VENTURE CAPITAL POST

Concordia Healthcare Corp (CXR.TO), which makes drugs for rare diseases and devices for diabetic patients, said it would buy some assets of privately held Covis Pharma Holdings SARL for $1.2 billion in cash.

After failing to dispose of Freedom Group, private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management has proposed to buy out shares of investors who want to exit their investments in the gunmaker.

Shares of Safeway Inc increased by almost 9% after buyout reports started to circulate.

Cerberus Capital Management revealed that it had acquired two portfolios of German real estate properties with a combined total land area of more than 350,000 square meters.

Seibu Holdings Inc of Japan met with its top shareholder, Cerberus Capital Management LP last Friday along with two other big Seibu shareholders.

According to sources, Cerberus Capital Management LP and Seibu Holdings Inc would meet to discuss possible listing on the Tokyo Stock Exchange said on Friday.

Cerberus planned to increase its stake in Seibu Holdings Inc. by recommending people to the company's board however shareholders rejected said plan.