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  • UK advertising company GGT has agreed to a takeover by US media services giant Omnicom. The bid was triggered by the loss of key advertising contracts at GGT's US operation, Wells BDDP. The deal is worth £143 million ($230 million).
  • UK firm Linklaters is advising the four agent banks involved in the recently signed £8 billion ($12.8 billion) Eurotunnel debt restructuring. The deal involved a syndicate of almost 200 banks.
  • The UK's BOC Group, a leading producer of anaesthetic gases and medical equipment, has sold its Ohmeda healthcare division for £640 million ($1.05 billion).
  • DLJ Merchant Banking Partners II is to acquire an 82% stake in Thermadyne Holdings based in St Louis, USA. Thermadyne is the world's fourth-largest manufacturer of welding and cutting equipment, and operates 14 manufacturing plants in the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. The deal is worth $790 million.
  • US defence contractor Raytheon has completed the acquisition of the Hughes defence electronics business from General Motors. The deal is worth $9.5 billion and makes Raytheon the world's third-largest defence and aerospace group.
  • US-based fashion design house Tommy Hilfiger has announced that it will buy Pepe Jeans USA and Tommy Hilfiger Canada for $1.15 billion.
  • Failure by a member state to fulfil obligations — Directive 90/434/EEC — Failure to transpose.
  • US carpet manufacturer Interface has bought the European carpet division of UK company Readicut International for $50.3 million. Readicut was advised by UK law firm Eversheds with tax advice from partner Richard Hutchinson in Leeds.
  • UK brewer Bass has disposed of Coral Bookmakers to fellow bookmakers Ladbrokes. The deal is worth approximately £375.5 million ($604 million). Bass was advised by tax partner Charles Hellier at Linklaters in London.
  • US chemical group Hercules has made a hostile bid for US chemicals company Allied Colloids, a UK producer of water-treatment chemicals. The deal is valued at $1.8 billion.