Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds: BBVA, Julius Baer, Redcentric, Carlyle; Updates: Saudi Aramco,
May 24 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1930 GMTon Friday:
** Spanish bank BBVA BBVA.MC asked stock market supervisor CNMV to authorise its 12.23-billion-euro hostile takeover offer for smaller rival Sabadell SABE.MC, a potential tie-up of lenders that Madrid opposes. nL8N3HR505
** Swiss private bank Julius Baer BAER.S held talks with EFG International EFGN.S about a potential takeover in recent months but the discussions have stopped, people with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. nL8N3HR58V
** British IT services group Redcentric RCN.L is in the early stages of talks over a sale of the company to Milan-listed Wiit SpA WIIT.MI, it said. nL1N3HR1I9
** Private equity firm Carlyle is planning to launch after the summer a sale process for Forgital, an Italian manufacturer of forged components mainly for the aerospace sector, two sources close to the matter said. nL1N3HR1F6
** Germany's Deutsche Bahn [RIC:RIC:DBN.UL] has selected four interested parties for the next stage of the bidding process for its logistics subsidiary Schenker, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. nL8N3HR2LE
** Jio Financial Services (JFS) JIOF.NS is seeking shareholder approval for its unit to acquire equipment worth 360 billion rupees ($4.33 billion) from the retail arm of Reliance Industries RELI.NS as the financial services provider plans to enter the device leasing business, a postal ballot notice said. nL4N3HR1T3
** U.S. investment firm KKR KKR.N is expected to get unconditional EU antitrust approval to buy Telecom Italia's (TIM) TLIT.MI fixed-line network after agreeing to keep commercial agreements with TIM rivals, people with direct knowledge of the matter said. nL1N3HR0HZ
** Spanish holding company Criteria said it had become the second-biggest shareholder in ACS ACS.MC after buying a 9.4% stake in the construction company for 983 million euros ($1.06 billion), as it expands its investments in leading companies in Spain. nL8N3HR1KD
** Italy has approved a decree enabling state broadcaster RAI to sell a stake in its tower unit RaiWay RWAY.MI, as long as the disposal is compatible with a tie-up of RaiWay with rival EI Towers, a government source told Reuters. nL8N3HR1J8
** British oilfield services and engineering firm John Wood Group WG.L said it has rejected a third buyout proposal from Dubai-based company Sidara, as the unsolicited offer continued to "significantly undervalue" the group. nL4N3HR16U
** State-controlled oil company Saudi Aramco 2223.SE is interested in buying a minority stake in the renewable unit of Spanish oil company Repsol REP.MC, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.[nL1N3HR1H5]
** Britain's Coventry Building Society will buy Co-operative Bank for 780 million pounds ($989.9 million) in cash, the two companies said in a joint statement. nL1N3HR0B3
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Jaiveer Shekhawat and Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru)
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