June 12 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on

Thursday:

** Investment firm Gordon Brothers has acquired Pepco Group's

struggling Poundland business for a nominal value and

will invest up to 80 million pounds ($108.5 million) to help

fuel its turnaround, the companies said.

** A unit of Credit Agricole has agreed to buy

Petits-Fils, the leading provider of at-home services for

seniors in France, from Clariane, it said.

** Dana will sell its off-highway business to Allison

Transmission ( ALSN ) for $2.7 billion, the auto parts makers

said on Wednesday.

** An Italian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by Banco BPM

which had challenged the suspension of a takeover

offer it faces by rival UniCredit, the court's website

showed.

** Apollo Global Management ( APO ) and Irth Capital Management

have approached Papa John's International for a deal

that would take the U.S. pizza chain private, two people

familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Padmanabhan Ananthan in

Bengaluru)