Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Beam, Osisko Mining)

Jan 13 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Monday:

** Suntory Holdings Ltd Href="NewsSearch">SUNTH.UL said it plans to buy Beam Inc BEAM.N , in a deal worth $16 billion, including $13.6 billion in cash, to make the Japanese company the world's third-largest maker of distilled drinks. News Search ID:nL6N0KN1V1

** British engineering firm Amec Plc AMEC.L said it had provisionally agreed to buy Foster Wheeler AG FWLT.O in a cash and share deal that values the Swiss-based engineer at 1.9 billion pounds ($3.1 billion). News Search ID:nL6N0KN0LZ

** Goldcorp Inc G.TO GG.N launched a bid to buy fellow gold miner Osisko Mining Corp OSK.TO OSK.BE for C$2.6 billion ($2.4 billion) in cash and stock to gain access to Osisko's Malartic mine in Quebec. News Search ID:nL3N0KN2SC

** German container shipping company Hapag-Lloyd Href="NewsSearch">PLG.UL is nearing a deal to buy Chilean shipper Compania Sud Americana de Vapores VAP.SN , which has a market capitalization of $845 million, German newspaper Die Welt reported.

** French drugmaker Sanofi SA SASY.PA will buy a 12 percent stake in Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc ALNY.O for $700 million and deepen their partnership to develop drugs for rare genetic diseases. News Search ID:nL2N0KN0I0

** Australia's biggest phone company Telstra Corporation Ltd

TLS.AX has agreed to sell 70 percent of its directories unit Sensis, offloading a struggling business challenged by digital transition for less than the market had anticipated.

Telstra said that it had agreed to sell the Sensis stake to Platinum Equity, a U.S.-based private equity firm, for A$454 million ($407.17 million). News Search ID:nL3N0KM0F6

** ACE Ltd ACE.N has agreed to buy a 60.9 percent stake in Thailand's Siam Commercial Samaggi Insurance PCL SCSM.BK for about $185 million as foreign insurers step up their presence in underdeveloped Southeast Asian insurance markets.

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** Toshiba Corp 6502.T is in the final stages of boosting its stake in British nuclear power firm NuGen to around 60 percent by buying a 10 percent stake from French utility GDF Suez SA GSZ.PA , industry sources familiar with the matter said. Toshiba would buy the stake from GDF Suez, which owns 50 percent of NuGen, for about 3 billion yen ($29 million), the Nikkei business daily reported. News Search ID:nL3N0KN1JN

** UBS AG UBSN.VX is not considering spinning off its investment bank, its Chief Executive Sergio Ermotti said, rebuffing speculation last week that it may consider such a move to quieten demands for it to put aside more capital.

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** Discovery Communications Inc DISCA.O and Scripps Networks Interactive Inc SNI.N abandoned talks for a merger last week, the Wall Street Journal reported, quoting people familiar with the matter. News Search ID:nL3N0KN1MI

** Sports Direct International Plc SPD.L , Britain's largest sporting goods retailer, has acquired a 4.6 percent stake in Debenhams Plc DEB.L and said it wants to explore options "at an operational level" to work with the country's No. 2 department store group. News Search ID:nL6N0KN0QI

** Franco-American telecoms company Alcatel-Lucent SA

ALUA.PA is in talks with three potential buyers for its business selling telecoms equipment and services to corporations and a decision on the sale is expected by March, a Bloomberg report said. News Search ID:nL6N0KN0CG

** Ukraine's leading agriculture group Ukrlandfarming said U.S. agriculture giant Cargill Ltd Href="NewsSearch">CARGIL.UL had bought a 5 percent stake in the Ukrainian firm.

The deal took place in late 2013, Ukrlandfarming said in a statement, without disclosing the value of the stake.

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** German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp AG TKAG.DE will merge three units that develop production plants for industrial customers to seek faster growth in the market, it said.

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** International trade houses are buying into Russian grain port facilities to try to counter high handling costs from one of the world's top producers of cereals, making smaller players fear they will lose out. News Search ID:nL6N0KI2W8

** U.S. oil and gas producer Hess Corp HES.N has finalized a deal to sell its Ujung Pangkah block in the East Java sea, worth $650 million, to PT Saka Energi Indonesia, a subsidiary of state-controlled gas firm PT Perusahaan Gas Negara PGAS.JK , the Investor Daily reported on Sunday. News Search ID:nL3N0KN0NJ

** France's Total SA TOTF.PA is set to become the first major oil company to invest in Britain's nascent shale gas industry, sources said on Saturday, boosting hopes for a pick-up in exploration to help assess the commerciality of the resource.

Total will announce a deal to commit 30 million pounds to drilling for shale gas in Lincolnshire in central England, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. News Search ID:nL6N0KL06N

** Hong Kong property firm Pacific Century Premium Developments Ltd , controlled by tycoon Richard Li, said on Monday it was in advanced talks to sell a property in Beijing for an undisclosed amount.

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