Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Sept 25 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0900 GMT on Friday.
(For Reuters columns on deals, click on [DEALTALK/])
** Consumer goods giant Unilever Plc/NV (ULVR.L) (UNc.AS) agreed to pay 1.275 billion euros ($1.87 billion) for the personal care business of Sara Lee (SLE.N) bringing it brands such as Sanex and Radox.
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** Rolf, Russia's largest foreign car dealer, has sold 40 percent of its Mitsubishi car distribution business to Mitsubishi Corp (8058.T), a shareholder of Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi Motors Corp (7211.T), for a minimum $72 million. [ID:nLP063112]
** Hyundai Heavy Industries (009540.KS), the world's biggest shipbuilder, said it had submitted a bid for a majority stake in trading company Hyundai Corp (011760.KS). [ID:nSEL002652]
** ING (ING.AS) will sell its 51 percent stake in a wealth management joint venture to partner Australia and New Zealand Banking Group (ANZ) (ANZ.AX) for 1.1 billion euros ($1.6 billion) as the Dutch group slims down through asset sales. [ID:nLP355694]
** Paramount Gold and Silver Corp's (PZG.TO) (PZG.A) deal to buy Klondex Mines Ltd (KDX.TO) fell apart, with Klondex alleging that Paramount's disclosure about a project in Mexico was misleading. [ID:nBNG527787]
** Thailand's PTT Exploration and Production PTTE.BK said a subsidiary, PTTEP Australia Browse Basin Pty Ltd, has signed a deal to buy 100 percent of Australian exploration firm OMV Timor Sea Pty. [ID:nBKK401550]
** British specialist life insurer Just Retirement JR.L has agreed to be taken over by private equity company Permira in a 225.5 million pound ($360.5 million) cash deal. [ID:nLP23370]
** France's Ingenico (INGC.PA) said it was buying easycash, a leading payment services provider based in Germany, for an enterprise value of 290 million euros. [ID:nLP410641]
** Gazprom Neft (SIBN.MM), the oil arm of Russia's Gazprom (GAZP.MM), has filed a request to the anti-trust watchdog to buy 100 percent of mid-sized oil company Sibir Energy, the competition body FAS said. [ID:nL0495031]
** Canadian media firm CanWest Global Communications Corp CGS.TO sold its 50.06 percent stake in Australia's Ten Network Holdings Ltd (TEN.AX) at A$1.30 per share, the Australian firm said. [ID:nSYU007274]
** Bankrupt jeweler Finlay Enterprises Inc FNLYQ.OB said Gordon Brothers Retail Partners LLC won an auction to buy its assets in bankruptcy court and will handle closing sales at all its retail stores. [ID: nN24461478]
** Oil field services company Trico Marine Services Inc (TRMA.O) agreed to sell two of its vessels for about $40 million to repay debt, and said it suspended the delivery of four new vessels. [ID:nBNG389813] (Compiled by Divya Sharma in Bangalore)
