March 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on
Wednesday:
** One of Boeing's ( BA ) biggest customers, Dubai carrier
Emirates, threw its support behind a possible Boeing ( BA ) takeover of
Spirit AeroSystems ( SPR ), saying it would be a step towards
resolving the planemaker's industrial crisis.
** Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is in talks with
Leonardo to buy the defence group's submarine unit
Whitehead Alenia Sistemi Subacquei (Wass), several newspapers
reported, sending its shares up more than 5%.
** The new price guidance in Piraeus Bank offering
was set at 3.9-4.0 euros per share, Greece's bank bailout fund
(HFSF) said.
** A consortium of investors in London Stock Exchange Group ( LDNXF )
sold about 1.9 billion pounds ($2.41 billion) of shares
in the London bourse owner, as it looks to cash in on rising
interest in LSEG's transition into a financial data powerhouse.
** Activist fund Oasis Management has bought a 9.6% stake in
Japan's Ain Holdings, sending the pharmacy operator's
shares 15% higher to their daily limit.
** Australia's fourth-biggest bank ANZ Group ( ANZGF ) said
it had agreed to sell around 546 million shares, or 16.5%
interest, in Malaysian lender AMMB Holdings (AmBank)
for about 2.10 billion ringgit ($443.69 million).
** Australian pension fund UniSuper said it had bought an
undeveloped site next to Sydney's planned new international
airport to develop a logistic hub worth around A$3.9 billion
($2.5 billion), its second major property deal in three weeks.
** Brazilian airline Azul said on Tuesday it has
not negotiated or approved any specific deal, as Bloomberg News
reported on Monday the company mulls the acquisition of its
rival Gol.
** Cadence Design Systems ( CDNS ) will buy BETA CAE Systems
International AG, which makes software for analyzing car and jet
engine designs, for $1.24 billion in cash and stock, Cadence
said on Tuesday.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Vallari Srivastava in Bengaluru)