Mergers & Acquisitions

UPDATE 2-Germany's Linde to buy Lincare for $4.6 bln

NEW YORK, July 1 - German industrial gas producer Linde AG said on Sunday it has agreed to pay $4.6 billion for Lincare Holdings Inc, a Florida-based provider of oxygen and respiratory therapy services to patients in the home.

UPDATE 1-Germany's Linde to buy Lincare for $4.6 bln

NEW YORK, July 1 - German industrial gas producer Linde AG said o n S unday it had agreed to buy Lincare Holdings Inc, a Florida-based provider of oxygen and respiratory therapy services to patients in the home, for $4.6 billion.

Germany waves goodbye to WestLB as bank broken up

DUESSELDORF, July 1 - German state-backed lender WestLB was broken up in time to meet an EU-imposed July 1 deadline, with its former owners hoping to draw a line under years of losses and controversy at what was once the country's biggest landesbank.

Heritage Oil to buy Nigeria assets in $850 mln deal

LONDON, July 1 - Heritage Oil has agreed to buy a stake in a string of Nigerian oilfield assets, known as OML 30, in a deal which Heritage said on Sunday would diversify its portfolio and significantly increase its production capabilities.

UPDATE 2-Fresenius misses acceptance hurdle in Rhoen deal

FRANKFURT, June 29 - Germany's Fresenius failed to win the minimum acceptance among Rhoen-Klinikum AG shareholders for its takeover offer, suffering a defeat in its bid to create a nationwide network of private hospitals.

UPDATE 4-Icahn dangles bounty for nominee in Forest fight

* Governance experts say Ende deal is unusual, troublesome

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