Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Teract SA

24/04/2023 15:06

April 24 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 03:00 PM GMT on
Monday:
    
    ** Vivendi  VIV.PA  said it had entered into a put option
agreement with a subsidiary of Daniel Kretinsky's Czech Media
Invest (CMI) to sell its publishing business Editis.
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    ** Medica Group  MGPM.L  shares surged 32.5% after the UK
telemedicine services company recommended a takeover offer from
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    ** Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky is offering to take
control of debt-laden French supermarket chain Casino  CASP.PA 
through a 1.1-billion euro capital increase, challenging a
proposed tie-up between Casino and smaller retailer Teract
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    ** Amphastar Pharmaceuticals  AMPH.O  will buy Baqsimi from
Eli Lilly and Co  LLY.N  in a deal worth up to $1.08 billion as
it aims to boost its portfolio of low blood sugar drugs.
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    **  Indian pharmaceutical firm Ipca Laboratories Ltd
 IPCA.NS  said it has agreed to buy a 33.38% stake in Unichem
Laboratories Ltd  UNLB.NS  for up to 10.34 billion rupees
($126.26 million).  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N36R2AJ 
    **  Activist investor Trillium Capital said it offered to
buy the shares it does not already own in Getty Images Holdings
Inc  GETY.N  in an all-cash deal, valuing the stock-photo
company at $3.95 billion.
    


 (Reporting by Pratyush Thakur in Bengaluru)
 ((pratyush.thakur@thomsonreuters.com))