Mon Jan 20, 2014 6:29am EST
<span id="articleText"/>Jan 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1100 GMT on Monday:
<span id="midArticle_0"/><span id="midArticle_1"/>** Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, the world's largest brewer, has agreed to buy South Korea's Oriental Brewery Co Ltd for $5.8 billion including debt, regaining ownership of a key Asian asset at a time of strong industry growth across the region.
<span id="midArticle_2"/><span id="midArticle_3"/>** Oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it had agreed to sell stakes in a gas project in Western Australia for $1.14 billion as part of a drive to improve return on investment.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>** Deutsche Bank AG said it expected the long-planned sale of its BHF-Bank unit to happen early in 2014, according to presentation slides. Deutsche Bank, which is selling BHF to financial investor RHJ International SA , wrote nearly 200 million euros ($271.15 million) off the value of the unit in the fourth quarter.
<span id="midArticle_5"/><span id="midArticle_6"/>** China National Nuclear Corp has agreed to buy a 25 percent stake in Australian miner Paladin Energy Ltd's uranium mine in Namibia for $190 million, locking in supplies as Beijing builds new nuclear plants for cleaner energy.
<span id="midArticle_7"/><span id="midArticle_8"/><span id="midArticle_9"/>** Britain's Co-operative Group has scrapped the sale of its general insurance business following a restructuring deal which means it does not have to contribute as much capital to its struggling bank as initially envisaged.
<span id="midArticle_10"/><span id="midArticle_11"/>** Bahrain-based investment firm Gulf Finance House BSC said it was offloading 75 percent of English soccer club Leeds United to a consortium of British investors and would retain a 10 percent stake following the sale.
<span id="midArticle_12"/><span id="midArticle_13"/>** Shares in Perusahaan Gas Negara surged as much as nearly 9 percent after reports said the Indonesian parliament had rejected a planned acquisition of the gas utility firm by state energy company Pertamina.
<span id="midArticle_14"/><span id="midArticle_15"/>** Private equity firm Electra Private Equity Plc will acquire footwear retailer Hotter Shoes in a deal valued at 200 million pounds ($327 million), The Telegraph reported on Sunday.
<span id="midArticle_0"/><span id="midArticle_1"/>** Dubai district cooling firm Empower bought Palm Utilities from a unit of Dubai World for $500 million on Sunday, part of a shuffle of assets between companies ultimately owned by Dubai's government or the emirate's ruler.
<span id="midArticle_2"/><span id="midArticle_3"/>** Tesco Plc considered a bid for mother and baby products retailer Mothercare Plc to help reinvigorate its British hypermarkets, the Sunday Times reported. Citing retail sources, the newspaper said Tesco examined a bid six months ago but has put the plan on hold.
<span id="midArticle_4"/><span id="midArticle_5"/>** Royal Dutch Shell and Mubadala Petroleum have swapped equity stakes in two exploration blocks off Malaysia, the companies said on Sunday. Mubadala has taken a 20 percent interest in the Shell-operated deepwater Block 2B and Shell has taken a 20 percent interest in the Mubadala-operated Block SK320 in return.
<span id="midArticle_6"/><span id="midArticle_7"/>** Bahrain's Investcorp Bank BSC and the founders of TDX Group have agreed to sell their stakes in the British technology firm to U.S. credit reporting agency Equifax Inc for 200 million pounds, according to a filing at Bahrain's bourse.
<span id="midArticle_8"/><span id="midArticle_9"/>** Indian drugmaker Aurobindo Pharma Ltd said on Saturday it agreed to buy Actavis Plc's commercial operations in seven Western European countries for about 30 million euros, in a bid to increase its international footprint.
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<span id="articleText"/>Jan 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1100 GMT on Monday:
<span id="midArticle_0"/><span id="midArticle_1"/>** Anheuser-Busch InBev SA, the world's largest brewer, has agreed to buy South Korea's Oriental Brewery Co Ltd for $5.8 billion including debt, regaining ownership of a key Asian asset at a time of strong industry growth across the region.
<span id="midArticle_2"/><span id="midArticle_3"/>** Oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc said it had agreed to sell stakes in a gas project in Western Australia for $1.14 billion as part of a drive to improve return on investment.
<span id="midArticle_4"/>** Deutsche Bank AG said it expected the long-planned sale of its BHF-Bank unit to happen early in 2014, according to presentation slides. Deutsche Bank, which is selling BHF to financial investor RHJ International SA , wrote nearly 200 million euros ($271.15 million) off the value of the unit in the fourth quarter.
<span id="midArticle_5"/><span id="midArticle_6"/>** China National Nuclear Corp has agreed to buy a 25 percent stake in Australian miner Paladin Energy Ltd's uranium mine in Namibia for $190 million, locking in supplies as Beijing builds new nuclear plants for cleaner energy.
<span id="midArticle_7"/><span id="midArticle_8"/><span id="midArticle_9"/>** Britain's Co-operative Group has scrapped the sale of its general insurance business following a restructuring deal which means it does not have to contribute as much capital to its struggling bank as initially envisaged.
<span id="midArticle_10"/><span id="midArticle_11"/>** Bahrain-based investment firm Gulf Finance House BSC said it was offloading 75 percent of English soccer club Leeds United to a consortium of British investors and would retain a 10 percent stake following the sale.
<span id="midArticle_12"/><span id="midArticle_13"/>** Shares in Perusahaan Gas Negara surged as much as nearly 9 percent after reports said the Indonesian parliament had rejected a planned acquisition of the gas utility firm by state energy company Pertamina.
<span id="midArticle_14"/><span id="midArticle_15"/>** Private equity firm Electra Private Equity Plc will acquire footwear retailer Hotter Shoes in a deal valued at 200 million pounds ($327 million), The Telegraph reported on Sunday.
<span id="midArticle_0"/><span id="midArticle_1"/>** Dubai district cooling firm Empower bought Palm Utilities from a unit of Dubai World for $500 million on Sunday, part of a shuffle of assets between companies ultimately owned by Dubai's government or the emirate's ruler.
<span id="midArticle_2"/><span id="midArticle_3"/>** Tesco Plc considered a bid for mother and baby products retailer Mothercare Plc to help reinvigorate its British hypermarkets, the Sunday Times reported. Citing retail sources, the newspaper said Tesco examined a bid six months ago but has put the plan on hold.
<span id="midArticle_4"/><span id="midArticle_5"/>** Royal Dutch Shell and Mubadala Petroleum have swapped equity stakes in two exploration blocks off Malaysia, the companies said on Sunday. Mubadala has taken a 20 percent interest in the Shell-operated deepwater Block 2B and Shell has taken a 20 percent interest in the Mubadala-operated Block SK320 in return.
<span id="midArticle_6"/><span id="midArticle_7"/>** Bahrain's Investcorp Bank BSC and the founders of TDX Group have agreed to sell their stakes in the British technology firm to U.S. credit reporting agency Equifax Inc for 200 million pounds, according to a filing at Bahrain's bourse.
<span id="midArticle_8"/><span id="midArticle_9"/>** Indian drugmaker Aurobindo Pharma Ltd said on Saturday it agreed to buy Actavis Plc's commercial operations in seven Western European countries for about 30 million euros, in a bid to increase its international footprint.
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