March 10 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Monday:
** Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing $(SMFL)$ SUMFL.UL said its joint venture will acquire Macquarie Rotorcraft, the UK-based helicopter leasing business of financial giant Macquarie's MQG.AX asset management arm. nL4N3PT0HN
** Britain's Alliance Pharma ALAPH.L said it has agreed to a sweetened final cash proposal from asset management firm DBAY Advisors, valuing the healthcare group at about 362 million pounds ($467.5 million). nL4N3PT0GL
** Swiss private bank J. Safra Sarasin Group has agreed to buy 70% of Denmark's Saxo Bank in a deal valued at around 1.1 billion euro ($1.19 billion), Saxo Bank said. nL8N3PT057
** India's Sun Pharmaceutical Industries SUN.NS said it will acquire Checkpoint Therapeutics CKPT.O, a U.S.-based immunotherapy and targeted oncology company, for $355 million. nL4N3PT05G
** Japan's Seven & i Holdings 3382.T said that talks have begun with Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard $(ACT)$ over a store sale plan that would set the stage for ACT's $47 billion takeover bid. nL1N3PT00L
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Neil J Kanatt in Bengaluru)
((Neil.JKanatt@thomsonreuters.com;))
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