** Spanish engineering firm Sacyr has received 15
offers for its two facilities and environmental services units,
a person familiar with the talks told Reuters on Thursday.
** Finnish entrepreneur Thomas Zilliacus has placed a bid
for Manchester United and is willing to pay a premium
for the English soccer club, the former Nokia executive told
Reuters on Thursday.
** Norway's $1.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund, one of
the world's largest investors, said it had agreed to buy a 16.6%
stake in the 960 megawatt He Dreiht offshore wind farm project
in the German North Sea.
** London-listed investment banks Cenkos Securities and finnCap Group will merge in an all-stock deal to
create one of the UK's biggest financial services advisory firms
focused on small-cap growth companies, they said.
** French investment firm Ardian is in the early stages of
exploring a bid for Italy's INWIT , the country's top
telecommunications tower operator with a market value of 11
billion euros ($12 billion), according to people familiar with
the matter.
** Toshiba Corp's board accepted a $15 billion
buyout offer from a group led by private equity firm Japan
Industrial Partners, the Nikkei business daily reported,
potentially drawing a line under years of upheaval for the
company.
** Indian billionaire Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd called talks of any stake sale in the mining major "untrue and
baseless", after a media report said the tycoon was weighing
selling less than 5% stake in the company.
** Australia's Core Lithium Ltd said it agreed to
sell additional spodumene concentrate to Chinese chemicals firm
Sichuan Yahua Industrial Group Co Ltd , a supplier to
the electric vehicle (EV) battery industry.
** Chile-based low-cost carrier JetSMART said it was no
longer interested in buying Colombia's Ultra Air, but it would
still pursue a license to set up its own domestic airline based
in Colombia.
** Poland's biggest copper producer KGHM Polska Miedz is thinking about acquisitions in the renewable energy
sector this year, Chief Financial Officer Mateusz Wodejko told a
press conference.
** BP is considering buying the remaining 50% stake
in Lightsource BP (LSBP), its solar power joint venture, as part
of the British giant's drive to build up its renewable energy
capacity, three industry and company sources said. (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Priyamvada C and Tiyashi Datta in
Bengaluru)
(Adds Sacyr, Manchester United)
March 23 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1600 ET on Thursday:
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