News: QAN Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Legal & General, Rapid7, Edison and International Resources Holding)

June 26 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday:

** Legal & General's LGEN.L investment management unit said that it is selling its stake in global commodities trader Glencore GLEN.L this year on concerns over its production of thermal coal.

** Jana Partners, the activist investor that has successfully pushed for the sale of multiple companies, has built a stake in Rapid7 and is urging the cybersecurity company to sell itself, a person familiar with the matter said.

** Edison EDNn.MI has acquired a 50% stake in a special purpose company aimed at developing a 975 megawatt (MW) offshore floating wind project in Sicily, the utility said.

** International Resources Holding (IRH), the mining investment arm of United Arab Emirates' richest company, is among investors holding talks on buying into Vedanta Resources' Zambian copper assets, a senior Vedanta executive told Reuters.

		** German engineering group Robert Bosch is weighing a 
bid for U.S. appliances manufacturer Whirlpool  WHR.N , 

according to three people familiar with the matter, a move that would boost its position in the household appliances market.

** Haleon HLN.L will sell its nicotine replacement therapy business outside the U.S. to a unit of India's Dr. Reddy's REDY.NS for 500 million pounds ($632.55 million), the British consumer healthcare company said.

** Rovi ROVI.MC has received non-binding offers for its third-party manufacturing business, the Spanish pharmaceuticals firm said , without disclosing the names of the bidders.

** MNC Capital has increased its bid to acquire sporting and outdoor goods company Vista Outdoor VSTO.N to $3.2 billion, the investment firm said.

** Qatar Airways is in talks to buy up to a 20% stake in Bain Capital-owned Virgin Australia, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) reported , as carriers fight for more market share in the country against dominant airline Qantas (QAN) .

** Private equity giant Blackstone BX.N has agreed to buy British hotel operator Village Hotels, the company said, part of a wider investor push into the hospitality sector as it outperforms the broader commercial property market.

** Philips PHG.AS shares were up more than 2.5% Wednesday in the wake of a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing showing Exor EXOR.AS , the investment arm of Italy's Agnelli family, has increased its stake in the Dutch healthcare technology group.

** Japan's JX Advanced Metals, a unit of Eneos Holdings 5020.T , said it has agreed to sell an additional 19% stake in the operator of Caserones copper mine in Chile to Canada's Lundin Mining LUN.TO for $350 million.

** Nasdaq NDAQ.O said it has cancelled plans to sell its Nordic power trading and clearing business to Europe's biggest power bourse, the European Energy Exchange (EEX) T3PA.DE .

** British investment trusts Alliance Trust ATST.L and Witan WTAN.L have agreed to merge to create a company managing 5 billion pounds ($6.33 billion) of assets, in the latest example of consolidation in the fund management sector.

** U.S. meal delivery group Doordash DASH.O flagged an interest in a takeover of Britain's Deliveroo ROO.L last month, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

** British insurer Phoenix Group Holdings PHNX.L said it plans to explore a potential sale of its SunLife business.

** Zurich Insurance ZURN.S announced a $600 million deal to buy AIG's AIG.N global personal travel insurance and assistance business.

** Vedanta Resources will sell a 2.6% stake in Indian metals-to-oil firm Vedanta VDAN.NS to a group of institutional investors, the former said in a statement.

** Investment holding company PCCW 0008.HK said it would sell a 40% stake in Regional Link Telecom Services through a unit for $870 million to CM Capital.

** Private equity firm Kimmeridge, through its subsidiary Kimmeridge Texas Gas, has acquired a 90% stake in proposed U.S. liquefied natural gas export project Commonwealth LNG, it said on Tuesday.