Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds Shore Capital Partners, Verizon, Atos, Aermont Capital and DFDS
Nov 1 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2030 GMT on Friday:
** Private equity firm Shore Capital Partners is in talks to partner with Silver Lake Management to combine two veterinary groups through an $8.6 billion deal, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. nL4N3M827P
** Prominent proxy advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services recommended Frontier CommunicationsFYBR.O shareholders abstain from voting on Verizon'sVZ.N $20 billion takeover bid and instead support the adjournment proposal. nL4N3M8233
** France is continuing to examine with AtosATOS.PA the possible takeover of Atos assets deemed as strategically important for the country, said French finance minister Antoine Armand. nFWN3M80J0
** European asset manager Aermont Capital has submitted the highest binding offer for Spanish data centre operator Nabiax, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. nL8N3M81C7
** Danish shipping and logistics firm DFDSDFDS.CO said it had terminated a share purchase agreement with Ekol Logistics and that a deal struck in April to buy the Turkish group's international transport network would no longer take place. nL8N3M81KK
** Britain's competition watchdog said the acquisition of Wincanton by U.S.-based warehousing firm GXO Logistics GXO.N, for 762 million pounds ($983.97 million), could reduce competition and raise prices for customers. nL4N3M81BJ
** Investment bank B. Riley Financial RILY.O said it had agreed to sell a portion of its traditional wealth management business to Stifel SF.N in a deal expected to fetch between $27 million and $35 million in cash. nL4N3M8196
** Bain Capital is planning to launch a tender offer for Japanese software firm Fuji Soft 9749.T in early November rather than late October as originally planned but still awaits company approval, the private equity firm said. nL4N3M812A
** ExxonMobil's XOM.N Esso division has completed the sale of the Fos-sur-Mer refinery - one of France's major refineries - and two other oil terminals to Trafigura consortium firm Rhone Energies, the companies said. nL8N3M80ZF
** Siemens SIEGn.DE has the financial muscle for further software acquisitions after its $10.6 billion purchase of U.S. industrial software company Altair ALTR.O, managing board member Cedrik Neike said. nL8N3M80YG
** Singapore-based Olam Group OLAG.SI said that Saudi Agricultural and Livestock Investment (SALIC) had made an offer to buy its remaining stake in Olam Agri IPO-OLAA.SI. nL4N3M80QJ
(Compiled by Prakhar Srivastava, Rajarshi Roy and Aatreyee Dasgupta in Bengaluru)
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