Today’s transactions Mergers and acquisitions

November 23 (Reuters) – The following deals, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures were reported at 11:00 GMT on Tuesday:

** US companies Advent International and Centerbridge Partners have made a joint takeover bid for German bank Aareal (ARLG.DE) which values ​​the lender at 1.7 billion euros ($ 1.9 billion). Read more

** Britain’s Marks & Spencer (MKS.L) has bought a 25% stake in women’s clothing brand Nobody’s Child, as it seeks to accelerate the relaunch of its clothing business, he said. Read more

** UK fund manager River and Mercantile Group (RIV.L) has received preliminary approaches from rivals Premier Miton Group (PMIP.L) and AssetCo Plc (ASTO.L) for a possible takeover. Read more

** The specialized pharmaceutical group Karo Pharma (KARO.ST) has agreed to buy the Belgian company Sylphar International from Vendis Capital and the founder of Sylphar for 290 million euros (326 million dollars), he said. . Read more

** Telecommunications company Orange Belgium (OBEL.BR) said it was in talks to buy a majority stake in Belgian telecommunications operator VOO SA, as part of a possible deal valuing the whole of VOO to 1.8 billion euros ($ 2 billion) in enterprise value. Read more

** Australian shareholder registration firm Link Administration Holdings (LNK.AX) said it had received a new unsolicited offer from Irish firm LC Financial Holdings (LCFH) to purchase its Banking and Credit Management (BCM) business. Read more

** Apollo Global Management (APO.N) has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in Broad Reach Power from its existing owners, the parties said, a deal that will result in the investment of up to $ 400 million of capital in American energy storage. and renewable energy company. Read more

** Vivendi (VIV.PA) does not intend to sell its stake in Telecom Italia (TLIT.MI), said the French shareholder, reiterating that he was a long-term investor in the larger group of Italian telephony and wanted to work with all to make it a success. Read more

Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Akash Sriram in Bengaluru

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