Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

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19/05/2023 20:54

(Adds: Silver Lake Resources Ltd, Sacyr  Updates: Siemens
Energy, Volkswagen, Yandex)
       May 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1945 GMT on Friday:
    
    ** Sacyr is negotiating with Spanish firm Bestinver to sell
its 45% stake in the Irish motorway N6 and thus fully exit the
concessions business in Ireland, two people familiar with the
talks said.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N37G1JT 

        ** German power equipment and service group Siemens
Energy  ENR1n.DE  is close to selling its minority stake in a
Spanish wind turbine towers joint venture to British fund
Bridgepoint  BPTB.L , two people familiar with the matter said.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N37G1FE
  
        
  
        ** Silver Lake Resources Ltd  SLR.AX  raised its offer
to acquire gold miner St Barbara Ltd's  SBM.AX  Leonara assets
in Western Australia for A$722 million ($489.73 million).
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37G24D
  
        
  
        ** Volkswagen  VOWG_p.DE  has completed the sale of its
Kaluga production plant in Russia and its local subsidiaries,
the German carmaker said , ending months of wrangling with
Russian authorities over the deal.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N37G1W4
  
        
  
    ** Nasdaq-listed Yandex  YNDX.O , often dubbed "Russia's
Google", has received bids from Russian billionaires for assets
it is seeking to divest in the country that value them at some
$14 billion, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
 urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37G1JP

    ** Chinese private equity firm Trustar Capital has hired
Citigroup  C.N  to manage a sale of Hong Kong-based soy sauce
maker Amoy Food Ltd, three people with knowledge of the
discussions said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37G1AJ
    
    ** Brookfield Asset Management  BAM.TO  will sell two
commercial properties in India to a partnership of its locally
listed REIT Brookfield India  BROF.NS  and Singapore sovereign
wealth fund GIC in a deal with an enterprise value of $1.4
billion. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37G1EQ
    
    ** The U.S. Justice Department is considering suing to block
Korean Air's  003490.KS  planned acquisition of Asiana Airlines
 020560.KS , Politico reported on Thursday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N37F33K
    
    ** Brazil retailer Americanas SA  AMER3.SA  said on Thursday
it will next week start to seek potential bidders for the
acquisition of its Hortifruti Natural da Terra (HNT) business
unit. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N37G00V
    
    ** Brazilian miner Vale SA  VALE3.SA  received binding
offers for a stake in its base metal unit, local newspaper Valor
Economico reported on Thursday, citing unnamed
sources. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N37F381
    
    ** Investment advisory firm Edenbrook Capital sent a letter
to the board of Canada's Absolute Software Corp  ABST.TO  saying
the deal for the company to be taken private by Crosspoint
Capital Partners "significantly undervalues" the
firm. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N37F46O

 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Sourasis Bose in Bengaluru)
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