Reuters: Mergers News: Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions Apr 27th 2012, 09:04 April 27 | Fri Apr 27, 2012 5:04am EDT April 27 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0900 GMT on Friday: ** BG Group Plc has held talks with China Investment Corp on the sale of an equity stake in the British gas producer's Australian LNG facilities, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, a deal that could be worth $2 billion. ** Japanese brewer Asahi Group Holdings is close to finalising a deal to buy soft drinks maker Calpis Co for $1.2 billion, sources said on Friday, bringing its M&A buying spree back to its shrinking home market as it seeks to bolster non-alcoholic earnings. ** Russian freight company Globaltrans Investment is buying the railcar unit of iron ore miner Metalloinvest for $540 million, boosting its fleet to around 60,000 units. ** Norwegian fertilizer firm Yara has agreed to lift is stake in Ethiopian Potash project Ethiopotash BC to 51 percent from 16.67 percent, it said on Friday. ** French oil group Total increased its stake in Russia's No.2 gas producer Novatek to 15 percent, Interfax news agency reported on Friday citing a Total official. ** Indonesian business group CT Corp has bought a 10.3 percent stake in national flag carrier PT Garuda Indonesia , becoming the biggest private shareholder in the airline, a state brokerage said on Friday. ** Spanish banking group La Caixa, which owns stakes in oil major Repsol and utility Gas Natural , is planning a merger between the two energy groups, Cinco Dias reported on Friday citing unnamed sources. ** Shenzhen Development Bank Co. has received approval from Chinese authorities to merge with Ping An Bank Co Ltd, the government news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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