June 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions...

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    June 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Thursday:

    ** Czech soft drinks company Kofola Ceskoslovensko KOFOL.PR said it had acquired the Slovak mineral water company Klastorna, expanding its portfolio in central Europe.

    ** German reinsurer Munich Re MUVGn.DE is in talks to sell its asset management division to U.S. fund manager Guggenheim Partners, a person familiar with the matter said.

    ** Mubadala Investment Company MUDEV.UL and Amerra Capital Management LLC will acquire majority stakes in two Greek fish farming companies, the buyers said in a joint statement.

    ** French outdoor advertising company JCDecaux JCDX.PA made a conditional $803 million takeover offer for Australian billboard firm APN Outdoor Group (APO) to protect its market share, drawing a frosty response from APN.

    ** Canada's Brookfield Asset Management Inc BAMa.TO launched a $515 million bid for Australian retirement village owner Gateway Lifestyle Group (GTY) , topping an earlier bid from Hometown America Corp and setting up a takeover tussle.

    ** Dubai-based Abraaj Group agreed to sell its Latin America, Sub Saharan Africa, North Africa and Turkey Funds management business to U.S. investment management firm Colony Capital Inc, the companies said.

    ** Gateway Lifestyle Group (GTY) said it had received a non-binding A$698.6 million ($514.7 million) offer from Canadian firm Brookfield Property Group.

    ** Atlas Iron (AGO) recommended a A$390 million ($287 million) bid from Australian billionaire Gina Rinehart's Hancock Prospecting after rival suitor Mineral Resources (MIN) pulled out of the race for the small iron ore miner.

    ** Dutch-based telecoms and cable group Altice plans to raise 2.5 billion euros ($2.9 billion) from selling stakes in its telecoms towers businesses in France and Portugal to reduce its debt, the company said.

    ** China Merchants Port Holdings 0144.HK has made a $584 million payment as part of a $1.12 billion deal to operate Sri Lanka's deep sea Hambantota port, a state-run agency said.

    ** Thailand's PTT Pcl PTT.BK is to buy power firm Glow Energy Pcl GLOW.BK from Engie ENGIE.PA in a deal that could be worth more than $4 billion and will boost PTT's domestic position.

    ** Britain's competition regulator is likely to insist on store disposals to clear Sainsbury's' SBRY.L proposed 7.3 billion pounds ($9.62 billion) takeover of rival Asda, its boss told lawmakers.

    ** Norwegian banks DNB DNB.OL and Sparebank 1 SRBANK.OL are merging their insurance operations to form the Nordic country's third largest insurance firm, they said.

 
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