(Adds Permira, Okta, Bertelsmann, Aon and Michaels Cos)
March 3 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2300 GMT onWednesday:
** Private equity group Permira has made a takeover bid formedical device maker LivaNova
LIVN.O
, the Financial Timesreported, citing people familiar with the matter.
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** Identity management firm Okta Inc
OKTA.O
said it hasagreed to buy identity platform Auth0 in an all-stock dealvalued at about $6.5 billion.
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** French media group Vivendi
VIV.PA
is looking into thepotential sale of Bertelsmann's
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controlling stake inFrench broadcasting group M6
MMTP.PA
, its chief executivesaid.
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** Aon
AON.N
will face a list of objections by the EU'santitrust watchdog which it must overcome with concessions toproceed with its $30 billion bid for Willis Towers Watson
WLTW.O
, two people familiar with the matter said.
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** Michaels Cos
MIK.O
said it would be taken private byApollo Global Management
APO.N
for $3.3 billion, less thanseven years after the craft supplies retailer returned to publicmarkets.
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** Zynga Inc
ZNGA.O
said it had acquired SanFrancisco-based game studio Echtra Games Inc, taking themobile-game maker a step closer to its goal of developing aportfolio of new titles that users can play across platforms.
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** Boston Scientific Corp
BSX.N
has agreed to buy theglobal surgical business of privately held Lumenis Ltd for $1.07billion in cash.
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** Las Vegas Sands Corp
LVS.N
said it would sell its LasVegas real estate property and operations for about $6.25billion, as the casino operator focuses on Asia and growthopportunities in new markets.
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** British insurer Prudential
PRU.L
expects to split offits U.S. business in the second quarter, it said, as it posted a4% rise in full-year operating profit on the back of strength inAsia.
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** Abu Dhabi state-owned holding company ADQ and privateequity firm CVC Capital Partners are among the suitors that haveshown interest in NMC Health's core hospital business, sourcestold Reuters.
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** Saudi Arabian retailer Fawaz Abdulaziz Alhokair
4240.SE
has agreed to buy a minority stake in e-commerce platformVogaCloset, it said, seeking to boost its online presence.
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** The owner of Britain's Daily Mail newspaper acquiredscience and technology magazine New Scientist for 70 millionpounds ($97.80 million) in cash, as it looks to build itssubscriptions and digital offerings.
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** A Japanese fund backed by veteran activist investorYoshiaki Murakami cancelled its offer for energy and environmentfirm Japan Asia Group (JAG)
3751.T
, after pressuring privateequity firm Carlyle Group
CG.O
to withdraw a competing bidlast month.
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** The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) approved SouthKorean retailer Shinsegae's takeover of the SK Wyverns baseballteam from SK Telecom, Yonhap news agency reported.
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** Malaysia's largest electricity utility, Tenaga NasionalBhd (TNB)
TENA.KL
, and Singapore-based solar firm SunseapGroup announced on Tuesday they are forming a joint venture toparticipate in a tender to trial clean electricity imports intoSingapore from Malaysia.
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** BayPine LP is in the lead to acquire Mavis Tire ExpressServices Corp for more than $6 billion, including debt, in whatwould be the private equity firm's biggest deal since itsinception last year, people familiar with the matter said onTuesday.
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** Private equity firms Clearlake Capital Group and TAAssociates have acquired control of U.S. software companyPrecisely from another private equity firm in a $3.5 billiondeal, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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** British fund Greensill Capital said it was in talks tosell large parts of its business on Tuesday after losing thebacking of two asset managers who had underpinned parts of itssupply chain financing model.
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(Compiled by Ayanti Bera and Chavi Mehta in Bengaluru) ((Ayanti.Bera@thomsonreuters.com;))
