Feb 16 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on Friday:
** Shares in Swiss packaging firm Aluflexpack AFPD.S
surged by more than 80% after it said Austrian peer Constantia
Flexibles had made a takeover offer for the company.
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** Gabon's national oil company has agreed to acquire
Carlyle's CG.O Assala Energy after it used its right to
preempt the sale of the business for $1.3 billion to France's
Maurel & Prom, the firms said.
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** Italian financial group Unipol Gruppo UNPI.MI announced
an offer for the 14.75% of UnipolSai US.MI it does not
already own, valuing the insurer at 7.64 billion euros ($8.23
billion) in a deal aimed at simplifying the group's structure.
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** ABB ABBN.S will acquire U.S. company SEAM Group, the
Swiss engineering group said, in a deal designed to expand its
services in electrification.
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** French energy company Maurel & Prom MAUP.PA said it
will not acquire Carlyle's CG.O Assala Energy in Gabon as the
Gabonese national oil company signed a share purchase agreement
with Assala.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Harshita Mary Varghese in
Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com;))