(Adds: KKR, Enterprise Products Partners, Japan Tobacco
Updates: Arch Resources)
Aug 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on
Wednesday:
** U.S. private equity firm KKR's KKR.N affiliate,
Esoteric, will sell a 17.3% stake in India Grid Trust (IndiGrid)
IGTR.NS for $213.6 million, the Indian investment firm said.
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** Pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners
EPD.N said it will buy smaller peer Pinon Midstream for $950
million in cash to expand its natural gas infrastructure.
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** Arch Resources ARCH.N agreed to merge with Consol
Energy CEIX.N in an all-stock deal to create a North American
coal mining giant that will be valued at more than $5 billion.
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** Japan Tobacco 2914.T (JT) agreed to acquire Vector
Group VGR.N , the fourth largest tobacco company in the United
States, the Japanese company said, in an equity transaction
estimated at around $2.4 billion.
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** Walmart WMT.N , the biggest shareholder of Chinese
e-commerce firm JD.com 9618.HK JD.O , has sold its entire
stake, according to a person familiar with the matter, exiting
an eight-year investment to focus on its own operations in
China.
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** British transport company Mobico MCG.L said it has
initiated the sale process for its North American school bus
business in an attempt to cut debt.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Utkarsh Shetti in Bengaluru;
Editing by Shreya Biswas)
((utkarshumesh.shetti@thomsonreuters.com))