(Adds: Kering, ZCCM Investment Holdings, Enfusion, Exor NV, and Ocado)
June 26 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Monday:
** Gucci owner Kering PRTP.PA said it had struck a deal to buy high-end French fragrance label Creed, its first acquisition since flagging intentions earlier this year to create an in-house cosmetics business.
** Zambia's state-owned ZCCM Investment Holdings ZCCM.LZ confirmed on Monday that China's Zijin Mining 601899.SS and Sibanye Stillwater SSWJ.J are among investors short-listed to buy Mopani Copper Mines.
** Software company Enfusion Inc ENFN.N is attracting takeover interest from private equity firms and strategic buyers, several people familiar with the matter said.
** Lingotto Investment Management, a firm owned by the Exor NV EXOR.AS holding company of Italy's Agnelli industrial dynasty, on Monday disclosed a 5% holding in Ocado OCDO.L , the British online supermarket and technology group.
** Prologis Inc PLD.N said it has agreed to buy 14 million square feet of industrial properties from real estate funds affiliated with Blackstone BX.N for $3.1 billion in an all-cash deal.
** Amedisys Inc AMED.O agreed to acquired by UnitedHealth Group UNH.N for $101 per share in cash, and terminated an all-stock deal to be bought by Option Care Health Inc OPCH.O .
** IBM IBM.N said it will acquire technology spend-management platform Apptio from Vista Equity Partners for $4.6 billion in cash, in the latest deal to bolster its capabilities in cloud and automation.
** Japan stepped up efforts to bolster its chip industry , with a government-backed fund agreeing to buy semiconductor materials maker JSR Corp 4185.T for about 909.3 billion yen ($6.4 billion).
** Databricks said it has agreed to acquire generative artificial intelligence startup MosaicML in a deal valued at roughly $1.3 billion.
** Nordson Corporation NDSN.O said it will buy Italy's ARAG Group and its subsidiaries in an all-cash deal for an enterprise value of €960 million ($1.05 billion).
** Singapore-headquartered iNova Pharmaceuticals will buy a portfolio of consumer healthcare brands from Sackler-owned Mundipharma International for an enterprise value of $540 million, an iNova spokesperson said.
** European stock market operator Euronext ENX.PA said it had agreed to sell its 11.1% stake in the European operations of clearing company LCH SA to LCH Group Holdings, for 111 million euros ($121.1 million).
** Norway's Yara YAR.OL has postponed a planned initial public offering of its Yara Clean Ammonia (YCA) business by one or two years due to an unsatisfactory market valuation, the fertiliser maker said in a strategy update.
** Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group 8306.T said it was buying Indonesian auto loan provider Mandala Multifinance MFIN.JK for 7 trillion rupiah ($467 million) to deepen its Asian presence and tap consumption growth in emerging markets.
** Retail giant Wesfarmers' (WES) unit Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API) said that aesthetics firm SILK Laser Australia (SLA) had agreed to its improved acquisition bid in a deal now valued at about A$180 million ($120.24 million).
** Swedish real estate company SBB SBBb.ST said on Sunday it has entered discussions to sell the company's remaining 51% of EduCo, the education subsidiary of SBB, after having recently received interest from Brookfield Asset Management BAM.TO .
(Adds: Kering, ZCCM Investment Holdings, Enfusion, Exor NV, and...
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