Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds: MINISO, UniCredit Updates: Rightmove
Sept 23 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Monday:
** MINISO 9896.HK will take up a 29.4% stake in Chinese supermarket operator Yonghui Superstores 601933.SS for 6.3 billion yuan ($893.05 million), it said, on track to becoming the largest single shareholder in the embattled firm.
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** UniCredit CRDI.MI said it had acquired, through financial instruments, a further 11.5% of Commerzbank CBKG.DE after applying to supervisors to reach a holding of up to 29.9% in the German rival.
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** Britain's Rightmove RMV.L said it would carefully consider Australian property listing firm REA Group's REA.AX sweetened 6.1 billion pound ($8.12 billion) takeover bid for the company, after rejecting two previous proposals.
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** Australian medical diagnostics firm Healius HLS.AX is selling its Lumus imaging unit for A$965 million ($658.1 million) to an Asian private equity group, it said, helping the loss-making company reduce its debt.
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** BNP Paribas BNPP.PA has signed a deal to buy HSBC's HSBA.L private banking unit in Germany as it continues to expand its footprint in wealth management, the French lender said.
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** French shipping giant CMA CGM plans to launch a full takeover bid for port terminal operator Santos Brasil STBP3.SA after it agreed to buy a 48% stake in the company, it said as it further expands its grip on global shipping infrastructure.
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** Finland's Fortum FORTUM.HE said it had agreed to sell its 37.4% stake in Chempolis, including Fortum's all biobased solutions businesses, and its shares in the holding company owning 40.3% in Assam Bio Ethanol in India.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Pooja Menon in Bengaluru)
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