Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds: MFE-MediaForEurope, Emirates Telecommunications, BBVA, Ecolab, Vizio, Mosaic Co, Worley Updates: SES
April 30 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1739GMT on Tuesday:
** A push by investor MFE-MediaForEurope MFEB.MI for German media group ProSiebenSat.1 PSMGn.DE to spin off its e-commerce and online dating ventures narrowly failed to get the required shareholder backing. nL1N3H30LN
** Abu Dhabi-based Emirates Telecommunications EAND.AD is considering an acquisition of European cable and pay-TV operator United Group at a valuation of around 8 billion euros ($8.6 billion), Bloomberg News reported. nL4N3H35MZ
** Spanish lender BBVA BBVA.MC and smaller rival Sabadell SABE.MC said that they had started negotiations to explore a possible merger, triggering a rise of more than 7% in Sabadell's shares. nL8N3H35V5
** Water solutions company Ecolab ECL.N said it would sell its global surgical solutions business to private medical supplier Medline for $950 million in cash and raised its full-year profit forecast. nL4N3H33KF
** The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has asked for more information from Vizio VZIO.N and Walmart WMT.N regarding their proposed $2.3 billion deal, the smart-TV maker said. nL4N3H333U
** Fertilizer maker Mosaic Co MOS.N said that Saudi Arabia's flagship mining firm Ma'aden would acquire the U.S.-based company's stake in a phosphate production joint venture by issuing shares worth about $1.5 billion. nL4N3H335P
** Worley's WOR.AX top shareholder, Dubai-based engineering and consulting firm Sidara, has sold a 19% stake in a block trade, the Australian engineering firm said, sending its shares tumbling 7.5%. nL4N3H307L
** Japan's Ono Pharmaceutical Co 4528.T said its $2.4 billion takeover of Deciphera Pharmaceuticals DCPH.O is a "first step" in expanding in U.S. and European markets. nL1N3H30LK
** Satellite company SES SESFd.PA has agreed to buy all the shares of Intelsat Holdings for about $3.1 billion in a deal that would create a European giant in the industry, the companies said. nL1N3H30JY
** Hong Kong-listed L'Occitane International's 0973.HK chairman and controlling shareholder, Reinold Geiger, will take the skin-care firm private, giving it an equity value of 6 billion euros ($6.4 billion), the company said. nL4N3H31OF
** U.S. hedge fund Elliott Management Corp has bought a stake in Sumitomo Corp 8053.T worth several tens of billions of yen, a person familiar with the situation said. nL4N3H30CS
** Australia's Tietto Minerals TIE.AX has urged its shareholders to accept Zhaojin Mining's 1818.HK offer that values the firm at A$733 million ($480.41 million) or sell shares on-market if the market price is not materially different to the offer price. nL4N3H309J
** Oil and gas firm Diamondback Energy FANG.O said on Monday it had received a second request from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in connection with the $26 billion deal to buy privately-held Endeavor. nL4N3H25JX
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Anuja Bharat Mistry in Bengaluru)
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