(Adds Evergrande, Toyo Construction, Campari, Sogo Medical, Alteryx, Global Payments)
The following deals, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures were reported as of 9:00 p.m. GMT Thursday:
** Payment technology company Global Payments
GPN.N plans to acquire peer Shift4 Payments
FOUR.N, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.
** Payment technology company Global Payments
GPN.N plans to acquire peer Shift4 Payments
FOUR.N, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.
** Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners agreed to buy Sogo Medical Group, Japan’s fifth-largest pharmacy by store count, for about 170 billion yen ($1.2 billion) from Polaris Capital Group , the Nikkei newspaper reported on Friday.
** Italy’s Campari CPRI.MI agreed on Thursday to buy historic French cognac Courvoisier from Beam Suntory for $1.2 billion, marking its entry into brandy with Campari’s biggest ever acquisition.
** The Japanese company Toyo Construction 1890.T has decided to oppose an offer to buy the family office linked to the founder of Nintendo 7974.T, the shipbuilding company said on Thursday, the latest twist in the battle which opposes it to its main shareholder.
** Real estate developer China Evergrande 3333.HK said its unit Hengda Real Estate Group agreed to sell its 30 percent stake in Shanghai Henggen Real Estate for 663.2 million yuan ($93.06 million).
**Vietnamese investment management firm VinaCapital plans to sell SkyX Solar in a deal that could value the Ho Chi Minh City-based solar rooftop developer at more than $100 million, according to three sources with knowledge of the case.
** Norway’s Telenor TEL.OL said it agreed to sell its Pakistani unit to state-owned Pakistan Telecommunications Group PTCA.PSX in a deal valuing the unit at 5.3 billion Norwegian crowns ($490 million) .
**ABN Amro said it was buying online brokerage Bux for an undisclosed sum to increase its market presence among younger investors.
** China’s Country Garden 2007.HK said it would sell a small stake in a Dalian Wanda unit back to Dalian Wanda Group, with proceeds of about $428 million earmarked for restructuring the company. the real estate developer’s offshore debt.
** New Zealand’s Arvida Group ARV.NZ said it had rejected a buyout offer of 1.24 billion New Zealand dollars ($773.02 million) it received from a fund offshore infrastructure in September.
** Toronto Stock Exchange owner TMX 14 billion Canadian dollars).
** The Australian competition regulator has approved Viva Energy VEA.AX’s acquisition of convenience store operator On the Run (OTR Group) from Peregrine for A$1.15 billion (765 .90 million), which sent the fuel supplier’s shares up more than 5%.
** Private equity firm Bain Capital sold a stake worth $448 million in Indian private bank Axis Bank AXBK.NS in a block transaction on Wednesday, according to a term sheet seen by Reuters.
** Australia’s competition watchdog said it would not oppose Woolworths WOW.AX’s acquisition of a 55% stake in petstock group, which specializes in food retailing. pets.
** Grupo Santander’s asset management arm has reached an agreement to buy BNP Paribas BNPP.PA’s asset management business in Mexico, the Spanish bank said on Wednesday.
** Carrier Global CARR.N said on Wednesday it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its global commercial refrigeration business to joint venture partner Haier
600690.SS for an enterprise value of $775 million.
** Pembina Pipeline PPL.TO said on Wednesday it would buy Enbridge ENB.TO’s interests in joint ventures Alliance Pipeline, Aux Sable and NRGreen for C$3.1 billion ($2.30 billion).