June 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0939 GMT on
Wednesday:
** Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE should explore a sale of its
warship division to peers, in addition to private equity players
and a potential stock market listing, according to influential
German labour union IG Metall. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N38D1TN
** Russian carmaker Avtovaz AVAZI_p.MM has completed the
acquisition of RN Bank, a joint venture between Italian lender
UniCredit and the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, the
company said . urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N38D1GF
** Investment firm EQT said it proposed to buy UK's Alfa
Financial Software ALFAAL.L for 614.4 million pounds ($784.6
million). urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N38D1H8
** Vivendi VIV.PA -owned French television channel Canal+
will acquire a stake worth $300 million in Hong Kong-based
PCCW's 0008.HK over-the-top streaming platform Viu.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL4N38D18G
** Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) said it plans
to buy Sustainable Water Solutions Holding Company (SWS Holding)
for 1.7 billion dirhams ($462.91 million). urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N38D0CQ
** Lufthansa LHAG.DE said it has agreed to sell its
AirPlus payments subsidiary to Swedish bank SEB SEBa.ST for
around 450 million euros ($491 million), boosting the German
airline group's operating margin and return on
capital. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N38D0DW
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Jaspreet Singh in Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))