Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Feb 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Wednesday:

Switzerland's EFG International said it had posted a net profit of 321.6 million Swiss francs ($356 million) in 2024, an increase of 6% from the previous year, and that it was acquiring Swiss private bank Cité Gestion.

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Swiss technology firm Softwareone expects to close its acquisition of Crayon Group in June, earlier than its previous guidance for a closure in the third quarter, it said.

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Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co <8031.T> said it would acquire a 40% stake in the Rio Tinto-operated RIO.AX, Rhodes Ridge iron ore project in Western Australia for $5.34 billion to strengthen its long-term earnings base.

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Buyout firm Silver Lake is in exclusive discussions to purchase a majority stake in Intel's programmable chip business, Altera, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.

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Payments processor Shift4 has agreed to buy travel and retail-focused financial technology platform Global Blue GB.N in a deal valued at $2.5 billion, the companies said on Tuesday.

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