July 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Monday:
** British shopping mall owner Hammerson ( HMSNF ) said it is
selling its 42% stake in luxury shopping centre operator Value
Retail to LVMH-backed private equity firm L Catterton for an
enterprise value of 1.5 billion pounds ($1.94 billion).
** Goodyear Tire & Rubber ( GT ) announced it will sell its
off-the-road tire business to Japan's Yokohama Rubber ( YORUF )
for $905 million in cash, as part of its strategic
transformation plan.
** Britain's Vodafone ( VOD ) said it sold a further 10%
stake in Vantage Towers for 1.3 billion euros ($1.4 billion),
bringing its ownership in a group which controls European mobile
phone masts down to its intended level with infrastructure
investors.
** Australia's Woodside Energy ( WDS ) said it had agreed
to buy U.S. liquefied natural gas developer Tellurian,
including its U.S. Gulf Coast Driftwood LNG export project, for
$1.2 billion including debt.
** U.S.-based private equity firm Stonepeak said it would
buy New Zealand's Arvida Group for NZ$1.24 billion
($745.74 million) excluding debt, sending the aged care
provider's shares up nearly 60% to the highest in more than two
years.
** Porsche is considering taking a minority stake in Varta
as a way to safeguard a potential investment in the battery
maker's large-format lithium-ion battery business disclosed
earlier this month, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper
reported.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy anad Priyanka.G in Bengaluru)