Adds: MGA ATC Insurance Solutions, Plus Automation, Vermilion, Monarch E&S Insurance Services, Bajaj Finserv, Empiric Student Property; Updates: Kimberly-Clark
June 5 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Thursday:
** Australian MGA ATC Insurance Solutions has agreed to acquire fellow BP Marsh investee company Sterling Insurance, in a deal that increases the specialist UK insurance investor's stake in ATC to 27%.
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** Plus Automation will go public in the U.S. through a merger with a blank-check firm in a deal that values the self-driving truck startup at $1.2 billion, the companies said.
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** Vermilion Energy VET.TO will sell its United States assets for C$120 million ($87.88 million), the Canadian gas producer said, using the proceeds to repay debt and completing its exit from the U.S. market.
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** Monarch E&S Insurance Services has acquired MGA and wholesale broker Market Finders, with the addition of the Albuquerque, New Mexico-based firm expanding its reach across the Southwest.
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** The founding firms of India's Bajaj Finserv will sell at least a 1.58% stake they own in the financial services company in a deal worth 47.5 billion rupees ($554 million), news channel ET NOW reported, citing sources.
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** Empiric Student Property said it has received a buyout proposal worth 710.6 million pounds ($964.8 million) from Unite Group , sending shares of the British real estate investment trust up more than 6%.
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** Kimberly-Clark struck a deal with Brazilian pulp maker Suzano to sell a majority stake in its international tissue business, valuing the business at about $3.4 billion, the Kleenex tissue maker said.
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** South Korea's Hanwha Systems <272210.KS> said it was selling its entire 5.4% stake in Eutelsat for about 78 million euros ($85 million), as the Franco-British satellite operator seeks new investors. nL5N3S808P
** Chemical maker LyondellBasell LYB.N said it is in exclusive talks with Munich-based investment firm AEQUITA for the sale of certain olefin and polyolefin assets in Europe. nL3N3S80MW
** British outsourcer Mitie Group for about 366 million pounds ($496 million) in a cash-and-stock deal, the companies said, sending the latter's shares up nearly 8%. nL3N3S80FM
** Prada <1913.F> said it acquired a 10% stake in Italian leather group Rino Mastrotto, as the luxury group aims to tighten its grip over the production process.nL5N3S807Y
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Ateev Bhandari in Bengaluru)
((ateev.bhandari@thomsonreuters.com))