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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds DXC Technology Co, Tod's SpA, Atlantia, Companhia Siderurgica Nacional, Uniper, Toshiba, Gunvor Group and Land Securities Group Plc)

Sept 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday:

** DXC Technology Co is working with financial advisers after receiving takeover interest from at least one private equity firm, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

** Italy's market watchdog Consob has approved the buyout of luxury shoemaker Tod's proposed by the group's founding family, the bidders said.

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** The Bank of Italy has cleared a multi-billion euro buyout bid for infrastructure group Atlantia proposed by the Benetton family and U.S. fund Blackstone, the two bidders said in a statement.

** Brazilian antitrust watchdog CADE decided to give steelmaker Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) additional time to sell the stake it owns in rival Usiminas .

** Germany agreed to nationalize Uniper, raising the bill to rescue the gas importer to 29 billion euros ($28.7 billion) amid an escalating energy crisis that shows just how much Europe's top economy has relied on Russian fuel.

** A state-backed Japanese fund is in talks with private equity firm Bain Capital to form a consortium and bid for Toshiba, after breaking off from its previous partner, the Nikkei newspaper reported.

** The Abu Dhabi National Oil company (ADNOC) is in early stage talks to make a bid to acquire or take a stake in energy trader Gunvor Group, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.

** British landlord Land Securities Group Plc said it had sold 21 Moorfields, EC2 office property in London to an investment vehicle managed by Australia's Lendlease Group for 809 million pounds ($917.08 million)

** European private equity firm Investindustrial will buy a majority stake in Eataly to accelerate the upmarket Italian food chain's global expansion, the two companies said in a joint statement.

** The clock is ticking for tobacco giant Philip Morris to rally support from Swedish Match shareholders for its offer to buy the snus maker - and not everyone is on board.

** Singapore-based ground handling services firm SATS Ltd confirmed that it is in discussions to acquire air cargo logistics company Worldwide Flight Services.

** British supermarket group Sainsbury's is in talks to sell 18 stores in southern England to property investor LXi REIT for about 500 million pounds ($568 million).

** CVC Capital Partners has decided to sell its 25% stake in the toll road arm of China's Road King Infrastructure Ltd as part of a deal that aims to value the unit at up to $3 billion, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

** French industrial group Schneider Electric said it would proceed with a full takeover of British software company Aveva Plc, offering 31 pounds per share in a deal valuing the whole of Aveva at around 9.48 billion pounds ($10.8 billion).

** India's Adani Group has pledged shares worth about $12.5 billion in two cement units, days after the conglomerate controlled by billionaire Gautam Adani completed purchase of stakes in those businesses from Switzerland's Holcim .

** Viva Energy Group Ltd, owner of the Shell service station chain in Australia, plans to buy the convenience stores on its sites from Coles Group Ltd, giving it a bigger convenience store network than arch rival Ampol Ltd . (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Khushi Mandowara and Ananya Mariam Rajesh in Bengaluru)