Jan 18 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2100 GMT on Thursday:
** British engineering group GKN GKN.L dismissed Melrose 's MRON.L 7.4-billion pound ($10.2 billion) hostile bid as "misleading" and denied it was rushing into a break-up.
The largest shareholder in Belgian biotech group Ablynx ABLX.BR regards the 2.6 billion euro ($3.2 billion) offer made by Denmark's Novo Nordisk NOVOb.CO as too low but would be willing to consider a higher figure.
Wyndham Worldwide Corp (NYSE:WYN) WYN.N will buy La Quinta Holdings Inc's LQ.N hotel operations for $1.95 billion, it said on Thursday, adding another well-known U.S. brand and nearly 900 mid-scale, upper mid-scale and economy locations to its portfolio.
Auto parts distributor Realord Group Holdings Ltd 1196.HK said it would buy property assets in Shenzhen for an aggregate 6.22 billion yuan ($968.4 million), in a bid to enhance its investment property portfolio.
France's BNP Paribas BNPP.PA is the frontrunner to buy the depositary banking business of Italy's Banco BPM BAMI.MI, which could be worth around 200 million euros ($245 million), two sources close to the matter said.
Peugeot SA PEUP.PA is "very open" to a potential alliance in Latin America, the chief executive of the French automaker, Carlos Tavares, said during a media briefing.
Canadian cannabis producer CanniMed Therapeutics Inc CMED.TO said it has postponed a shareholder vote on its proposed takeover of Newstrike Resources Ltd HIP.V to allow it to discuss a possible transaction with hostile suitor Aurora Cannabis Inc ACB.TO.
North Sea-focused oil and gas producer EnQuest ENQ.L has hired investment bank Jefferies to advise on a sale of a 20 percent stake in its recently-started Kraken field, according to a document seen by Reuters.
The German state of Bavaria could sell its 1.44-percent stake in energy firm E.ON EONGn.DE to fund the development of new housing, its finance minister Markus Soeder said.