Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds Bitfarms, updates Matador Resources
June 12 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Wednesday:
** U.S. oil and gas producer Matador Resources MTDR.N said it would add oil and natural gas producing assets and undeveloped acreage in the Delaware basin in an about $1.91 billion cash deal for a unit of Ameredev II Parent nL4N3IA0QP
** SPAR Group SPPJ.J, South Africa's second-biggest grocery group, has found a buyer for its loss-making Polish business and expects cost savings and IT system enhancements will improve profitability going forward, it said on Wednesday nL1N3IA04F
** Riot Platforms RIOT.O said Bitfarms' move to adopt a poison pill BITF.O to thwart its acquisition by the bitcoin miner was "shareholder unfriendly" and highlighted the lack of solid corporate governance standards. nL4N3IA0S6
** German technology group Robert Bosch [RIC:RIC:ROBG.UL] is open to public listings of certain divisions as it explores financing options for acquisitions, although not as a group or in its core business as an auto supplier, the company chief executive said nL8N3IA0F3
** Italian energy company Eni ENI.MI said it had completed the sale of 10% of the share capital of oilfield group Saipem SPMI.MI at 1.970 euros per share for a total value of 393 million euros ($421.96 million)nL1N3IA042
** Media heiress Shari Redstone abruptly ended talks with David Ellison's Skydance Media on Tuesday, killing the potential sale of a controlling stake in Paramount Global PARA.O to the independent studio, sources familiar with the negotiations saidnL4N3I91KH
** National Bank of Canada NA.TO said on Tuesday it would buy Alberta-based rival Canadian Western Bank CWB.TO in a C$5 billion ($3.63 billion) deal combining the country's sixth- and eighth-largest lenders respectively and giving the Quebec-based bank coast-to-coast exposurenL4N3I91N2
** Debt-laden French tech group Atos ATOS.PA said on Tuesday it has entered exclusive negotiations for selling its Worldgrid unit for an enterprise value of 270 million euros ($289.93 million) to engineering consulting group Alten LTEN.PAnL4N3I91NP
** The family behind Badia Spices is exploring a sale of the Hispanic food company that could value it at over $1.2 billion, including debt, according to sources familiar with the matternL1N3I4244
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Aishwarya Jain in Bengaluru)
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