Oct 31 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0940 GMT on Monday:
** Italian spirits group Campari said it had reached an agreement to buy an initial 70% stake in Wilderness Trail Distillery for $420 million, strengthening its bourbon offer.
** Blockchain company Valereum said it has received regulatory approval to buy the Gibraltar Stock Exchange $(GSX)$ and turn it into a gateway to European capital for fledgling companies from the Middle East, India. and Africa.
** U.S. industrial firm Emerson Electric Co is selling a majority stake in its climate-technologies unit to Blackstone Inc , in a deal that would value the unit at $14 billion including debt, the Wall Street Journal reported.
** Australia's Nitro Software said it would back a near-A$500 million ($320.15 million) offer from KKR Inc's
Alludo that trumps an earlier bid from major shareholder Potentia Capital Management.
** COSCO Shipping Holdings Co Ltd said it has agreed to buy port assets from its parent for an aggregate 19.7 billion yuan ($2.7 billion) as it aims to build a global digital supply chain for its customers.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Akash Sriram in Bengaluru)
((Akash.Sriram@tr.com;))