Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Updates TT Electronics; Adds Astorg, Gabon, Endesa, Moltiply Group, Compass Minerals
Nov 15 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2145 GMT on Friday:
** Compass Minerals CMP.N is in talks with private-equity firms to sell itself, three sources familiar with the matter said, after an aborted lithium-mining project hit shares of the minerals producer, which is worth about $1.5 billion including debt. nL1N3MM0TI
** Italy's Moltiply Group MOL.MI has emerged as the only bidder for German media group ProSiebenSat.1's PSMGn.DE price comparison portal Verivox, two sources close to the matter said. nL8N3MM0UZ
** Spanish power utility Endesa ELE.MC has agreed to buy 626 megawatts (MW) of hydroelectric assets from power company Acciona Energia ANE.MC for 1 billion euros ($1.05 billion), Acciona Energia said on Friday. nL1N3MM0PN
** Gabon said on Friday that it had closed a deal to buy back $290 million of its $605 million Eurobond maturing in 2025. nL8N3MM1CU
** Private equity firm Astorg is nearing a sale of its U.S.-based intellectual property software firm Anaqua to Nordic Capital for around $2.5 billion, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. nL8N3MM1JA
** Danish shipping and logistics firm DFDS DFDS.CO said it had agreed to buy Turkey's Ekol Logistics' international transport network, overturning a decision made two weeks ago to terminate the deal. nL8N3MM0WN
** Private equity firm KKR KKR.N has raised its tender offer price for Fuji Soft 9749.T by 7% to 9,451 yen ($60.86) a share, the Japanese software developer said, narrowly surpassing a rival offer of 9,450 yen from Bain Capital. nL1N3MM0AX
** The Swedish government has agreed to sell state-owned motor vehicle inspection group Bilprovningen to Germany's TUV Rheinland for 1.20 billion crowns ($109 million), Finance Minister Elisabeth Svantesson told a press conference. nFWN3MM0JJ
** Singapore's competition regulator cleared South Korean conglomerate Hanwha Group's S$790.6 million ($589.30 million) takeover offer for oil contractor Dyna-Mac DMHL.SI. nL4N3MM0NB
** Britain's TT Electronics TTG.L said on Friday it had rejected a takeover proposal from an unidentified suitor that was higher than a 248.6-million-pound ($315.2-million) proposal - which it also rebuffed - from Volex Plc VLX.L.nL4N3MM0IR
** Halozyme Therapeutics HALO.O said on Thursday it has proposed to buy German drug developer Evotec EVTG.DE for about 2 billion euros ($2.10 billion), to bulk up its drug discovery and development portfolio. nL4N3ML1XK
** Finnish engineering firm Cargotec Corp CGCBV.HE said on Thursday it would sell its cargo handler business MacGregor to European private equity firm Triton in a deal valued at 480 million euros ($506 million), including debt. nL4N3ML1SF
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Rishi Kant in Bengaluru)
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