March 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Monday:

** Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing (SMFL)

said its joint venture will acquire Macquarie Rotorcraft, the

UK-based helicopter leasing business of financial giant

Macquarie's asset management arm.

** Britain's Alliance Pharma said it has agreed to

a sweetened final cash proposal from asset management firm DBAY

Advisors, valuing the healthcare group at about 362 million

pounds ($467.5 million).

** Swiss private bank J. Safra Sarasin Group has agreed to

buy 70% of Denmark's Saxo Bank in a deal valued at around 1.1

billion euro ($1.19 billion), Saxo Bank said.

** India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries said it will

acquire Checkpoint Therapeutics ( CKPT ), a U.S.-based

immunotherapy and targeted oncology company, for $355 million.

** Japan's Seven & i Holdings ( SVNDF ) said that talks have

begun with Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard (ACT) over a store

sale plan that would set the stage for ACT's $47 billion

takeover bid.

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Neil J Kanatt in Bengaluru)