Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

August 22 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Friday:

** Activist investor Cevian Capital has taken a 3.02% stake in Dulux paints maker AkzoNobel , a filing by Dutch market regulator AFM showed on Friday, signalling confidence in the Dutch group's long-term strategy.

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** Air Liquide has signed a binding deal to buy South Korea's DIG Airgas from Macquarie Asia-Pacific Infrastructure Fund 2, valuing it at 2.85 billion euros ($3.30 billion), the French industrial gases group said.

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** India's Apollo Hospitals' managing director and large shareholder Suneeta Reddy has offloaded a 1.3% stake through a block deal, the company said.

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** Taiwan's Yageo <2327.TW> on Thursday raised its tender offer price for Japan's Shibaura Electronics <6957.T> by 7% to 6,635 yen a share to outbid a rival offer as it awaits national security clearance from the Japanese government.

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** New Zealand's Fonterra Co-operative Group said it will sell its global consumer and associated businesses to French dairy major Lactalis for NZ$3.845 billion ($2.24 billion), which sent its shares surging to a more than 7-year high.

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** Private equity firm Thoma Bravo has agreed to buy human resources software provider Dayforce for $12.3 billion, including debt, in a take-private deal that executives hope will help expand on the company's AI capabilities.

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