Deals of the day- Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Pfizer , Vivendi , NextEra, Clarion Partners)
Nov 19 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions
and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Thursday:

** Pfizer Inc (N:PFE) PFE.N and Allergan (N:AGN_pa) Plc AGN.N are in final
stages of talks over an all-stock deal, CNBC tweeted, citing
sources. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N13D2XA
Pfizer is negotiating a break-up fee in the range of 2-3
percent of the value of its roughly $150 billion potential
acquisition of Allergan, proportionally in line with other
deals, people familiar with the matter said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N13E1TU

** Activist investor Starboard Value LP asked Yahoo Inc
YHOO.O to drop plans to sell its stake in Alibaba (N:BABA) Group
Holdings Ltd BABA.N due to tax concerns, and instead urged the
company to sell its core search and display advertising
businesses. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N13E3SN

** European Union antitrust regulators have extended by a
month the deadline for a decision on U.S. drinks can maker Ball
Corp's BLL.N proposed 4.43-billion-pound ($6.76
billion)takeover of British peer Rexam REX.L . urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N13E2R7

** European media group Vivendi VIV.PA has raised its
stake in video games maker Gameloft SE GLFT.PA , taking its
shares in the company to over 17 percent, French market
regulator AMF said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N13E4OZ

** Chipmaker Dialog Semiconductor DLGS.DE said its
shareholders had approved the $4.6 billion acquisition of U.S.
peer Atmel ATML.O . urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN13E01O

** U.S. money wiring giant Western Union Co WU.N said it
made an informal offer to buy Australian online rival OzForex
Group Ltd OFX.AX for A$888 million ($632 million), aiming to
boost its access to one of the world's biggest cash transfer
markets. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N13D5QD

** A U.S. bankruptcy judge rebuffed an attempt by NextEra
Energy Inc to involve itself once more in Energy Future Holdings
Corp's Chapter 11 sale of its power distribution business.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N13E1DY

** Private equity firm Lightyear Capital is looking to sell
its majority stake in real estate investment manager Clarion
Partners LLC for around $800 million, people familiar with the
sales talks said this week. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N13C2R8

** Canadian planemaker Bombardier Inc BBDb.TO said Caisse
de depot et placement du Quebec, which manages Quebec's public
pension plans, would buy a 30 percent stake in its rail unit for
$1.5 billion. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N13E3DL

** Delta Air Lines Inc (N:DAL) DAL.N said it intended to buy up to
an additional 32 percent of Grupo Aeromexico SAB de CV
AEROMEX.MX , in what could be a nearly $600 million cash deal
that strengthens its grip on a fast-growing market. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N13D32A

** Pericom Semiconductor Corp PSEM.O rejected Montage
Technology Group Ltd's raised $442 million offer, although it
trumped a rival bid from Diodes Inc DIOD.O , citing regulatory
hurdles and a lack of committed financing. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL3N13D5II

** German cooperative lenders DZ Bank and WGZ Bank have
agreed in principle on a merger creating the country's
fourth-largest lender behind Deutsche Bank AG DBKGn.DE ,
Commerzbank AG CBKG.DE and KfW KFW.UL with roughly 500
billion euros ($534 billion) in assets. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nF9N13401X

** Media group Burda is selling 854,000 shares in Zooplus AG
ZO1G.DE as it continues selling down its stake in the online
pet supplies store, a person familiar with the matter told
Reuters. The price guidance is 125 euros a share, source told.
urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN13E005

** Blackstone (N:BX) Group LP's BX.N credit investment arm GSO
said it was not looking to invest in solar company SunEdison Inc
SUNE.N , which is facing concerns on Wall Street about its
access to capital. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N13D2VR

** Telekom Austria AG's TELA.VI Serbian unit Vip mobile
has bought additional capacity on the 800-megahertz spectrum for
35 million euros ($37.4 million) to expand its network for
high-speed mobile internet in rural areas, it said. urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL8N13E2I8
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