News: NTO Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Criteo, CDP, Spirit Airlines, Carlyle Group, Frankfurt-Hahn, Sabadell; Updates Santander)

Feb 7 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2045 GMT on Tuesday:

		** Sabadell  SABE.MC  has picked Italian payments group 
Nexi  NEXII.MI  as the preferred bidder to acquire the Spanish 

bank's retailers' payments business, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.

		** Creditors of Frankfurt-Hahn airport in Germany have 
agreed to refer to the government a decision on whether a 

Russian billionaire named on a 2018 U.S. list of oligarchs can buy the airport, a source familiar with the proceedings told Reuters.

		** Carlyle Group Inc  CG.O  is in talks to buy private 
healthcare technology firm Cotiviti Inc from Veritas Capital for 

up to $15 billion, including debt, a person familiar with the matter said.

		** Spirit Airlines Inc  SAVE.N  said it expects U.S. 
antitrust regulators to decide whether to allow the low-cost 

carrier to proceed with its $3.8 billion merger with JetBlue Airways Corp JBLU.O in the "next 30 days or so."

		** Italian state lender CDP is sounding out banks that 
could help finance its offer for Telecom Italia's landline grid 

while also speaking to infrastructure funds though time is tight to recruit another co-investor, sources close to the matter said.

** French advertising technology provider Criteo SA CRTO.O is making a new attempt to sell itself after discussions with potential acquirers in previous years proved unsuccessful, according to people familiar with the matter.

		** Santander  SAN.MC  valued its Mexican business at 
around 8.1 billion euros ($8.65 billion) with the launch of a 

voluntary tender offer to acquire the 3.76% of shares it does not own, taking a step towards its de-listing.

** The investment arm of insurance giant Metlife Inc MET.N said it had agreed to acquire Raven Capital Management, a U.S. private credit manager with $2.1 billion in assets under management.

** Intesa Sanpaolo ISP.MI would need a cross-border merger and acquisition (M&A) deal to become a European leader in its core wealth management and insurance businesses, but there are no suitable targets at present, its chief executive said.

** Canada's Hut 8 Mining Corp HUT.TO will merge with rival US Bitcoin Corp to create a crypto mining giant in North America, consolidating after a steep fall in valuations for the crypto sector that saw high-profile collapses in recent months.

** Shares in Siemens Energy ENR1n.DE fell to their lowest level in four weeks , hit by a pending potential share issue the company has flagged to help fund its planned takeover of troubled wind division Siemens Gamesa SGREN.MC .

** Top Japanese banks have agreed to issue commitment letters for a 1.4 trillion yen ($10.60 billion) loan that backs a Japan Industrial Partners-led consortium's takeover offer for Toshiba 6502.T , Bloomberg News reported, citing sources.

** Apollo Global Management Inc APO.N is among a group of financial firms in talks to buy a stake in Credit Suisse Group's CSGN.S revamped investment bank, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

** BNP Paribas BNPP.PA is not interested in buying a stake in Orange's ORAN.PA banking unit, Chief Executive Jean-Laurent Bonnafe said.

** Holcim AG HOLN.S , the world's biggest cement maker, has agreed to buy U.S. roofing systems manufacturer Duro-Last in a $1.29 billion deal, the Swiss company said , its latest move to bolster its presence in North America.

** South Korea's Kakao Corp 035720.KS said it will acquire a 9.05% stake in SM Entertainment 041510.KQ , an entertainment agency behind K-pop acts, including NCT and Aespa, in a deal worth 217.2 billion won ($172.8 million).

** Barrick Gold ABX.TO has ruled out a counterbid for number-one Australian gold producer Newcrest Mining (NCM) , its chief executive told Bloomberg, eliminating what had seemed to be the most likely prospect of a rival to bidder Newmont NEM.N .

** Philippine conglomerate Metro Pacific Investments Corp MPI.PS said it has entered into a deal to acquire a third of Axelum Resources Corp AXLM.PS to expand its agriculture portfolio.

** CVS Health Corp CVS.N is close to an agreement to buy primary care center operator Oak Street Health Inc OSH.N for about $10.5 billion, including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

** Australia's Nitro Software (NTO) said private equity firm Potentia Capital had indicated it may be in a position to beef up its takeover offer to gain due diligence, a move aimed at outbidding rival buyer, KKR Inc-backed Alludo.

** Britain's RELX REL.L has agreed to buy Aistemos, a firm that uses artificial intelligence to classify patents, for around 30 million pounds ($36 million) to enhance its intellectual property (IP) analytics, a source close to the company said.

** Vontobel Asset Management on Monday became the fourth Ritchie Bros Auctioneers RBA.TO shareholder to come out with concerns about the company's planned buyout of IAA Inc IAA.N .