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June 20, 2012, 2:08 PM ET

Air Products (NYSE: APD) has agreed to acquire a 67% stake in Indura SA, a Chile-based independent industrial gas company, for $884 million. Indura has annual sales of $478 million. www.airproducts.com

Alpha Bank is denying a media report that it is talks to acquire assets of Emporiki, a Greek subsidiary of Credit Agricole. www.alpha.gr

News Ltd., the Australian unit of News Corp. (Nasdaq: NWSA), has offered to acquire Consolidated Media Holdings (ASX: CMJ) for A$1.97 billion. The A$3.50 per share bid represents a 13.64% premium to yesterday’s closing price. CMH holds a 25% stake in Australian pay TV operator Foxtel.www.cmh.com.au

Sage Group PLC (LSE: SGE) has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in Folhamatic Group, a Brazilian provider of accounting, tax and payroll software. The deal was valued at £125 million.www.folhamatic.com.br

SalesForce.com (Nasdaq: CRM) has agreed to acquire ChoicePass, a San Francisco-based provider of employee rewards and corporate perks technology solutions. No financial terms were disclosed. ChoicePass had raised around $250,000 in seed funding. www.salesforce.com

Sun Capital Partners has hired Morgan Stanley to find buyers for British lingerie maker DBApparel(a.k.a. Playtex), according to Les Echos. The deal could be valued at more than €600 million.www.suncappart.com

Welspun Energy of India is in talks to sell a minority stake to renewable energy-focused private equity funds for between $150 million and $200 million, according to the Economic Times. Macquarie is managing the process. www.welspunenergy.com

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