July 17 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on
Thursday:
** Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard ( ANCTF ) pulled its $46
billion bid to buy Seven & i Holdings ( SVNDF ), saying the
retailer refused to engage constructively on the deal, which
would have been Japan's largest ever foreign buyout.
** Swedish streaming group Viaplay Group said it had
agreed to buy the remaining 50% stake in Allente Group from
Norway's Telenor ( TELNF ) for 1.1 billion Swedish crowns ($113
million).
** Norwegian salmon farming group Grieg Seafood said
it had agreed to sell its operations in Norway's Finnmark and in
Canada to Mitsubishi ( MSBHF ) unit Cermaq for 10.2 billion
crowns ($993 million).
** Starwood Property Trust ( STWD ) said on Wednesday it would
acquire real estate operating platform Fundamental Income
Properties for about $2.2 billion.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Ateev Bhandari in Bengaluru)