(Adds Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, Morrisons and Orsted A/S;Updates B3 SA)
Oct 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitionsand disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday:
** Private equity giant KKR & Co
KKR.N
and former GoldmanSachs
GS.N
partner Stephen Hendel's family office have boughtKobalt Capital's music rights portfolio for about $1.1 billion,the companies said.
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** Brazilian power company EDP Energias do Brasil
ENBR3.SA
has reached a deal to sell three power transmission assets at anenterprise value of 1.32 billion reais ($237.88 million) toprivate equity firm Actis, it said.
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** The retail unit of Indian conglomerate RelianceIndustries
RELI.NS
has acquired a 52% stake in populardesigner labels of Ritu Kumar, the company said, in the latestbet on the country's fast-expanding luxury designer market.
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** French solar power group Photosol has hired BNP Paribas
BNPP.PA
to launch a sales process that could be worth at least500 million euros ($582.9 million), two sources familiar withthe matter told Reuters.
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** China Evergrande Group's
3333.HK
deal to sell a 51%stake in its property services unit has been put on hold, twopeople with knowledge of the matter said, in a blow to theembattled developer's hopes of avoiding a potentially disruptivedefault.
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** Brazilian stock exchange operator B3 SA
B3SA3.SA
hasreached a deal to acquire data analysis company NeowayTecnologia Integrada for 1.8 billion reais ($326.54 million), itsaid.
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** Private equity company Bridgepoint Group
BPTB.L
hasagreed to buy a majority stake in traffic and transport softwaremaker PTV Group from parent Porsche SE
PSHG_p.DE
for anundisclosed sum.
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** U.S. sports betting firm DraftKings
DKNG.O
must decide whether to make a formal offer for Entain
ENT.L
, potentiallykicking off a $22-billion-plus bid battle for the Britishgambling firm.
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** Delivery Hero
DHER.DE
said it had invested $235 millionin Berlin-based grocery delivery company Gorillas, as the raceto dominate the rapid delivery service sector picks upspeed.
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** Shareholders in supermarket group Morrisons
MRW.L
areexpected to approve a 7 billion pound ($9.6 billion) offer byU.S. private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R),bringing the curtain down on Britain's most fiercely contestedtakeover this year.
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** Brazilian drug and health supplier Elfa, owned by privateequity company Patria Investimentos, has acquired Descarpack, amaker of hospital disposable products, for 942 million reais($171 million), the buyer said.
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** El Al Israel Airlines
ELAL.TA
said it had entered talkswith Arkia to examine a possible acquisition of its smallerrival.
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** British defence firm Meggitt
MGGT.L
said it expectsits takeover by U.S. rival Parker-Hannifin
PH.N
to becompleted next year as planned after the UK governmentintervened citing national security reasons.
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** Zix Corp
ZIXI.O
, a U.S. provider of email securitysolutions, is exploring strategic alternatives that include asale of the company, according to people familiar with thematter.
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** Private investment firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R)will buy accounting and consulting firm PwC's global mobilitytax and immigration services business, the two companies said.
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** Shareholders in British supermarket group Morrisons
MRW.L
approved a 7 billion pound ($9.7 billion) agreedtakeover offer from U.S. private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier &Rice (CD&R).
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** Danish renewables firm Orsted A/S
ORSTED.CO
said it hadsigned an agreement to sell 50% of its 900-megawatt Germanoffshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 3 to fund manager GlennmontPartners.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Chavi Mehta and Tiyashi Datta inBengaluru)
