Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
March 26 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2030 GMT on Thursday:
Mastercard MA.N is seeking to sell the real-time payments unit that it acquired from Denmark's Nets Group in 2019 for $3.2 billion, the Financial Times reported, citing people familiar with the matter. nL4N40E1IX
France's Pernod Ricard PERP.PA and Jack Daniel's owner Brown-Forman BFb.N have held talks about a possible merger, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters, a move that would unite the world's second-largest spirits maker with the largest player in American whiskey. nL6N40E138
Tereos said it had exited its minority holding in Mauritius-based sugar producer Sucrieres des Mascareignes as part of its strategy to improve performance by selling non-strategic businesses and minority stakes.nL8N40E1LQ
Totalis Program Underwriters has acquired ShoreOne Insurance Managers, the company said, adding a coastal homeowners-focused MGA that offers a bundled product incorporating flood coverage.
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Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners CVC.AS is preparing a full takeover of Recordati RECI.MI, Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore reported on its website, sending the Italian pharmaceutical group's shares up 9%. nL8N40E0ZX
U.S. insurers Equitable EQH.N and Corebridge Financial CRBG.N said they will merge in an all-stock deal that would create a $22 billion retirement, life insurance and asset management company. nL4N40E0MZ
Allianz SE's ALVG.DE asset management unit will acquire a stake in electricity grid operator Amprion in a deal with insurer Talanx TLXGn.DE to help fund major grid upgrades as Germany transitions to renewable electricity. nL8N40E0SJ
Germany's Henkel HNKG.DE said it agreed to buy Nasdaq-listed Olaplex OLPX.O in a $1.4 billion deal to strengthen its premium hair care business. [nL6N40E05W
British outsourcing firm Capita CPI.L agreed to sell its private sector contact centre business to Inspirit Capital to focus on its public sector and pensions businesses, sending its shares up 12%. nL6N40E0J0
Vinci SGEF.PA has agreed to buy a toll highway portfolio in India from Macquarie Asia Infrastructure Fund 2 in a deal valued at about 150 billion rupees ($1.6 billion), the French infrastructure firm said. nFWN40E0E5
U.S. private equity firm KKR KKR.N has struck a deal to acquire bakery chain Nothing Bundt Cakes from Roark Capital for over $2 billion, including debt, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. nL6N40D18T
