July 16 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday:
** A majority of shareholders have approved Japanese company
Electric Power Development's (J-Power) 9513.T A$381 million
($257.56 million) buyout of Genex Power GNX.AX , the Australian
company said.
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** Scientific instruments maker Spectris Plc SXS.L said it
has agreed to buy Georgia, U.S.-based Micromeritics Instrument
Corp for $630 million, expanding the British company's
laboratory analytical instruments unit.
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** Spanish train maker Talgo TLGO.MC said it received a
merger offer from Czech rival Skoda four months after Hungarian
consortium Ganz-Mavag launched a public tender offer for all
Talgo shares.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))