July 16 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Tuesday:

** A majority of shareholders have approved Japanese company

Electric Power Development's ( EPWDF ) (J-Power) 9513.T A$381 million

($257.56 million) buyout of Genex Power, the Australian

company said.

** Scientific instruments maker Spectris Plc ( SEPJF ) said it

has agreed to buy Georgia, U.S.-based Micromeritics Instrument

Corp for $630 million, expanding the British company's

laboratory analytical instruments unit.

** Spanish train maker Talgo said it received a

merger offer from Czech rival Skoda four months after Hungarian

consortium Ganz-Mavag launched a public tender offer for all

Talgo shares.

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru)