Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Ryanair, Autogrill, Odebrecht; Updates Vontobel)

May 24 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitionsand disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Thursday:

** Ryanair RYA.I has never made an approach for NorwegianAir NWC.OL and does not intend to, the Irish airline said,disputing claims made by the chief executive of its rival budgetcarrier. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nS8N1Q401W

** Italian travel retailer Autogrill AGL.MI does not planto break up the company, Chief Executive Gianmario Tondato saidafter a shareholders' meeting. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nI6N1SN002

** Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht SA ODBES.UL denied receiving a proposal from LyondellBaseel Industries NVLYB.N to buy its controlling stake in Brazilian petrochemicalcompany Braskem SA BRKM5.SA , Braskem said in a securitiesfiling. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nE6N1PP01Y

** Russia's No.2 bank VTB VTBR.MM said it had sold an11.82 percent stake in food retailer Magnit MGNT.MM worth 62.5billion roubles ($1.02 billion) to Marathon Group, which isowned by Russian businessmen. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1SV235

** Smurfit Kappa SKG.I has agreed to buy Dutch paper andrecycling firm Reparenco for about 460 million euros ($539million), the Irish packaging group said, in its effort to seeoff a takeover bid from U.S. rival International Paper (IP) IP.N . urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1SV26A

** Deutsche Telekom DTEGn.DE said it will keep its optionsopen on the future of T-Systems, saying in an investorpresentation it would "maintain strategic optionality" withregard to the troubled IT services unit. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1SV237

** Abu Dhabi's state-owned Mubadala Investment Company MUDEV.UL has acquired a 44 percent stake worth at least $271million in an oil subsidiary of gas giant Gazprom GAZP.MM , theRussian company said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1SV1UB

** Britian's RockRose Energy RRE.L said it agreed to buyNetherland-based privately held oil and gas explorer Dyas BV,for 107 million euro ($125.3 million) in cash. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SV2XU

** Russian gas giant Gazprom GAZP.MM said that its boardof directors has agreed to sell 44 percent in the chartercapital of its Gazprom Neft-Vostok subsidiary to United ArabEmirates' Mubadala Petroleum company. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR4N1LW039

** Russian tycoon Viktor Vekselberg, who has been placedunder U.S. sanctions, confirmed he had resumed talks aboutmerging his power assets with gas giant Gazprom GAZP.MM ,Russian agencies reported. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nR4N1SN02L

** Private bank Vontobel VONN.S is buying smallercompetitor Notenstein La Roche from Swiss cooperative bankRaiffeisen RFSHW.UL for $705 million, the first in whatindustry insiders expect could be a new wave of consolidation inthe sector. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL5N1SV0RB

** Oman Arab Bank, a unit of Ominvest OMVS.OM , and AlizzIslamic Bank BKIZ.OM are exploring a merger, the two bankssaid, joining an increasing trend among Gulf banks toconsolidate. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SV2BW

** Westfield Corp WFD.AX shareholders have voted in favourof a $16 billion takeover by Unibail-Rodamco UNBP.AS , thechairman of the Australian shopping mall giant said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SV1NE

** Canada has blocked a proposed C$1.51 billion ($1.18billion) takeover of construction company Aecon ARE.TO by aChinese state builder on national security grounds, underscoringrising wariness of Chinese firms buying up assets in Westerncountries. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SU6PP

** Eddie Bauer LLC and Pacific Sunwear of California LLC areexploring a merger to consolidate their store footprint andweather a prolonged downturn in the U.S. brick-and-mortar retailsector, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1SU206

** DynCorp International Inc, a U.S. defense contractorowned by private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP, isexploring a sale that could fetch more than $1.3 billion, threepeople familiar with the matter said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL2N1SS106

** Australian energy retailer Origin Energy Ltd ORG.AX said it has agreed to sell its metering business, Acumen, forA$267 mln ($202.07 mln) to intelliHUB, a company to be jointlyowned by Pacific Equity Partners and Landis+Gyr. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SU6LC

** Reliance Worldwide Corp Ltd RWC.AX is buying the U.K.'sJohn Guest Holdings Ltd for A$1.22 billion ($922.93 million),the Australian plumbing fittings maker said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SU6FB

** Comcast Corp CMCSA.O confirmed on Wednesday it waspreparing a higher, all-cash offer for most of the media assetsof Twenty-First Century Fox FOXA.O , setting up a bidding warwith rival Walt Disney Co DIS.N , which already has agreed to a$52-billion deal with Fox. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N1SU4KU

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