Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds: Ascential, UBS, Capital One Updates: IDEX
July 23 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1945 GMT on Tuesday:
** Information and analytics firm Ascential Plc ASCL.L said it is in advanced talks with Informa Plc INF.L related to a 1.16 billion pound ($1.50 billion) buyout proposal from the British events organiser. nL4N3JF1ZL
** UBS UBSG.S has agreed to sell a former insurance-linked investment arm of Credit Suisse to the management of the business, the Swiss bank said. nL1N3JF0JH
** Banking giant Capital One and credit card issuer Discover Financial DFS.N have been hit with a lawsuit claiming their proposed $35 billion merger would reduce competition, drive up prices and should be stopped. nL1N3JF0TZ
** Industrial equipment maker IDEX Corp IEX.N said it would buy filtration products maker Mott Corp for $1 billion in cash as it looks to bolster its presence in the medical technologies industry. nL4N3JF1AT
** German technology group Bosch [RIC:RIC:ROBG.UL] has agreed to acquire Johnson Controls' JCI.N and Hitachi's 6501.T residential ventilation businesses for $8 billion, it said on Tuesday, in what will be the unlisted group's largest takeover to date. nL4N3JF0OW
** Medical supplies distributor Owens & Minor OMI.N said it has agreed to buy medical equipment firm Rotech Healthcare for $1.36 billion in cash to expand its presence in home-based care. nL4N3JF0XT
** Grab GRAB.O, Southeast Asia's biggest ride-hailing and food delivery firm, has bought Singaporean dining reservation platform Chope for an undisclosed price, according to confirmation from both companies. nL1N3JF0A1
** Italy's Eni ENI.MI is in exclusive talks, it said, with investment company KKR KKR.N over the sale of a minority stake in Enilive, a deal that could value the biofuel unit at 11.5-12.5 billion euros ($12.5-$13.6 billion) including debt. nL8N3JF07I
** Israeli cybersecurity startup Wiz has ended talks with Google-parent Alphabet GOOGL.O on a reported $23 billion deal in which it would have become the U.S. tech giant's largest-ever acquisition, according to a Wiz memo seen by Reuters. nL4N3JF06Z
** Stephen Tindall, the founder and top investor in New Zealand's Warehouse Group WHS.NZ, will be backing a takeover bid for his struggling company, the merchandise retailer said. nL4N3JE20T
** Vista Outdoor VSTO.N said on Monday Czechoslovak Group had raised the base purchase price for its ammunition business, Kinetic Group, by $50 million to $2.15 billion. nL4N3JE0TE
** Telefonica Brasil VIVT4.SA said on Monday in a securities filing that its unit TCloud signed a deal to buy cloud service firms IPNET and IPNET USA for up to 230 million reais ($41.29 million). nL1N3JE186
** Energy producer Woodside Energy WDS.AX has agreed to buy U.S. liquefied natural gas developer Tellurian TELL.A, including its U.S. Gulf Coast Driftwood LNG export project, for $1.2 billion including debt, the Australian company said on Monday. nL1N3JE014
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Priyanka.G and Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)
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