The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were

reported by 0930 GMT on Wednesday:

** Convenience food manufacturer Greencore ( GNCGF ) agreed to

buy rival Bakkavor ( BKKVF ) in a deal valued at 1.2 billion

pounds ($1.55 billion), to create a convenience foods giant in

Britain.

** Rupert Murdoch's News Corp ( NWSA ) said it completed the

sale of its Australian cable-TV business Foxtel to British-owned

sports network DAZN in a A$3.4 billion ($2.14 billion) deal.

** Polish medical diagnostics group Diagnostyka said

it had acquired 51% stake in Eurodiagnostic, a company that

manages mobile computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance (MR)

and X-ray laboratories.

** Denmark's A.P. Moller Holding (APMH) said it has made an cash

offer of 9 billion Danish crowns ($1.30 billion) for towage and

marine service provider Svitzer ( SVZRF ), a 31.7% premium to

Tuesday's closing share price in Copenhagen.

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy in Bengaluru)