Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds Italgas, Kraft Heinz, Hess, Anglo American, Axa, Walgreens Boots Alliance; updates BHP Group, ESR Group
May 13 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 19:55 GMT on Monday:
** Italgas IG.MI, Europe's biggest gas distributor, said on Monday that it started exclusive talks to acquire smaller rival 2i Rete Gas. nL1N3HG1V6
** Proxy advisory firm ISS recommended that Hess HES.N shareholders abstain from voting for Chevron's CVX.N proposed $53 billion acquisition of Hess. nL4N3HG3Y7
** Kraft Heinz KHC.O is exploring a sale of its Oscar Mayer meats business that could fetch anything between $3 billion to $5 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. nL4N3HG3VF
** Anglo American AAL.L rejected a raised takeover offer of 34 billion pounds ($42.67 billion) from BHP Group BHP.AX, saying the world's largest listed miner "continues to significantly undervalue" the company. nL4N3HG2RJ
** French insurer Axa AXAF.PA and Dutch bank ABN Amro have picked BNP Paribas BNPP.PA as the buyer of their life insurance joint venture Neuflize Vie, French daily Les Echos reported. nL1N3HG1P9
** Hong Kong-listed real estate fund manager ESR Group 1821.HK, currently valued at $5.4 billion, halted trading in its shares, saying that a group of investors has proposed to take it private. nL1N3HG08T
** Walgreens Boots Alliance WBA.O is in the process of contacting potential buyers to sell its UK-based Boots drugstore chain in a second attempt at separating the unit, Bloomberg News reported, sending its shares up nearly 5%. nL4N3HG3I9
** Intel INTC.O is in advanced talks for a deal with Apollo Global Management APO.N in which the equity firm would provide more than $11 billion to build a facility in Ireland, the Wall Street Journal reported. nL4N3HG2E5
** Private equity firm Cinven is preparing to explore a sale of Jaggaer that it hopes will value the maker of supply chain software at about $3 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. nL1N3HB2Q2
** Tylenol maker Kenvue KVUE.N said that Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N will sell its remaining 9.5% stake in the company, about a year after the healthcare conglomerate spun off and listed its consumer health business. nL4N3HG2BZ
** Private equity firm Permira will take Squarespace SQSP.N private in an all-cash deal valued at about $6.9 billion, the website-design platform said , as small and medium businesses move online to sustain growth. nL4N3HG2DB
** Private equity firm EQT EQTAB.ST said it had made a recommended cash offer to buy Swedish renewable energy group OX2 OX2SE.ST for 16.4 billion crowns ($1.51 billion). nL8N3HG0X6
** French food retailer Casino CASP.PA said it has sold 10.15% of its remaining stake in renewable energy unit GreenYellow for 46 million euros to investment fund Ardian and French state-backed investment bank Bpifrance. nFWN3HE05D
** U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Sunday urged the Federal Trade Commission to "pump the breaks" on Chevron Corp's CVX.N proposed acquisition of Hess Corp HES.N. nL1N3HG03E
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Abhinav Parmar and Anuja Bharat Mistry in Bengaluru)
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