News: ALX Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds: Spirit Airlines, NFL, MONETA Money Bank, Embracer, Rai Way, Credit Suisse ; Updates: Centum Investment, Didi)

June 8 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1450 GMT on Wednesday:

** Shares in Credit Suisse CSGN.S turned sharply higher in afternoon trade on Wednesday with traders citing an Inside Paradeplatz report saying that U.S-based State Street STT.N is planning a takeover bid for the troubled Swiss lender.

** Italian state broadcaster RAI has picked investment bank Lazard LAZ.N to assess merger and acquisition options for its towers unit Rai Way RWAY.MI , two sources close to the matter said.

** China's Didi DIDI.N is in talks with state-backed Sinomach Automobile 600335.SS to buy a third of its electric-vehicle unit, two sources said, signaling the ride-hailer's regulatory troubles are in the rear view mirror as it focuses on growth.

** Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is taking an 8.1% stake in gaming group Embracer EMBRACb.ST via a direct share issue as part of a push into the games and esports industry.

** Spirit Airlines Inc SAVE.N said it had postponed a shareholder vote on its sale to Frontier Group Holdings Inc ULCC.O to June 30 from June 10 after JetBlue Airways Corp JBLU.O sweetened a rival offer for the budget carrier.

** Shares in Kenya's Centum Investment Co Plc CTUM.NR rose after the firm said it had agreed to sell its 83.4% stake in Kenya's Sidian Bank for 4.3 billion shillings ($37 million).

** The Denver Broncos and the Walton-Penner family have entered into a purchase and sale agreement for the takeover of the National Football League (NFL) team, both parties announced.

** One of MONETA Money Bank's MONET.PR largest shareholders is "seriously" considering lifting his stake in the Czech lender but does not rule out any options of what to do with his shareholding after investment group PPF walked away from a potential merger, he told news website Seznam Zpravy.

** German automotive supplier SAF Holland SFQN.DE said it was offering 3.2 billion Swedish crowns ($325 million) in cash for all the shares it does not own in Stockholm-listed Haldex HLDX.ST , sending shares in the brakes maker surging more than 40%.

** The share swap parity in PKN Orlen's PKN.WA merger with Lotos LTSP.WA won't change, PKN's chief executive said.

** The European Commission should approve PKN Orlen's PKN.WA merger with Grupa Lotos LTSP.WA in days, Orlen's chief executive said.

** Australia's Atlas Arteria (ALX) surged 15% after fund manager IFM Global Infrastructure Fund acquired a 15% stake in the issued securities of the tollroad operator and hinted at a potential takeover attempt.

** Brazilian lender Itau Unibanco Holding SA ITUB4.SA on Tuesday sold some of its roughly 11% stake in New York-listed broker XP Inc XP.O for about $154 million, Brazil Journal reported without stating where it obtained the information.

** Elon Musk's efforts to arrange new financing that will limit his cash contribution to his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter Inc TWTR.N have been put on hold because of the uncertainty surrounding the deal, people familiar with the matter said.

** German state-owned bank KfW is considering taking a stake in TransnetBW, the high-voltage power transmission network that EnBW EBKG.DE is looking to open up to a long-term investment partner, three people familiar with the matter said.

** French retailer Casino CASP.PA has received three preliminary offers for its renewable-energy business GreenYellow, with bids around 1.5 billion euros ($1.60 billion) each, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday.

** Investors who speculate on whether mergers and acquisitions will be completed as agreed are betting against the shares of some companies that have inked leveraged buyouts in the wake of private equity firm Thoma Bravo renegotiating a deal.

** Kohl's Corp KSS.N has entered into exclusive negotiations with retail store operator Franchise Group Inc FRG.O over a potential sale of the department store chain, valuing it at nearly $8 billion, the companies said late on Monday.

** Italian utility A2A A2.MI completed the acquisition of wind and solar portfolios from investment fund Ardian in a deal worth 452 million euros ($483 million), the company said in a statement on Tuesday.