Dec 11 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on
Wednesday:
** Danish financial technology company Ageras said it had
received approval from French banking watchdog ACPR to acquire
Shine, the digital banking unit of Societe Generale.
** German online retailer Zalando said it had
struck a deal to buy rival fashion group About You for
1.1 billion euros ($1.2 billion), as part of plans to create a
pan-European e-commerce platform.
** Indonesian telcos XL Axiata, Smartfren Telecom
and its unit Smart Telcom (SmartTel) have agreed to
merge to create an entity with an enterprise value of 104
trillion rupiah ($6.5 billion), the companies said.
** Denmark's Orsted said it has agreed to sell a
50% stake in its Greater Changhua 4 offshore wind farm to
Taiwan's Cathay Life Insurance for about 11.6 billion Danish
crowns ($1.64 billion).
** U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital is set to raise its
offer price for Japan's Fuji Soft to 9,600 yen ($63.35)
per share, the Nikkei newspaper reported, trumping a recently
increased tender offer bid from rival KKR.
** Story3 Capital Partners has offered to take scrubs maker
Figs private, the private equity firm's spokesperson
said on Tuesday, citing questionable growth and margin
improvement.
** Norton and Avast owner Gen Digital ( GEN ) has agreed to
buy fintech firm MoneyLion ( ML ) in an all-cash deal valued at
about $1 billion to beef up its consumer finance offerings, the
companies said on Tuesday.
** Walgreens is in talks to sell itself to private
equity firm Sycamore Partners, WSJ reported on Tuesday, citing
people familiar with the matter.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Kamal Choudhury in Bengaluru)