August 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,

acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Friday:

** Activist investor Cevian Capital has taken a 3.02% stake in

Dulux paints maker AkzoNobel, a filing by Dutch market

regulator AFM showed on Friday, signalling confidence in the

Dutch group's long-term strategy.

** Air Liquide has signed a binding deal to buy South

Korea's DIG Airgas from Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure

Fund 2, valuing it at 2.85 billion euros ($3.30 billion), the

French industrial gases group said.

** India's Apollo Hospitals' managing director and

large shareholder Suneeta Reddy has offloaded a 1.3% stake

through a block deal, the company said.

** Taiwan's Yageo on Thursday raised its tender offer

price for Japan's Shibaura Electronics by 7% to 6,635

yen a share to outbid a rival offer as it awaits national

security clearance from the Japanese government.

** New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group said it

will sell its global consumer and associated businesses to

French dairy major Lactalis for NZ$3.845 billion ($2.24

billion), which sent its shares surging to a more than 7-year

high.

** Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy human

resources software provider Dayforce ( DAY ) for $12.3 billion,

including debt, in a take-private deal that executives hope will

help expand on the company's AI capabilities.

(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Anshi Sancheti in Bengaluru)