** German business software developer Software AG said on Thursday it supports private-equity firm Silver Lake Management's increased offer to buy the company for 32 euros ($35.28) per share, ending a bidding war looming over the company.
** Blackstone is weighing options for Spanish
gambling company Cirsa, including an initial public offering
(IPO), people familiar with the matter told Reuters.
** UBS is reviewing options for Credit Suisse's Swiss bank, including potentially keeping the unit's
investment banking operations while selling the rest, two people
familiar with the matter told Reuters.
** Apollo and Apax are among private equity firms interested
in a potential takeover of Spanish industrial testing company
Applus Services , people familiar with the matter told
Reuters.
** Canada's Toronto-Dominion Bank Group on Thursday
called off its $13.4 billion takeover of First Horizon Corp , triggering a near 40% fall in the U.S. regional bank's
shares.
** Arconic Corp has agreed
to be bought by Apollo Global Management Inc in a
take-private deal valued at about $5.2 billion, the U.S.
aerospace supplier said .
** Italy's top insurer Generali said it had
agreed to sell
its German specialised pension unit to Fosun-backed
Frankfurter Leben as it seeks to improve profitability in the
life business and free up capital.
** Holly Energy Partners LP said it has received a
non-binding proposal letter from HF Sinclair Corp ,
under which HF Sinclair will acquire all outstanding shares not
owned by the company.
** The European Commission cleared the proposed acquisition of Polish recycling company Alumetal by metals maker Norsk Hydro, without conditions.
** India's Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd said that it has completed the sale of its port in sanction-hit Myanmar for $30 million, significantly lower than its investment in the project.
** Vodafone and CK Hutchison are close to agreeing to a merger of their UK telecoms businesses, two sources said, in an expected 15 billion pounds ($19 billion) deal that would create the country's biggest mobile operator.
** Uniper expects two announced asset sales, requested by the European Commission in exchange for approving the German utility's bailout, to close soon, the company's chief financial officer told analysts.
** British asset manager Liontrust Asset Management plc has conditionally agreed to acquire GAM Holding AG in a deal that values the Swiss asset manager at CHF 107 million ($121.3 million), the companies said.
** Australian gold miner St Barbara Ltd , in a statement released , said it had received a higher bid for its Western Australian Leonara assets from Silver Lake Resources .
** Vonovia sold five properties to CBRE Investment
Management for about 560 million euros ($620.4 million), as high
interest rates and the surging cost of construction and energy
weigh on property values.
** Australia's medical centre operator Healius recommended that its shareholders reject the A$1.52 billion
($1.01 billion) all-share takeover offer by Australian Clinical
Labs .
** Callon Petroleum Co said on Wednesday it has agreed to acquire Permian basin-based Percussion Petroleum Operating II Llc in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $475 million to strengthen its portfolio in the lucrative U.S. shale patch.
** Homecare services provider Option Care Health Inc said on Wednesday it is acquiring Amedisys Inc in an all-stock deal valued at $3.6 billion, including debt. (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Aditya Samal in Bengaluru; Editing by Janane Venkatraman)
