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

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REFILE-Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions Apr 4th 2012, 10:10 Wed Apr 4, 2012 6:10am EDT April 4 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0900 GMT on Wednesday. ** GDF Suez said on Wednesday it would consider whether to pursue its plan to buy out minority shareholders in International Power after the British company rejected its French parent's 6 billion-pound ($9.6 billion) offer for the 30 percent it does not already own. ** Lawmakers from two of Indonesia's most powerful political parties voiced opposition on Tuesday to a bid by Singapore's DBS Group to take over local lender Bank Danamon , and said they wanted to bar heavy foreign ownership of local banks. But they signaled they may not be able to stop the $7.2 billion deal that would be the largest ever foreign takeover in Southeast Asia's biggest economy, at least for now. ** Roche Holding AG stepped up its charm offensive towards Illumina shareholders as it battles to take over the U.S. gene sequencing company, telling them its increased $6.7 billion bid represented concrete value in a high-risk market. ** US Airways Group sees $1.5 billion in synergies from a potential merger with AMR Corp, the bankrupt parent of American Airlines, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday. ** Dutch technology firm TKH Group said it will make a voluntary offer to acquire the outstanding shares in Frankfurt-listed Augusta Technologie AG for 161 million euros ($215 million). ** Capita Plc said it would buy AXA's Bluefin Corporate Consulting for 50 million pounds ($79.9 million). ** Ocwen Financial Corp said the base purchase price for the Saxon transaction was $73.8 million. On Oct. 24, Morgan Stanley announced plans to sell Saxon to Ocwen for $59.3 million. ** EDF said it expects Italy's market regulator to rule next week on whether the French power company is offering a fair price to buy out minority shareholders in Italian power producer Edison. ** The Electrical & Automation of Larsen & Toubro Ltd said it acquired Thalest Ltd, a UK-based holding company. ** Greece's Eurobank said on Wednesday that Alpha Bank violated its obligations when it decided to scrap a planned merger of the two lenders. ** Conglomerate San Miguel Corp said on Wednesday it will buy minority stakes in flag carrier Philippine Airlines Inc (PAL) and a sister airline, broadening its business reach after its expansion into power, infrastructure, mining and telecoms. ** Burger King Worldwide said it would merge with Justice Holdings Inc to list on the New York Stock Exchange. Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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