Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Workday

14/08/2026 19:54

Adds Amazon and Resolute Mining
Aug 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1900 GMT on Friday:

** A consortium including Amazon founder Jeff Bezos has reached a definitive agreement to buy a minority stake in Liverpool, the Premier League club's owners Fenway Sports Group said.
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** Resolute Mining RSG.AX and Guinea's state-backed Nimba Mining Gold said on Friday they have formed a joint venture to advance gold exploration and development projects in the West African country.
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** French dairy giant Lactalis reached an agreement to buy Canadian rival Saputo's SAP.TO unit in Britain in a deal valuing the business at 988 million pounds ($1.34 billion), the companies said. nL8N44B0QI
     
** U.S.-based Diversified Energy DEC.N said on Friday it is in early discussions to acquire privately held Birch Resources, as it looks to further expand into the oil and gas-rich Permian Basin. nL6N44B0GG
     
** Private equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to acquire Workday WDAY.O in a deal that would rank among the largest software buyouts in history, according to people familiar with the matter. nL6N44A1AH
     
** Brazil's Seneca Group, an independent M&A and debt capital markets advisory firm, announced on Thursday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of local Banco Nacional de Investimentos. nL1N44A149
     

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Shania S Thomas and Katha Kalia in Bengaluru)
 ((shanias.thomas@thomsonreuters.com))