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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Published 14/12/2017, 09:54 pm
© Reuters.  Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Dec 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Thursday:

** Walt Disney Co's DIS.N proposed deal to buy film, television and international businesses from Rupert Murdoch's Twenty-First Century Fox Inc FOXA.O will value the latter at over $40 per share, or $75 billion, a person familiar with the matter said. Niki airline administrator will start talks to find a buyer for the insolvent Austrian carrier, formerly a unit of collapsed Air Berlin, after a deal with Lufthansa LHAG.DE fell through. Australia's antitrust regulator blocked BP Plc's BP.L A$1.8 billion ($1.4 billion) purchase of Woolworths Ltd's WOW.AX petrol stations, even after the oil company offered to sell some stations to ease competition concerns. Domino's Pizza DOM.L , a master franchisee of U.S. group Domino's Pizza Inc DPZ.N , said it would buy a further 44.3 percent stake in Domino's Iceland for 30.2 million euros ($35.71 million). Danske Bank DANSKE.CO has decided to buy the Danish pension assets of Sweden's SEB SEBa.ST in a $1 billion deal to create Denmark's largest commercial pension fund. Austrian bank BAWAG BAWG.VI has agreed to buy north German building society bank Deutscher Ring Bausparkasse, it said, continuing its policy of making bolt-on acquisitions and expanding in Germany. Poland's third-largest lender Bank Zachodni WBK BZW.WA said it has signed a deal to buy Deutsche Bank 's DBKGn.DE Polish assets for 1.29 billion zloty ($362 million), hoping to strengthen its position in the market. South African precious metals miner Sibanye-Stillwater SGLJ.J has agreed to buy Lonmin LMI.L , LONJ.J in an all-share deal, valuing the troubled platinum producer at about 285 million pounds ($382 million). The Rockport Group is exploring its options, including a possible sale, after one of the U.S. footwear maker's major debtholders took ownership of the company, people familiar with the matter said Wednesday. Liberty House, the industrial and commodities group buying a number of steel assets around the world, is considering a bid for Rio Tinto 's RIO.AX , RIO.L aluminium smelter in northern France, the largest in Europe, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Abraaj Group, one of the leading investors in growth markets, bought a minority stake in one of Turkey's leading online travel agents, Biletal, the investor said.

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