Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions
Adds: Tianqi Lithium, BBVA, Zamp, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Repsol Updates: Cinven, Nokia, Keywords Studios
June 28 (Reuters) -The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Friday:
** China's Tianqi Lithium 002466.SZ has asked Chile's financial regulator to reconsider its decision about the SQM-Codelco lithium deal not needing shareholder approval, newspaper La Tercera reported.
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** BBVA's BBVA.MC chairman said the bank had "no need" to improve its hostile bid for rival Sabadell SABE.MC, as he vowed to push ahead with the deal despite political opposition and regulatory uncertainty.
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** Brazilian restaurant chain operator Zamp ZAMP3.SA is in advanced talks to buy the rights to operate the Subway brand in the South American country, local newspaper O Globo reported.
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** Buyout fund Cinven has agreed to buy a 70% stake in Idealista from Swedish rival EQT EQTAB.ST and others in a deal that values it at 2.9 billion euros ($3.10 billion), the Spanish online real estate firm said.
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** EU antitrust regulators will decide by Aug. 1 whether to clear Hewlett Packard Enterprise's HPE.N $14 billion acquisition of networking gear maker Juniper Networks JNPR.N, a filing on the European Commission website showed.
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** Spain's Repsol REP.MC is in talks to merge its UK North Sea oil and gas business with private equity-backed NEO Energy, three industry sources said, the latest consolidation effort by companies that operate in the basin amid greater tax pressures.
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** Nokia's NOKIA.HE bid to buy U.S. optical networking gear maker Infinera INFN.O in a $2.3 billion deal puts the Finnish company on track to gain from the billions of dollars in investment pouring into data centres to cater to the rise of artificial intelligence.
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** Video game services group Keywords Studios KWS.L said it was willing to agree to a 1.96 billion pound ($2.48 billion) takeover by EQT EQTAB.ST if the private equity firm made a formal offer at that price.
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** China Three Gorges 600905.SS, UAE firm Masdar and French energy companies Engie ENGIE.PA and Total TTEF.PA are expected to file final offers to buy Spanish renewables firm Saeta Yield, newspaper Cinco Dias reported.
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** Spanish holding company Criteria said it raised its stake in telecom giant Telefonica TEF.MC to 9.99%, almost matching the stake the Spanish government recently bought in the company.
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** Citadel will buy Japanese power firm Energy Grid in its first acquisition in Japan and the first major U.S. investment in Japan's wholesale energy market in recent years, billionaire investor Kenneth Griffin's hedge fund said in a statement.
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** Australia gave the go-ahead for ANZ Group's ANZ.AX A$4.9 billion ($3.26 billion) buyout of Suncorp's SUN.AX banking business, clearing the deal to proceed after almost two years of scrutiny by financial regulators and treasury.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy in Bengaluru)
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