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Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

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Aug 9 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Wednesday:

** Private equity firm Advent International has bought a majority stake in Zimmermann from the founding family and Italy's Style Capital, in a deal which sources said values the Australian fashion brand at more than one billion U.S. dollars.

** Private equity firm Symphony Technology Group (STG) is nearing a deal to acquire media editing software maker Avid Technology Inc for close to $1.4 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

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** German healthcare group Fresenius SE plans to sell its fertility clinic unit Eugin, business daily Handelsblatt reported.

** EU antitrust regulators extended their deadline for a decision on Adobe's $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma by two weeks to Jan. 8, a regulatory filing showed.

** OMV may have to give up part of its stake in Borealis in the case of a merger with the chemicals division of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), the chief executive of Austrian state holdings group OBAG said in comments carried by the APA news agency.

** Body Art Alliance is exploring options, including a sale that could value the supplier of tattoo and body art products at nearly $1 billion, including debt, according to people familiar with the matter.

** French special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) eureKING said it would acquire full ownership of SCTbio with a view to creating a new biotech company, which will be listed in Paris.

** India's Adani Enterprises is exploring selling its stake in its consumer-staple joint venture with Wilmar International, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.

** A Canadian investor has agreed to buy a portfolio of German grocery properties valued at more than 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion), a sale that comes amid a drought of real estate transactions in Europe's largest economy.

** L'Occitane International SA's controlling shareholder is in advanced talks on a potential deal to take the skincare company private ahead of a possible European listing, according to two people with direct knowledge of the matter.

** Australia's InvoCare Ltd said it has agreed to a lower takeover offer from U.S. private-equity firm TPG Global, valuing the funeral service provider at A$1.8 billion ($1.18 billion) following exclusive due diligence.

** ConocoPhillips will offer notes to raise funds for its acquisition of the remaining 50% stake in the Surmont oil facility in Canada worth $3 billion, the U.S. oil gas producer said in a filing on Tuesday.

** Private equity giant KKR said on Tuesday it had acquired a $373 million portfolio of prime auto loans from Synovus Bank. (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Christy Santhosh and Pratik Jain in Bengaluru)