Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Updates Flutter and Mars; Adds Bradesco, Maverick Natural Resources, BlackLine Systems and Marex Group
Aug 14 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000GMT on Wednesday:
** Brazilian bank Bradesco BBDC3.SA wants to form new partnerships with banks, equipment producers and agriculture cooperatives to expand lending to the agribusiness sector, which currently covers less than 15% of its total credit portfolio. nL1N3K10OE
** The private equity owner of Maverick Natural Resources is exploring a potential sale that could value the U.S. oil and gas producer at nearly $3 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter. nL8N3JZ1MH
** Activist investor Jana Partners built a new stake in U.S. enterprise software company BlackLine Systems BL.O during the second quarter, according to a regulatory filing. nL1N3K10KU
** British-based commodities broker Marex Group MRX.O is planning more acquisitions to diversify the company following a U.S. listing, its CEO told Reuters, in the wake of strong interim results that sent shares to a record high. nL8N3K112I
** Family-owned candy giant Mars is buying Cheez-It maker Kellanova K.N in a nearly $36 billion deal, bringing together brands from M&M's and Snickers to Pringles and Pop-Tarts in the year's biggest deal to date. nL4N3K1076
** Indian miner Vedanta Ltd VDAN.NS will sell a 3.3% stake worth more than $950 million in unit Hindustan Zinc HZNC.NS, it said, bigger than the 2.6% stake it initially planned to hive off. nL4N3K10VV
** Performance Food Group Company PFGC.N said it would acquire privately held foodservice distributor Cheney Bros for $2.1 billion in cash, bolstering its presence in Southeastern U.S. nL4N3K10WJ
** Solar company Tongwei 600438.SS is planning to buy a controlling stake in competitor Runergy for about 5 billion yuan ($697.78 million) in a move that would allow the Chinese company to gain presence in the United States. nL4N3K10OF
** UBS on Tuesday agreed to sell Credit Suisse's U.S. mortgage servicing business, UBS Chief Financial Officer Todd Tuckner said, without naming the buyer. nL8N3K10OS
** Irish betting giant Flutter Entertainment FLTRF.L is in talks to buy UK gambling technology firm Playtech's PTEC.L Italian unit Snaitech, the companies said. nL4N3K10P4
** Rheinmetall RHMG.DE will take over U.S. military vehicle supplier Loc Performance in a $950 million deal, the German defence group said, with an eye to improving its chances of scoring orders worth billions. nL4N3K01NW
** Dental implant maker Straumann STMN.S announced the sale of its DrSmile aligner business and raised its full-year outlook to reflect that, after its half-year operating profit beat expectations. nL8N3K104E
** Thyssenkrupp TKAG.DE continues to be in good discussions with private equity firm Carlyle CG.O and German state lender KfW [RIC:RIC:KFW.UL] over the sale of a majority stake in its warship division, finance chief Jens Schulte told journalists. nL8N3K10AX
** U.S. casualty insurer Allstate ALL.N has sold its employer voluntary benefits business to StanCorp Financial Group for $2 billion in cash, Allstate announced on Tuesday. nL4N3K01TU
** Intel INTC.O, which is cutting thousands of jobs as it struggles to stay relevant in the chip industry, sold its 1.18 million share stake in British chip firm Arm Holdings ARM.O in the second quarter, a regulatory filing showed on Tuesday. nL4N3K01WQ
** Reliance RELI.NS and Walt Disney DIS.N have offered to sell some channels to win faster antitrust approval for their $8.5 billion India media assets merger, but are resisting changes to cricket broadcast rights they own, two sources familiar with the matter said. nL6N3K00C0
** Bitcoin miner Riot Platforms RIOT.O said on Tuesday it had increased its stake in rival Bitfarms BITF.TO to 18.9%. nL4N3K01W6
** Japan's Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance will acquire American Heritage Life Insurance, a unit of U.S. insurance company Allstate ALL.N, for around $2 billion, the Nikkei reported. nL4N3K01TD
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Aatreyee Dasgupta in Bengaluru)
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