Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

June 26 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Thursday:

CarUX, a smart cockpit solutions provider and a subsidiary of Taiwan's display maker Innolux Corp <3481.TW>, said it will acquire Japan's Pioneer Corporation in a deal valued at 163.6 billion yen (around $1.1 billion). nL6N3ST0F8

Shell <SHEL.L> has not bid for BP <BP.L> and is not actively considering such a move, it said in a categorical denial, adding it was bound by UK rules which mean such a statement bans it from bidding for BP for the next six months. nL1N3ST08C

Brookfield Asset Management will sell its Australian retirement home operator Aveo to The Living Company for A$3.85 billion ($2.5 billion), the Canadian company said. nL4N3ST0FE

Spanish energy company Repsol said it has agreed to sell a 24% stake in Indonesia's Corridor Block gas operation to Jakarta-listed Medco Energi for $425 million. nL8N3ST08P

The European Union's Court of Justice rejected appeals brought by German municipalities challenging an asset swap deal between RWE RWEG.DE and E.ON EONGn.DE. nL8N3ST0CT

Russian food retailer Lenta LENT.MM said that it had acquired the Molniya chain of stores in the Chelyabinsk region. nS8N3SM02Z

Candy maker Mars' takeover of Pringles maker Kellanova K.N was cleared by U.S. antitrust regulators on Wednesday, but their EU counterparts opened a full-scale investigation into the $36 billion deal, saying it could lead to price hikes. nL8N3SS1CE

British consumer goods company PZ Cussons PZC.L said it would retain its self-tanning brand St. Tropez in the U.S., after evaluating a number of offers and alternative business models. nL4N3ST0DK

Japan is driving Asia's M&A rebound in 2025 with a record $232 billion worth of deals in the first half, and bankers expect the trend to sustain fuelled by multi-billion dollar take-private arrangements, outbound investments and private equity activity. nL1N3ST05S