Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Aug 14 - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1930 GMT on Thursday:

** Royal Bank of Canada RY.TO and Bank of Montreal BMO.TO have placed their Canadian payments joint venture up for sale, in a deal that may value the business as highly as $2 billion, four people familiar with the matter said.

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** Shareholders of Third Point Investors Limited TPOGu.L have voted in favour of a deal that will see the fund acquire Malibu Life Reinsurance SPC, a TPIL statement said.

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** Australia's Ampol said it would buy British fuel station operator EG Group's local unit, EG Australia, for a total of A$1.1 billion ($718.85 million), as the fuel retailer looks to expand its network in the country.

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** Private equity firm THL Partners has agreed to buy a majority stake in Headlands Research, a U.S.-based network of clinical trial sites, from KKR in a deal valued at about $600 million, according to people familiar with the matter.

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** Japanese components maker Minebea Mitsumi <6479.T> has decided to raise its tender offer price for thermistor maker Shibaura Electronics <6957.T> to 6,200 yen ($42.31) from 5,500 yen ($37.53), the companies said.

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** British Gas owner Centrica will jointly buy National Grid's Grain LNG terminal with U.S.-based infrastructure investor Energy Capital Partners (ECP), it said, for an enterprise value of about 1.5 billion pounds ($2.04 billion).

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** British student accommodation developer Unite Group has agreed to acquire Empiric Student Property in a cash-and-stock deal valuing the smaller peer at 634 million pounds ($860.59 million), the companies said.

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