Aug 12 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions...

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    Aug 12 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Monday:

    ** British energy supplier SSE SSE.L said on Saturday it was in talks with OVO Group about the sale of its energy retail arm which serves 5.7 million households in Britain.

    ** BlackRock Inc's BLK.N new private equity fund Long Term Private Capital (LTPC) has completed its maiden investment, taking up an $875 million stake in Authentic Brands Group LLC, making it the largest investor in the U.S.-based entertainment company, the fund said on Sunday.

    ** Apple supplier AMS AG AMS.VI , AMS.S said it has made an all-cash takeover offer for German lighting group Osram Licht AG OSRn.DE at an offer price of 38.5 euros per share.

    ** Nine Entertainment (NEC) offered to buy the remaining stake in Macquarie Media (MRN) in a deal which values the company at A$275.4 million ($186.8 million), consolidating the broadcaster's position in radio.

    ** Canada's largest airline Air Canada AC.TO has raised the value of its offer to buy Canadian tour operator Transat AT Inc TRZ.TO to about C$720 million ($544.75 million), or C$18 per share, from its earlier offer of C$13 a share, the companies said in a joint statement.

    ** Great Pacific Capital Corp has offered to take private Canadian integrated forest products company Canfor Corp CFP.TO at C$16 per share, or about C$2 billion ($1.51 billion) overall, payable in cash, it said.

    ** India's Reliance Industries Ltd RELI.NS is set to sell a 20% stake in its oil to chemicals business to Saudi Aramco in one of the largest foreign investments in the country, Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani said.

    ** Spanish energy firm Iberdrola IBE.MC has agreed to sell a 40% share in British offshore wind project East Anglia One to the Green Investment Group, it said.

 
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