Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

(Adds Aston Martin F1, Jacobs Solutions, Anima Holding, Meituan)

Nov 16 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Thursday:

** The Aston Martin Formula One team said on Thursday it had agreed on an investment by U.S. private equity firm Arctos Partners in exchange for a minority shareholding.

** Engineering consultant Jacobs Solutions Inc is in advanced talks to merge its government consulting arm at a valuation of more than $4 billion with private equity-owned Amentum Services Inc, people familiar with the matter said.

** Greece sold a 22% stake in National Bank (NBG), its second-biggest lender by market value, with the sale oversubscribed by more than eight times, a source close to the process told Reuters.

** Italian asset manager Anima Holding said on Thursday it has signed a binding agreement to acquire all of smaller peer Kairos from Swiss private bank Julius Baer .

** Meituan is exploring a potential acquisition of Delivery Hero SE's business in Southeast Asia, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter.

** Italy's Leonardo is trimming its stake in U.S. unit DRS as new CEO Roberto Cingolani looks to expand the state-controlled group with major roles in European defence projects.

** SoftBank is likely to sell a stake worth $150 million in Indian logistics firm Delhivery, Moneycontrol reported, citing sources.

** The Indian government does not expect to conclude the sale of IDBI Bank by the end of the financial year on March 31, 2024, a top finance ministry official told reporters.

** Advent International has signed a deal to buy payments firm myPOS as part of the London-based buyout group's latest push into digital payments, director Fabio Cali told Reuters.

** Egypt has sold a stake in tobacco products maker Eastern Co in its first foreign sale of a major state asset since it agreed to a privatisation programme with the IMF last December.

** Sime Darby Bhd has won its shareholders' approval to acquire automotive-to-manufacturing company UMW Holdings Bhd, the Malaysian conglomerate said in a statement.

** Britain's Hotel Chocolat agreed to a 534 million pound ($662 million) takeover offer from Mars Inc, as the specialist chocolatier succumbs to the U.S. food giant to help it grow internationally, netting its founders a tidy profit.

** Shareholders in Japan's Asahi Group Holdings will sell some $1.3 billion worth of stock in the brewer to overseas investors, the company said, in the latest unwinding of cross-shareholdings among big Japanese firms.

** A reverse takeover deal involving Amigo Holdings , Craven House Capital and various individuals signed last month has been terminated, the British subprime lender said as it faces voluntary liquidation.

** Norwegian telecoms operator Telenor said it has agreed to sell its subsidiary Telenor Satellite to government-owned Space Norway for 2.36 billion Norwegian crowns ($217.37 million).

** Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) said it will sell its 99% stake in Indonesian unit PT Bank Commonwealth (PTBC) to Singapore's OCBC, exiting a non-core business after more than two decades.

** Hong Kong-based Oasis Management could go to court to seek a higher price for trading house Itochu's $2.7 billion acquisition of a subsidiary through a so-called appraisal process, the founder of the activist fund said Thursday.

** Australia's Pacific Current Group has ended buyout talks with GQG Partners and River Capital, saying it did not receive any binding offers from the suitors.

** Karoon Energy announced deals worth $720 million to buy stakes in certain offshore oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico from U.S.-based LLOG Exploration, in a move to diversify operations beyond Brazil and Australia.

** EQS Group AG said on Wednesday it is in advanced talks with U.S. private equity firm Thoma Bravo regarding a takeover of the Frankfurt-listed company.

** Photoshop maker Adobe expects to get an EU antitrust warning on its $20 billion bid for cloud-based designer platform Figma and is open to proposing remedies to resolve regulatory concerns, its chief counsel told Reuters on Wednesday.

** Canadian businessman Pierre Lassonde on Wednesday said he is "mystified" by Teck Resources' decision to sell its coal unit to a Glencore-led consortium for $9 billion because his group had bid the same price. (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Juveria Tabassum in Bengaluru)