Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Feb 5 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Thursday:

The U.S. government has agreed a financing deal worth $565 million with Brazilian rare earths miner Serra Verde, which includes the option to take a minority equity stake, the firm said. nL8N3Z117F

Investment firm KKR <KKR.N> said it would buy Arctos in a deal valued at $1.4 billion. nL4N3Z112L

Two Canadian pension funds plan to sell their stakes in Associated British Ports (ABP) in a deal that they hope will value the UK's biggest ports operator at more than 10 billion pounds ($13.63 billion), the Financial Times reported.nL6N3Z10AX

MTN Group , Africa's biggest mobile operator, said it is in advanced talks to buy the 75% stake it does not already own in IHS Holdings IHS.N, in a deal that could value the tower infrastructure firm at about $2.76 billion. nL6N3Z10G4

Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina is merging its downstream companies to integrate its refinery business with its logistic units to improve its operations. nL4N3Z107O

Australia's Maas Group said it would sell its building materials division for up to A$1.70 billion ($1.19 billion) to pivot towards artificial intelligence-related infrastructure, sending its shares crashing more than 26%.nL4N3Z02K0

Brookfield Private Capital said it does not intend to make an offer for Britain's Hikma Pharmaceuticals . nL4N3Z0255