Reuters Deals Today: June 5, 2017

Click to View in Browser Monday, June 5, 2017 Foxconn says Apple, Amazon to join its bid for Toshiba chip business: Nikkei TOKYO (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Amazon.com Inc will join Foxconn's bid for Toshiba Corp's semiconductor business, the Nikkei business daily quoted Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou as saying on Monday. Blackstone offers $2 billion for Finnish real estate firm Sponda HELSINKI (Reuters) - U.S. private equity group Blackstone Group said on Monday it had offered to buy all shares in Finnish real estate investment company Sponda for about 1.8 billion euros ($2.0 billion) as it seeks to expand its real estate business in the Nordic region. Homebuilder D.R. Horton offers to buy 75 percent of Forestar for $520 million (Reuters) - U.S. homebuilder D.R. Horton Inc said on Monday it had offered to buy 75 percent of real estate development company Forestar Group Inc for about $520 million. Societe Generale launches IPO for car leasing arm ALD Automotive PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale will sell up to 23 percent of its car leasing arm ALD Automotive in an initial public offering (IPO) this month, the French bank said on Monday, potentially raising as much as 1.6 billion euros ($1.8 billion). Petronas' stake sale of offshore gas asset advances to second round: sources SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The sale by Malaysian energy firm Petronas of an estimated $1 billion stake in a local upstream gas project has moved to the second round and is set to attract interest from about half a dozen bidders including Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil Corp, four sources familiar with the matter said. Delivery group DX secures backing for revised Menzies deal (Reuters) - UK mail delivery company DX Group agreed to acquire John Menzies' distribution arm through a reverse takeover on Monday, securing backing from its largest investors after terms of the deal were revised. India's SBI to launch up to $2.3 billion share sale as early as this week: sources MUMBAI (Reuters) - Top Indian lender State Bank of India will launch a planned share sale of as much as $2.3 billion as early as this week to raise funds from institutional investors, several sources familiar with the plans said on Monday. China Evergrande says to redeem all perpetual cap instruments by end-June HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Evergrande Group said on Monday it has completed redeeming 71.3 percent, or 80.56 billion yuan ($11.84 billion), of its outstanding perpetual capital instruments and plans to redeem the remainder of such instruments by the end of June. Osisko Gold to buy metals portfolio from Orion Mine for C$1.13 billion (Reuters) - Canada's Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd said on Monday it had agreed to buy a precious metals portfolio from U.S. private equity firm Orion Mine Finance Group for C$1.13 billion ($839.40 million) to expand its diamond, gold and silver asset base. Private equity groups up offer for Britain's Shawbrook bank (Reuters) - Private equity groups trying to take control of Shawbrook said on Monday they had raised their offer for the British challenger bank by just over 3 percent, as they try to convince another 5 percent of shareholders to accept the deal. Related Video U.S. oil firms turn to CO2, and Congress, to help cut costs Tech leads Wall Street higher Related News Wall St. pulls back from record; utilities slump U.S. consumer confidence rises in December Make sense of the market with highlights of valuable financial information and reports along with compelling investment insights. Register Today Get a jump on the day with our early morning summary of key news developments for the US markets, as well as global market news. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2017 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook