(Adds Rusagro, CyrusOne, Cattolica, HeidelbergCement, Caisse;Updates Kirkland Lake Gold)
Sept 28 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday:
** Canada's Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd
AEM.TO
will buy rivalKirkland Lake Gold Ltd
KL.TO
for C$13.51 billion ($10.68billion) in stock, in the latest consolidation that creates aminer with operations in North America, Europe and Australia.
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** U.S. private equity firm Vista Equity is to buy Britishsoftware firm Blue Prism
PRSMB.L
for 1.1 billion pounds ($1.50billion) in a bid to grow its automation technologyportfolio.
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** Japanese utility Chubu Electric Power Co Inc
9502.T
said it will buy a 20% stake in Vietnamese renewable energy firmBitexco Power Corp for an undisclosed sum, to gain a foothold inthe growing market and expand its portfolio of greenenergy.
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** Saudi Industrial Investment Group (SIIG)
2250.SE
andthe National Petrochemical Company (Petrochem)
2002.SE
havesigned a non-binding agreement on a proposed merger, they said.
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** French agri-food group Avril said it was in exclusivetalks with meat group Bigard to sell its majority stakes in porkprocessing companies Abera and Porcgros.
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** Toyota Motor Corp's
7203.T
Silicon Valley research armsaid it had acquired automotive operating system softwarecompany Renovo to help accelerate the development offully-autonomous connected vehicles.
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** A co-owner of Russia's Rusagro
AGRORq.L
, VadimMoshkovich plans to sell a 13.4% stake in the farmingconglomerate via a secondary public offering (SPO) of itsshares, it said in a statement.
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** CyrusOne Inc
CONE.O
, a U.S. data center operator with amarket capitalization of about $9 billion, is exploringstrategic alternatives that include a potential sale of thecompany, according to people familiar with the matter.
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** Italian insurer Cattolica's
CASS.MI
said that its boardconsiders that bigger rival Generali's
GASI.MI
takeover offerfor it is at a fair price.
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** HeidelbergCement
HEIG.DE
, the world's second-largestcement maker, said it has taken a 45% stake in U.S.-basedCommand Alkon, which provides software and technology needed tomanage construction materials' supply chains.
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** Canada's No. 2 pension fund, Caisse de depot et placementdu Quebec, said it will shed all of its oil production assets,valued at C$3.9 billion ($3.08 billion), by the end of 2022 andreduce carbon intensity by 60% by 2030.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Tiyashi Datta and Shreyasee Raj inBengaluru) ((tiyashi.datta@thomsonreuters.com;))