Oct 15 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Wednesday:
** Spain's Santander <SAN.MC> is merging its digital lender Openbank with its consumer finance business in Europe as part of a drive to simplify its structure and reduce costs, the bank said.
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** Bouygues Telecom <BOUY.PA>, Free-iliad Group and Orange <ORAN.PA> said on Tuesday they had submitted a non-binding offer to acquire a large part of Altice's activities in France for a total enterprise value of 17 billion euros.
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** Spanish gas grid operator Enagas <ENAG.MC> is in talks to acquire Singaporean sovereign wealth fund GIC's 32% stake in Terega, France's second-largest gas transmission operator, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Dharna Bafna in Bengaluru)
((Rajarshi.Roy@thomsonreuters.com))
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