(Adds Sinochem Holdings Corp, TravelCenters of America Inc,...

(Adds Sinochem Holdings Corp, TravelCenters of America Inc, Eminence Capital, Freedom Holding Corp, Galeries Lafayette, Truist Financial Corp, Anima Holding; updates IKEA, Atos)

Feb 16 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1600 GMT on Thursday:

** China will scrutinize Ford Motor Co's F.N latest deal with battery giant CATL 300750.SZ to ensure the Chinese company's core technology is not shared with the U.S. automaker, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday.

		** An Italian private equity fund has bought 7.2% of Anima Holding 
 ANIM.MI , the bank that handled the deal said on Wednesday, investing in an 

asset manager likely to be involved in future domestic banking consolidation.

		** Airbus  AIR.PA , the world's largest planemaker, is seeking to become 
the No. 1 investor in Atos' soon-to-be spun-off division Evidian, France's 

beleaguered IT consulting firm said amid scrutiny on an asset deemed strategic by the government.

		** China's Sinochem Holdings Corp, the biggest investor in Pirelli & C 
SpA  PIRC.MI , denied a report that it planned to sell its 37% stake in the 

Italian tyremaker.

		** TravelCenters of America Inc  TA.O  said it would be acquired by BP 
Plc  BP.L  for about $1.3 billion in cash, as the British energy giant looks to 

expand its travel convenience and fuel supply footprint in the United States.

		** Eminence Capital, a shareholder in Ritchie Bros Auctioneers Inc 
 RBA.TO , has come out against the company's planned acquisition of U.S. auto 

retailer IAA Inc IAA.N , opposing a deal that has received support from activists Starboard Value LP and Ancora Group Holdings.

		** U.S.-listed Freedom Holding Corp  FRHC.O , a Kazakhstan-based 
financial services firm focused on East Europe and Central Asia, said it was 

acquiring U.S. investment bank Maxim Group to expand its geographic reach.

		** High-end French department store chain Galeries Lafayette said it was 
in exclusive talks to sell the well-known BHV Marais lifestyle store in Paris to 

Groupe SGM (Société des Grands Magasins), a family-run specialist urban retail company.

		** Truist Financial Corp  TFC.N  is selling a minority stake in its 
insurance brokerage unit to private equity firm Stone Point Capital in a deal 

that values the unit at $14.75 billion, it said.

		** A Russian government commission has approved the sale of Swedish 
furniture maker IKEA's factories in Russia to two local buyers, paving the way 

for a deal to be struck, a government official was quoted as saying.

** German utility Uniper UN01.DE has agreed to sell its oil refinery in the United Arab Emirates to a consortium of Montfort and the private office of Sheikh Ahmed Dalmook Al Maktoum for an undisclosed sum, it said.

** UK housing provider Home REIT HOMEH.L has received an unsolicited takeover approach from an investment firm, it said , months after being rocked by a short-seller report.

** U.S. private equity firm TPG is in advanced talks to buy Malaysian private education assets owned by regional buyout firm KV Asia Capital in a deal that could be worth more than $300 million, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

** Spanish grid operator Enagas ENAG.MC has canceled the acquisition of a 20% stake in the BBL gas pipeline from German power utility Uniper UN01.DE , it told market regulator CNMV.

** Switzerland's Holcim HOLN.S is to acquire thermoplastic roofs manufacturer FDT Flachdach Technologie GmbH, the world's biggest cement maker said.