Sept 29 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Monday:

** Denmark's Genmab ( GMAB ) has agreed to acquire Merus NV ( MRUS )

, a Nasdaq-listed Dutch biotech firm developing

a head-and-neck cancer drug, for $8 billion in cash, the two

companies reported.

** TotalEnergies will sell 50% of its solar

portfolio in North America in a $950 million deal, it said,

adding that it also plans to invest in gas producing assets in

the United States, shoring up future supplies for its core

business.

** Synlait Milk ( SMLKF ) reported a much narrower annual net

loss and announced the sale of its North Island assets for

NZ$307 million ($177.2 million) to U.S.-based Abbott

Laboratories ( ABT ), sending its shares surging.

** Hobbycraft-owner Modella Capital will buy most of

U.S.-based Claire's UK and Irish operations, administrators of

the struggling jewellery chain reported.

** Occidental Petroleum ( OXY ) is negotiating the sale of

its OxyChem division, a transaction that could value the unit at

a minimum of $10 billion, the Financial Times reported on

Sunday.

** MFE-MediaForEurope, the TV group controlled by

Italy's Berlusconi family, is in exclusive talks on the purchase

of a relevant stake in the Portuguese media group Impresa

, Impresa said on Saturday.

(Compiled by Dharna Bafna)