-- 路透社週三引述知情人士報道，百勝餐飲集團（YUM）正繼續推進旗下必勝客連鎖店的出售流程，而棒約翰國際（PZZA）仍在就潛在收購進行談判。 三位消息人士告訴路透社，百勝餐飲集團本週設定了最後期限，尋求對必勝客的正式報價。有興趣的競購方包括阿波羅全球管理公司（APO）、Sycamore Partners和LongRange Capital，但消息人士補充說，目前尚無法保證這些公司會提交報價。 與此同時，兩位消息人士告訴路透社，棒約翰仍在與Irth Capital就潛在收購進行談判，並在過去一個月進行了盡職調查。報道稱，Irth Capital曾在3月提出以每股47美元的價格收購該公司。 百勝餐飲集團、棒約翰國際、阿波羅全球管理公司和Irth Capital均未立即回覆的置評請求。 （市場動態新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話。這些資訊據信來自可靠來源，但可能包含傳聞和推測。準確性無法保證。）
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Resolute Mining (ASX:RSG) received notice that BlackRock Group and its subsidiaries decreased their holdings in the company to 5.08% from 6.2%, according to a Monday filing with the Australian bourse.BlackRock Group now owns 108.7 million shares in the company, the filing said.
Alkane Resources (ASX:ALK) delivered a material production beat in the March quarter, driven mainly by higher-than-modeled head grades across its operations, a small beat on throughput at its Tomingley gold project in New South Wales, as well as higher recoveries at the Bjorkdal gold mine in Sweden, Euroz Hartleys said in an April 24 note.The company reported consolidated production of abut 45,800 ounces of gold equivalent, an early group record, Euroz Hartleys said.The equity research firm noted that Alkane Resources remains debt-free with the exception of AU$20 million in equipment financing, while the execution of an undrawn AU$110 million revolving facility and a AU$40 million contingent instrument facility provides liquidity to act fast on emerging opportunities.The company is on track to surpass the midpoint of fiscal 2026 guidance of 160,000 to 175,000 ounces of gold equivalent production at all-in sustaining costs of AU$2,600 to AU$2,900 per ounce. However, Euroz Hartleys expects softer quarter-over-quarter production in the three months through June due to lower head grades across the group.Euroz Hartleys kept a buy rating on the company while adjusting its price target to AU$2.53 from AU$2.50.
Nextdc (ASX:NXT) opened the retail portion of its fully underwritten 1-for-5.4 accelerated non-renounceable entitlement offer to raise about AU$1.5 billion in total, according to a Monday filing with the Australian bourse.The retail offer, expected to raise around AU$500 million, is priced at AU$12.70 apiece, the same price used in the institutional component, which recently closed and raised about AU$1 billion, per the filing.Eligible retail shareholders who fully exercise their entitlement may also apply for additional new shares up to 100% of their entitlement at the offer price under the top-up facility, the filing added.