Reuters: Private Equity: Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions

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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions Apr 5th 2012, 09:07 April 5 | Thu Apr 5, 2012 5:07am EDT April 5 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0900 GMT on Thursday. ** Japan's government plans to take a majority stake in Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco), with a 1 trillion yen ($12.16 billion) capital injection, in a deal that may see it gain more than two-thirds of the company's voting rights, the Nikkei reported on Wednesday. ** Blackstone agreed on Wednesday to buy 69 warehouses in the United States valued at around A$800 million ($820.4 million) from Australia's Dexus Property Group, Bloomberg reported on Thursday citing a person with knowledge of the deal. ** U.S. healthcare products and medical device maker Covidien said it would buy Israel-based Oridion Systems for about $300 million in cash. ** Greece's EFG Eurobank is close to a deal to sell its 70 percent stake in Turkish unit Tekfen to Kuwait's Burgan Bank, it said on Thursday. ** The sale of a controlling stake in Russia's largest carmaker AvtoVAZ to Renault-Nissan will be postponed until at least the end of April, said the head of Russian Technologies, which holds a nearly 30 percent stake in AvtoVAZ. ** Italian market regulator Consob said on Wednesday EDF needed to raise the price it had proposed to buy out shareholders of Italy's Edison, putting a question mark over the French group's plans to take control of the Italian utility. ** Owners of Slovenia's Mercator are likely to form a consortium later in April to sell some 68 percent of the country's largest food retailer, daily Finance reported on Thursday. Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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