September 2 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Tuesday:

** Italian lender Monte dei Paschi di Siena raised its

bid for Mediobanca by adding a 750 million euro ($878

million) cash component to its all-share proposal, in a move

aimed at gaining full control of the merchant bank.

** British lender Shawbrook said it had reached an agreement to

buy specialist lender ThinCats for an undisclosed sum, as it

looks to bolster its small business lending arm.

** Israeli energy investor Delek Group and Italy's

oil and gas explorer Eni Spa ( E ) will sell about 2% of

their stake in UK-listed Ithaca Energy ( ITHLF ), a bookrunner

said on Monday.

** Chinese battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL)

is selling its 20.6% stake in subcontracted Finnish

car maker Valmet Automotive to the Finnish state and another

shareholder, Finland's government said on Monday, amid low

electric car sales in Europe.

** Private equity firm Bain Capital announced on Monday that it

has penned a definitive agreement to acquire UK broker

consolidator Jensten Group.

** Louis Dreyfus Company has acquired grains and oilseeds

processing, storage and trading activities in Hungary and Poland

from rival agricultural commodity merchant Bunge Global ( BG ),

LDC said on Monday.

** London-based buyout firm CapVest Partners is to acquire a

majority stake in Stada Arzneimittel, the German generic

drugmaker said on Monday, in what is set to be one of the

biggest takeover deals in Europe this year.

** Stada Arzneimittel said on Monday that buyout firm CapVest

Partners had agreed with its owners Bain Capital and Cinven to

acquire a majority stake in the German generic drugmaker.

** IAG said on Monday that it has completed the acquisition of

The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland's (RACQ) insurance

underwriting business for A$855 million ($559 million).

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Ateev Bhandari in Bengaluru)