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SPAIN
In September several significant deals, announced before the summer, were closed. Catalana Occidente acquired Groupaman Seguros (Spain), for EUR 404.5m. Furthermore, Procter & Gamble, a USA-based multinational, acquired Arbora & Ausonia. In addition, 40% of deals this month involved private equity players.

PORTUGAL
In September, the Portuguese transactional market was fairly dynamic; deals registered were the average typical of 2012. One aspect was outstanding, a significant share of these transactions were foreign investments in Portugal, mainly from Brazil. Furthermore, Sugalidal, a Portugal-based company was a player in a relevant deal; it acquired Corpora Agrícola, a Chile-based company, for EUR 35.81m. The largest deal in Portugal was the acquisition of Schlecker, a Germany-based shop network, held by Schlecker Espanha and Schlecker Portugal - a drugstore chain of health, beauty and homecare products. Supermerdados Dia, a Spain-based supermarket chain was the buyer. The deal value was EUR 70.5m.