(Adds Experian Plc, Eletrobras, Restaurant Brands New ZealandLtd)
Dec 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitionsand disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Monday:
** Credit check firm Experian Plc
EXPN.L
has agreed to buySouth African peer Compuscan for $262.8 million, bulking up itsexisting African operations and giving it a foothold in ahandful of other states, Experian said in a statement.
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** Brazilian state-controlled power company Eletrobras soldits power distribution subsidiary Amazonas Energia at anauction, but said it will assume 13 billion reais ($3.33billion) in debt before passing it on to the new owner.
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** Fast-food group Restaurant Brands New Zealand Ltd RBD.NZinked a deal to expand "Tex-Mex" food chain Taco Bell's brand inNew Zealand and in Australia's New South Wales, the companysaid.
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** Travelport Worldwide Ltd
TVPT.N
said buyout firms SirisCapital Group and Elliott Management will take it private for$4.4 billion, marking an end to an eight-month effort by Elliotto buy the travel software company.
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** Nutella maker Ferrero is interested in buying CampbellSoup's
CPB.N
international business, which includes biscuitbrand Arnott's, two sources close to the matter said.
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** Italian bank Credito Fondiario with U.S fund Elliott areclose to securing up to 7.8 billion euros ($8.9 bln) in badloans being sold by Banco BPM
BAMI.MI
together with a stake inits debt recovery unit, three sources familiar with the mattersaid.
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** Hedge fund Elliott Management Corp's ASG TechnologiesGroup Inc raised its offer to buy Mitek Systems Inc
MITK.O
to$11.50 from $10 per share previously.
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** Swedish technical consultancy AF
AFb.ST
has agreed tobuy smaller Finnish peer Poyry
POY1V.HE
for 611 million euros($695 million) to create a leading European engineering andconsulting business, AF said.
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** Tivity Health Inc
TVTY.O
said on Monday it would buydiet plan developer Nutrisystem Inc
NTRI.O
for $1.4 billion incash and stock, as it looks to expand its presence in thelucrative weight management market.
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** IOOF Holdings Ltd
IFL.AX
said its top two executiveswould step aside while they fight an unprecedented move by theprudential regulator to have them banned from runningAustralia's second-largest wealth manager.
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** Oil firm Azinor Catalyst has "received a Letter of Intentfor the acquisition of material non-operated interests in threeexploration wells planned for 2019 on Catalyst's Boaz, Goose andHinson prospects," it said.
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** A spokeswoman for the German Finance Ministry declined tocomment on "speculation" about a possible merger of DeutscheBank
DBKGn.DE
and Commerzbank
CBKG.DE
.
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** Democratic Republic of Congo's state mining companyGecamines said it would increase its stake in its Boss Miningjoint venture with ENRC Africa Holdings to 49 percent after thetwo companies renegotiated terms.
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** The chief executive of China's Tianqi Lithium Corp saidshe believes investing in Chile's lithium miner SQM will bring"long-term benefits" for both companies, despite strictconditions set for its involvement by local anti-trustregulators.
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** Goldilocks Investment Company, an indirect subsidiary ofAbu Dhabi Financial Group (ADFG), has increased its beneficialownership in Dubai-listed Islamic Arab Insurance Company
SALAMA.DU
, known as Salama, to 14.1 percent, it said onSunday.
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