Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

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July 20 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Thursday:

** Bain Capital has increased its offer for SoftwareOne Holding AG to about 3.2 billion Swiss francs ($3.72 billion), Bloomberg News reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter.

** Eurobank won shareholder approval to buy back the 1.4% stake in the group held by Greece's bank bailout fund, a move that would end state participation in the country's largest lender.

** Japanese biopharma company Sosei Group bought Swiss-based Idorsia Pharmaceuticals' operations in Japan and South Korea for about 65 billion yen ($466.1 million) in its largest acquisition to date.

** British car dealership Lookers said shareholders representing about 25% of its voting rights intended to oppose a proposed acquisition by Global Auto Holdings and the deal was unlikely to succeed.

** Australia's competition watchdog raised concerns over Australian Clinical Labs' A$1.52 billion ($1.03 billion) buyout offer for medical centre operator Healius , which had rejected the proposal in May.

** Impala Platinum has won a protracted battle for control of miner Royal Bafokeng Platinum after bid rival Northam Platinum sold its stake.

** Silver Lake has secured an 84.29% stake in Software AG, subject to closing of the tender offer, the U.S. private equity firm said.

** Southeast Asian ride-hailing company Grab plans to acquire Singapore's third-largest taxi operator Trans-Cab, the companies said in a joint statement.

** The US Federal Trade Commission is poised to pause its in-house trial against Microsoft Corp's $69 billion acquisition of Activision Blizzard opening the door to potential settlement talks, Bloomberg News reported.

** Heritage-Crystal Clean said on Wednesday it has agreed to be acquired by private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Co for about $1.2 billion in cash, sending the waste management services company's shares up 7.3% in extended trading.

** A group led by blockchain investors Matthew Roszak and Peter Vessenes is nearing a $125 million deal for cryptocurrency-focused media firm CoinDesk, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. (Compiled by Rajarshi Roy, Pratik Jain and Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru)