Deals of the day — Mergers and acquisitions

Oct 14 (Reuters) — The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 0930 GMT on Wednesday: * Japanese trading house Sojitz said it agreed to sell its entire stake in the Gregory Crinum coal mine in Queensland, Australia, as part of a structural reform and to reduce its exposure to metallurgical coal.... * Swiss skincare firm Galderma said it had agreed to acquire US-based company ZO Skin Health for an enterprise value of $1.5 billion, confirming a report published earlier in the day.... * Australia's New South Wales Court of Appeal rejected Cosette Pharmaceuticals' bid to terminate its takeover of Mayne Pharma, upholding a lower court ruling that the US-based drugmaker had no valid grounds to abandon the deal.... * Australian shipbuilder Austal said it had extended the due diligence period for Hanwha Group, allowing the South Korean conglomerate more time to formulate a formal offer for its US business, sending its shares sharply higher.... * Grupo Televisa, and Fintech Holdings have agreed to buy AT&T's Mexican unit for $2 billion in cash, setting up a showdown with telecoms giant America Movil and marking one of Mexico's biggest M&A deals in rec