Aug 8 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on
Thursday:
** Swedish financial investor EQT said on
Wednesday it will acquire a majority stake in Swiss
cybersecurity and data protection company Acronis.
** U.S. private equity firm KKR & Co ( KKR ) will launch a
tender offer for Japan's Fuji Soft, the companies said,
in a 558.4 billion yen ($3.8 billion) deal to take the software
developer private.
** Savannah Energy said on Wednesday it has
terminated the planned $1.25 billion purchase of Malaysia's
state energy firm Petronas' oil and gas business in South Sudan,
as the parties could not close the deal on the originally
envisaged terms.
** UK's competition regulator said its phase 1 review into
homebuilder Barratt's 2.52 billion pound ($3.21
billion) all-stock deal to buy smaller rival Redrow ( RDWWF ) had
raised concerns in the local area around a Barratt development.
** Australia's Pacific Smiles ( PCSGF ) said its shareholders
have voted against National Dental Care's (NDC) A$327.1 million
($214.5 million) takeover offer.
** Walt Disney ( DIS ) said on Wednesday it may have to pay
up to $5 billion more to buy Comcast's ( CMCSA ) minority stake
in Hulu, if an appraiser were to agree with Comcast's ( CMCSA ) assessment
that the stake should be valued at more than $40 billion.
** Equity Residential ( EQR ) has agreed to acquire 11
apartment properties located in its expansion markets such as
Atlanta and Denver from Blackstone for about $964
million, the companies said on Wednesday.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Priyanka.G in Bengaluru)