GSO Capital Partners has agreed to sell Stolle Machinery, a Centennial, Colo.–based maker of metal containers, to Japan’s Toyo Seikan for $775 million. www.stollemachinery.com
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. has agreed to acquire business insurer Harleysville Group (Nasdaq: HGIC) for around $760 million, or $60 per share.
McGraw-Hill and CME Group reportedly are in talks to form a joint venture that would house both the S&P 500 index and the Dow Jones Indexes.
GTCR has agreed to sell Graceway Pharmaceuticals, a Bristol, Tenn.-based maker of prescription creams and inhaled pharmaceuticals, to Galderma SA. No financial terms were disclosed.www.gtcr.com
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
Oracle said in a blog post yesterday that Autonomy PLC reached out about a possible acquisition, before agreeing to be acquired for $11.7 billion by Hewlett-Packard. The post came in response to comments by Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch, who said he had never seriously considered Oracle as an acquirer. www.oracle.com
Amtel Corp. (Nasdaq: ATML) has agreed to acquire Advanced Digital Design SA, a Spanish developer of power line communication solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. Sellers will include Adara Venture Partners. www.advanceddd.com
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said that it would not oppose SABMiller‘s proposed $10.15 billion buyout of Australian brewer Foster’s.
Sony Corp. has acquired Micronics Inc., a Redmond, Wash.-based maker of point-of-care medical diagnostics. No financial terms were disclosed. Micronics had raised VC funding from such firms as Southwest Michigan First, River Cities Capital Funds and Ardesta LLC. www.sony.com
Aton GmbH of Germany has acquired OrthoScan Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based maker of orthopaedic extremity imaging devices. No financial terms were disclosed. Orthoscan has raised VC funding from River Cities Capital Funds, Aphelion Capital and California Technology Ventures. www.orthoscan.com
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
Barclays Private Equity has agreed to sell FirstAssist Insurance Services, a British travel and protection insurance company, to Cigna (NYSE: CI). No financial terms were disclosed.www.firstassistinsurance.co.uk
Vantage Media LLC, an El Segundo, Calif.-based vertical performance marketing company, has merged with BrokersWeb, a provider of PPC advertising solutions for the insurance vertical. No financial terms were disclosed. Vantage Media has raised around $70 million in VC funding from Integral Capital Partners, Montgomery & Co., Scale Venture Partners and Tudor Ventures.
Aesculap, a unit of B. Braun, has acquire the assets of Aragon Surgical Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based maker of RF electrosurgical instruments for tissue fusion and cutting. No financial terms were disclosed. Aragon Surgical had raised over $25 million in VC funding from firms like Bay City Capital, Integral Capital Partners, Delphi Ventures and Onset Ventures. www.aesculapusa.com
Renren Inc. (NYSE: RENN) has agreed to acquire 56.com, a Chinese video sharing site focused on user-generated content. The deal is valued at $80 million in cash. 56.com has raised around $30 million in VC funding from Steamboat Ventures, Susquehanna International Group, Adobe Systems, CID Group and Sequoia Capital. www.56.com
Wave Systems Corp. (Nasdaq: WAVX) has acquired Safend Ltd., a Philadelphia–based provider of endpoint data loss protection solutions. The deal is valued at approximately $12.8 million. Safend had raised VC funding from Elron Electronics Industries Ltd., Intel Capital and Walden Israel Venture Capital.www.wave.com
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
Nissinbo Holdings Inc., a Japan-based maker of cotton spinners, has agreed to acquire Luxembourg-based brake manufacturer TMD Friction Group for €440 million.
Wipro Ltd. of India may sell the five data centers and other computer hardware assets of Infocrossing, the U.S. subsidiary it acquired for $600 million in 2007. The deal could be valued at between $300 million and $400 million, with Citigroup managing the process. www.wipro.com
Investcorp has agreed to sell Accuity Holdings Inc., a Skokie, Ill.–based provider of online subscription-based data solutions for the financial services industry, to Reed Elsevier. The deal is valued at £343 million in cash. www.accuitysolutions.com
