Force efforts to develop so-called
affordable mass munitions.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Megavarshini G. Somasundaram in
Bengaluru)
((mailto:Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))