April 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 09:30 GMT on Monday:
** Shares in British meal delivery company Deliveroo ( DROOF )
jumped 17% in early deals, the first trading session after it
said it had received a $3.6 billion cash buyout proposal from
U.S. peer DoorDash ( DASH ).
** Merck KGaA has struck a deal to buy U.S.
biotech company SpringWorks Therapeutics ( SWTX ) for an equity
value of $3.9 billion, as the German company seeks to acquire
treatments for rare tumours to boost its cancer drugs business.
** Europe's Airbus has finalised an agreement to
take some assets from Spirit AeroSystems ( SPR ), both companies
said, completing a critical part of a transatlantic carve-up of
the struggling supplier with U.S. rival Boeing ( BA ).
** Italy's Mediobanca struck back in its fight for
independence with a 6.3 billion euro ($7.15 billion) offer for
wealth manager Banca Generali to be financed through
its stake in insurer Generali.
(Compiled by Anuja Bharat Mistry in Bengaluru)