Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

April 14 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1930 GMT on Monday:

*A consortium led by the Italian Treasury has reached an agreement to buy Telecom Italia (TIM) TLIT.MI submarine cable business Sparkle, in a deal valuing the unit at 700 million euros ($793.80 million) including debt, TIM and the government said. [nL1N3QS0RS]

Italy's Prysmian PRY.MI sold a 3.7% stake in Hong Kong-listed Yangtze Optical Fibre and Cable (YOFC) 601869.SS for around HK$350.2 million ($45.16 million) to support its $1.15 billion acquisition of U.S. group Channell, the cable maker said. nL8N3QS0ZQ

Intel has agreed to sell a 51% stake in its Altera programmable chip business to buyout firm Silver Lake for $4.46 billion, in the first major move under new CEO Lip-Bu Tan to revive the struggling American chipmaker. nL4N3QS0ZI

KKR KKR.N will buy a joint venture of S&P Global and CME Group in a $3.1 billion deal, marking the U.S. private equity firm's second acquisition in less than a week despite the tariff turmoil slowing the pace of dealmaking activity. nL4N3QS0T9

Warner Bros Discovery has decided not to sell Polish broadcaster TVN, it said, drawing a line under speculation surrounding the future of the company that is considered strategic by the Polish government. nL8N3QS0EH

Marex Group has bought UK-based Darton Commodities, a trader of cobalt metal used to make aerospace and military equipment, the financial services firm told Reuters, declining to give further details. nL6N3QP0Q2

Ageas has agreed to buy British car and home insurer esure from Bain Capital for 1.3 billion pounds ($1.7 billion) in a move that will create the third largest personal lines platform in the UK. nL1N3QS06V

British oilfield services and engineering company Wood Group has received a proposal from Dubai's Sidara comprising a takeover bid worth about 242 million pounds ($318.4 million) and up to $450 million in cash, it said , boosting its shares. nL4N3QS0IM

Spanish telecom company Telefonica said on Sunday it had agreed to sell its Peruvian unit, which recently filed for bankruptcy protection, to Argentina's Integra Tec International for about 900,000 euros ($1.02 million). nL8N3QR09X