
Adds: Vouch, Steven Madden, Renewi Updates: PFR
Feb 13 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1430 GMT on Thursday:
Startup-focused insurtech Vouch has sealed a first close on an Allegis Capital-led Series D funding round and also signed a definitive agreement to acquire small business MGA StartSure.
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Shoe designer Steven Madden <SHOO.O> said it would buy UK-based luxury brand Kurt Geiger in an all-cash deal valued at 289 million pounds ($360.09 million), expanding its presence in international markets.
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Polish state-owned fund PFR has dropped its plan to bid for Spanish train manufacturer Talgo <TLGO.MC> after the Spanish government opposed the move, Expansion newspaper reported, citing unnamed market sources.
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Waste management firm Renewi <RWI.L> and Australia's Macquarie <MQG.AX> have reached an agreement on the terms of an offer to buy the British firm for about 707 million pounds ($880.92 million), the companies said.
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AsiaPak Investments, a private investment firm with operational assets in Pakistan and Hong Kong, and Middle Eastern oil and gas company Motange Oil have submitted a bid to acquire a 75.01% stake in Lotte Chemical Pakistan Ltd (LOTT.PSX), according to a notice filed by Arif Habib Ltd (ARIF.PSX), the manager to the offer, with the Pakistan Stock Exchange.
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Privately owned U.S. oil and gas producer Validus Energy has struck a deal to buy rival 89 Energy III for about $850 million, including debt, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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Buyout firm Warburg Pincus has clinched a deal to acquire Vermont Information Processing, which makes software for beverage distributors, for about $1 billion including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.
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