** Payments provider Network International said on
Monday it has received a takeover proposal from a consortium of
private equity firms CVC Capital and Francisco Partners, valuing
it at about 2.1 billion pounds ($2.56 billion).
** John Wood Group said on Monday it has decided to
engage with Apollo Management for a firm offer from the private
equity firm for a final buyout price of 240 pence per share,
which values the group at about 1.66 billion pounds ($2.06
billion).
** Belgium's Aliaxis proposed on Monday a
1.82 billion euros ($2.00 billion) acquisition of Finland's
Uponor , seeking to form a global water management
group, sending the Finnish group's shares up 43%.
** French investment company Wendel said on Monday
it was in exclusive talks to buy a majority stake in engineering
consulting group Scalian for an enterprise value of 965 million
euros ($1.06 billion).
** Japan's Sega Sammy Holdings Inc said on Monday
it planned to acquire Finland's Rovio Entertainment Oyj for 706 million euros ($776 million) to bolster its
mobile gaming business, sending Rovio shares soaring.
** THG's shares surged by more than a third after
the online retail platform said on Monday that it has received a
preliminary buyout proposal from private equity firm Apollo
Global Management , without disclosing terms of the
proposal.
** Indian conglomerate Wadia Group is in talks with
strategic partners to either sell a majority stake in
loss-making budget airline Go First or completely exit it, the
Economics Times reported on Monday, citing sources close to the
development.
** Nissan is developing growth plans in areas such as
software and electric vehicles independent of Renault SA as the automakers work to finalise terms of a sharply
limited alliance, said seven people with knowledge of the
matter.
** Merck & Co said on Sunday it would buy Prometheus
Biosciences Inc for about $10.8 billion, picking up a
promising experimental treatment for ulcerative colitis and
Crohn's disease and building up its presence in immunology.
** Teck Resources Ltd has been approached by Vale
SA , Anglo American Plc and Freeport-McMoRan
Inc , among others, to explore deals for its base metals
business if the Canadian copper miner goes ahead with a planned
split, sources close to the matter told Reuters on Sunday. (Compiled by Pratik Jain in Bengaluru)
April 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Monday:
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