June 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Monday:
** Australia's Macquarie Group ( MCQEF ) said that a
consortium led by its asset management arm has agreed to divest
a 37.5% stake in an offshore wind farm in the UK to Norges Bank
Investment Management for about 330 million pounds ($418.2
million).
** Norway's sovereign wealth fund has bought a 37.5% stake
in the 573 megawatts operational wind farm Race Bank offshore
Britain for 330 million pounds ($418 million), it said.
** Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners is in
talks with public investment bank Bpifrance to jointly buy a
minority stake in tourism and travel company Club Med from
China's Fosun, French newspaper La Lettre reported.
** Finnish insurer Sampo has agreed to buy
Topdanmark ( TPDNF ) in an all-share deal that values the Danish
rival at 33 billion crowns ($4.73 billion), the two companies
said.
** Hong Kong-listed L'Occitane International said
Chairman Reinold Geiger has offered minority shareholders an
alternative to his existing $1.8 billion cash takeover offer as
he pursues to take the skincare firm private.
** Activist investor Starboard Value has bought a roughly
$500 million stake in Autodesk ( ADSK ) and is pushing for
changes at the design-software maker, the Wall Street Journal
reported on Sunday, citing people familiar with the matter.
** Fisher Investments on Sunday said U.S.-based private
equity firm Advent International and a unit of the Abu Dhabi
Investment Authority (ADIA) have agreed to acquire a minority
stake in the money-management firm valuing it at $12.75 billion.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru)