March 27 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on
Thursday:
** British investment platform AJ Bell said it would
sell its personal and occupational pension schemes business to
InvestAcc Group for up to 25 million pounds ($32.3 million), to
focus on its core business.
** UK's Warehouse REIT said it could recommend
Blackstone's 489 million-pound ($631.5 million) final
all-cash takeover proposal if the asset manager comes up with a
firm offer.
** An entity controlled by Indonesia's Widjaja family said it
had offered to buy Singapore-listed Sinarmas Land,
valuing the property firm at S$1.32 billion ($986.3 million).
** Private equity firm KKR is nearing a deal to acquire
Japanese medical gear maker Topcon ( TOPCF ), according to people
familiar with the matter, marking the latest sign of increased
leveraged buyout activity in Japan.
** China-based Ninestar Corp plans to sell printer
and printing software maker Lexmark International II to Xerox
in a deal estimated at up to $150 million, a fraction of
the price Xerox disclosed in December.
** U.S. property data group CoStar ( CSGP ) raised its
acquisition bid for Domain Holdings, Australia's ( DHGAF )
second-largest real estate classifieds company, with the revised
deal now valued at A$2.80 billion ($1.76 billion).
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Padmanabhan Ananthan in
Bengaluru)