Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

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Feb 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Friday:

** Top global oil trader Vitol SA Href="NewsSearch">VITOLV.UL has agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell's RDSa.L Australian refinery and petrol stations for about $2.6 billion in its biggest acquisition, looking to grab a share of a growing oil product market.

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** Brookdale Senior Living Inc BKD.N said on Thursday it would buy Emeritus Corp ESC.N for about $1.4 billion in an all-stock deal, creating the largest owner-operator of senior housing in the United States. News Search ID:nL3N0LP5M0

** French property group Gecina SA GFCP.PA has reached a preliminary deal to sell the Beaugrenelle shopping mall in Paris for 700 million euros ($960 million) to a group of private investors, the company said on Thursday. News Search ID:nL6N0LP4ZT

** The governor of Osaka said the prefecture would sell a local train and warehouse operator to Nankai Electric Railway Co

9044.T for 75 billion yen ($733 million) after U.S. investment fund Lone Star Fund's bid was blocked in December.

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** Brazilian electricity company Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais Cemig CMIG4.SA is considering buying a stake in Colombia's third-biggest power generator, Isagen SA ESP

ISG.CN , the latest step by Brazil's second-biggest power utility to expand in fast-growing markets and segments.

Colombia expects to fetch $2.5 billion from the sale of the government's stake in the company, Colombian Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas said. News Search ID:nL2N0LQ0P5

** Noble Energy Inc NBL.N has hired investment bank Lazard Ltd LAZ.N to help arrange the sale of its majority stake in a small oilfield that it owns with Sinopec 600028.SS off northeastern China, a person familiar with the situation said.

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** U.S.-based investment fund Colony Capital offered to pay 0.25 euros a share for listed shares in loss-making Italian real estate group Risanamento RM.MI not held by its creditors and founder Gianni Zunino. The cash component of the offer is worth around 167 million euros in total. News Search ID:nL6N0LQ0WL

** K1 Ventures Ltd KMAR.SI said that it had agreed to sell its majority stake in a transport leasing business to Wells Fargo & Co WFC.N for $152 million. News Search ID:nL3N0LQ1EU

** HCL Corp, the holding company for HCL Technologies Ltd

HCLT.NS , denied a Wall Street Journal report that said its founder Shiv Nadar was seeking potential buyers for his $10 billion stake in the company. News Search ID:nL3N0LQ2F5

** Global commodity trader Trafigura said it would buy 30 percent of Jinchuan Group Co Ltd Href="NewsSearch">JCGRP.UL 's copper smelter in southern China, the first time a foreign firm has taken a major stake in such a facility in the world's top consumer of refined copper. News Search ID:nL3N0LQ0XH

** Argentina and Repsol SA REP.MC will sign a definitive $5 billion settlement over the seizure of YPF SA YPFD.BA within days, a source involved in the talks said on Thursday, ending a bitter two-year bilateral dispute.

Under the terms of the agreement, Repsol will receive various bonds with a total nominal value of around $5.5 billion, including already issued Argentine dollar-denominated bonds and a new ad-hoc 10-year bond worth $3 billion, the source said.

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** Anixter International Inc AXE.N , which is backed by real estate mogul Sam Zell, has enlisted Goldman Sachs to find a buyer, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The company had a market valuation of $3.42 billion as of Thursday's close. News Search ID:nL3N0LQ0S1

** Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, who already controls America Movil, tightened his grip slightly on Latin America's biggest phone company, according to a U.S. regulatory filing on Thursday that shows two companies controlled by Slim bought more shares.

Slim's real estate company Inmobiliaria Carso and his bank Grupo Financiero Inbursa GFINBURO.MX spent $212.5 million and $34.7 million purchasing 187.11 million and 30.98 million shares respectively in America Movil. News Search ID:nL2N0LP2SQ

** The parent of popular protein drink company Muscle Milk is in advanced talks to sell itself, with Irish dairy company Glanbia Plc GL9.I and consumer goods company Post Holdings Inc

POST.N competing in the final stretch, people familiar with the matter said. TSG Consumer Partners, the private equity owner of Muscle Milk parent CytoSport, has hoped to fetch more than $500 million from selling CytoSport. News Search ID:nL2N0LP1BH

** Singapore's Wilmar International Ltd WLIL.SI said on Thursday it has agreed to invest up to $145 million for a major stake in India's Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd SRES.NS , which will give a sugar upstart a foothold in the biggest consuming nation.

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(Compiled by Shivani Mody in Bangalore)

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