Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds: Meyer Werft, First Busey, Talgo, Aware Super Updates: Blackstone, Edgar Bronfman Jr, Zee Entertainment Enterprises
Aug 27 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1400 GMT on Tuesday:
** The German government and state of Lower Saxony are likely to acquire about 80% of Meyer Werft to secure the future of the company, one of the world's largest cruise shipbuilders, two sources familiar with the situation told Reuters.
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** Regional lender First Busey BUSE.O has agreed to buy smaller rival CrossFirst Bankshares CFB.O in a $916.8 million all-stock deal, in yet another consolidation in the industry since the March 2023 turmoil after three banks collapsed last year.
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** Two bidding groups led by Blackstone and IFM Investors lodged final offers to buy Australian data centre group AirTrunk in a transaction worth about A$20 billion ($13.55 billion), according to two sources with direct knowledge of the matter.
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** The Spanish government has decided to reject a 619 million-euro ($691 million) takeover bid for Spanish train maker Talgo TLGO.MC by the Hungarian consortium Ganz-Mavag due to national security concerns, the economy ministry said.
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** Media veteran Edgar Bronfman Jr on Monday withdrew from the race for Paramount Global PARA.O, clearing the way for Skydance Media to take control of Shari Redstone's media empire and ending one of the most chaotic media bidding wars in recent history.
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** India's Zee Entertainment Enterprises ZEE.NS and Sony's 6758.T unit in the country have agreed to withdraw all claims against each other related to their failed $10 billion merger, Zee said.
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** Australian pension fund Aware Super said it has acquired a minority stake in London-headquartered bandwidth infrastructure company euNetworks, in a bid to tap into the artificial intelligence boom.
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** Britain's Harbour Energy HBR.L said it expects to complete the acquisition of Wintershall Dea's assets in early September, versus its previous forecast of early in the fourth quarter of the year. nL4N3KE0ME
** Australian pension fund Aware Super said it has acquired a minority stake in London-headquartered bandwidth infrastructure company euNetworks. nL4N3KE0M5
** Warburg Pincus and Australian real estate group Lendlease LLC.AX said their joint venture has acquired property assets in Singapore for S$1.6 billion ($1.2 billion). nL1N3KE02O
** Shareholders of South Korea's SK Innovation 096770.KS, parent of the country's largest oil refiner and battery maker SK On, approved a merger with energy affiliate SK E&S, Yonhap reported. nP8N3JW08U
** Drug distributor McKesson MCK.N said on Monday it would buy a controlling stake in community cancer center Florida Cancer Specialists & Research Institute's (FCS) business and administrative services unit for $2.49 billion in cash. nL4N3KD0T1
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Arsheeya Bajwa in Bengaluru)
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