Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Carlyle Group, Premier Oil, Telecom Italia, Sidor, PSA Peugeot, Centerra Gold, AEA Investors, Billabong)

Feb 6 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Thursday:

** Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP CG.O is close to reaching an agreement to buy Illinois Tool Works Inc's ITW.N industrial packaging unit for more than $3 billion, and could announce the deal as soon as Thursday, people familiar with the matter said. News Search ID:nL2N0LB1MW

** Britain's Premier Oil PMO.L said it was seeking a partner for an oil development in the Falkland Islands in order to reduce its exposure to the $5.2 billion project and make higher payouts to shareholders. News Search ID:nL5N0LB4L1

** The board of Italian phone group Telecom Italia TLIT.MI has agreed on a procedure that would introduce new safeguards for shareholders should it decide to sell its Brazilian unit TIM Brazil TIMP3.SA . News Search ID:nL5N0LB4S9

** Venezuela on Thursday began buying the remaining 20 percent of shares in steelmaker Sidor from workers and retirees in a $667 million operation that will give the state full ownership of the firm, a source familiar with the situation said. News Search ID:nL2N0LB1II

** PSA Peugeot Citroen's PEUP.PA board has given Chief Executive Philippe Varin its backing to continue tie-up talks with China's Dongfeng Motor Group 0489.HK , the French carmaker said on Thursday. News Search ID:nL5N0LB4SC

** Kyrgyzstan's parliament on Thursday gave the government up to four months to finalize a draft deal with Canada's Centerra Gold CG.TO on forming a 50-50 joint venture to run the country's Kumtor gold mine. News Search ID:nL5N0LB2ZG

** Private equity firm AEA Investors LP is in advanced talks to acquire Gypsum Management and Supply Inc (GMS), a privately held maker of specialty building materials, for more than $700 million, according to three people familiar with the matter.

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** Billabong International Inc BBG.AX said on Thursday it is considering a sale of its two e-commerce businesses as the Australian surf wear company looks to refocus on its core brand.

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** Hungary's FHB Bank FHBK.BU has bought a 25 percent stake in the savings bank Takarekbank through a 252-million forint ($1.12 million) capital increase, FHB said in a statement on Thursday. News Search ID:nL5N0LB4CS

** Bankers are preparing debt packages to finance the potential sales of French natural ingredients producer Diana Ingredients and Spanish food group Deoleo OLEO.MC , banking sources said on Thursday. News Search ID:nL5N0LB4A4

** Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc, maker of the popular Keurig one-cup coffee brewer, said on Wednesday that the Coca-Cola Co KO.N had bought a 10 percent stake in it for $1.25 billion and would help launch Green Mountain's new cold drink machine planned for release in October. News Search ID:nL2N0LA212

** Vodafone Group Plc VOD.L won the Indian cabinet's approval for its $1.6 billion deal to buy out minority partners in its unit in the country, Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari said on Thursday. News Search ID:nD8N0LA00G

** Italy's top two banks, Intesa Sanpaolo ISP.MI and UniCredit CRDI.MI , are in preliminary talks with U.S. investor KKR KKR.N about setting up a fund to hold some of the lenders' problematic loans, two sources close to the matter said.

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** Kazkommertsbank KKGB.KZ KKGBq.L (KKB) is to buy rival BTA Bank BTAS.KZ jointly with Kazakh businessman Kenes Rakishev for about $1 billion, in a deal that will shift BTA's bad debts left over from the financial crisis into the private sector. News Search ID:nL5N0LB24W

** Commerzbank CBKG.DE has sold roughly $1 billion in bad Spanish property loans in a bid to clean up its balance sheet and free up capital ahead of European banking health checks. News Search ID:nL5N0LB1WT

** Finland's biggest mortgage lender OP-Pohjola Group has made an offer to buy out the rest of Pohjola Bank POH1S.HE , its listed corporate banking arm, for 3.4 billion euros ($4.60 billion) partly to tackle increasing competition in its home market. News Search ID:nL5N0LB0H2

** Germany's Merck KGaA MRCG.DE on Thursday extended the offer period for its planned $2.6 billion takeover of Britain's AZ Electronic Materials AZEM.L to Feb. 18. News Search ID:nWEB00HUU

** Belgium's Nyrstar NYR.BR , the world's largest zinc producer, will not become a shareholder of troubled Finnish miner Talvivaara TLV1V.HE , of which it is the largest creditor. News Search ID:nWEB00HUS

** Dutch animal feed group Nutreco NV NUO.AS said it has put its compound feed and meat businesses in Spain and Portugal up for sale and will focus on its core animal nutrition and fish feed operations. News Search ID:nL5N0LB112

** Three investment consortia - two involving Gulf Arab government-owned funds - plan to lodge indicative bids for Australian state-owned toll road company Queensland Motorways Ltd on Friday, sources close to the transaction said.

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** Thanachart Bank has held discussions with ING Groep

ING.AS about buying the Dutch financial services company's 31 percent stake in TMB Bank Pcl TMB.BK , but no current talks are going on between the two parties, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters. News Search ID:nL3N0LB0JO

** Syntaxis Capital, a Central European investment fund, has bought a stake in Polish motor insurance broker BIK Brokers and provided it with long-term financing, Syntaxis' partner Przemek Szczepanski said.

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(Compiled by Anannya Pramanick and Rohit T.K. in Bangalore)

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