Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

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June 29 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1130 GMT on Monday:
     
** Rocket Lab RKLB.O said it would acquire satellite communications provider Iridium Communications IRDM.O in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $8 billion, marking one of the biggest consolidation moves in the commercial space industry.
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** Building materials firm Martin Marietta Materials MLM.N said it would merge with limestone supplier Lhoist North America in a cash-and-stock deal worth $13.5 billion.
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** Zymeworks ZYME.O will acquire Theravance Biopharma TBPH.O for $929 million in cash, marking the oncology-focused drugmaker's entry into the highly competitive respiratory disease segment.
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** Private equity firm CVC CVC.AS said it entered into an agreement to acquire Italian dessert ingredients maker Irca from Advent International.
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** British private equity group Bridgepoint BPTB.L has agreed to buy U.S.-based Kayne Anderson's real estate business in a deal valued at about $1.4 billion, it said, driving its shares up more than 10%.
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** Ipsen IPN.PA will buy U.S.-based Kartos Therapeutics for $450 million to expand its oncology pipeline with a late-stage blood cancer treatment, the French biotech company said on Monday.
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** Swedish care provider Ambea AMBEA.ST said it had made a recommended public offer for peer Humana HUMAN.ST, valuing the company at about 2.96 billion Swedish crowns ($304.13 million).
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** U.S. pipeline operator Williams WMB.N is in advanced talks to acquire rival natural gas pipeline operator Momentum Midstream for about $5.5 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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** Finnish energy company Fortum FORTUM.HE has agreed terms for a recommended, conditional voluntary cash tender offer to buy all shares in Norway's Elmera Group ELMRA.OL, worth about NOK 5.1 billion ($513.55 million), topping a rival approach disclosed last week.
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** Investment vehicles managed by Sixth Street have agreed to acquire a majority stake in Monument Re, a Bermuda-based reinsurer and consolidator of European life insurance portfolios.
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** The midstream joint venture of oil and gas company Matador Resources MTDR.N has agreed to acquire the operating subsidiaries of Cardinal Midstream Partners for $752 million in cash.
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** Turkish construction firm Libco Insaat has signed a deal to buy a 32% stake in Turkish conglomerate Tekfen Holding TKFEN.IS.
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 (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Nandan Mandayam in Bengaluru)
 ((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))