(Reuters) – French industrial group Schneider Electric is nearing a deal to take full control of British software company Aveva Group Plc for about 3.5 billion pounds ($4.1 billion), Sky News reported on Monday. The boards of both companies are discussing a price of more than 30 pounds a share for Schneider to acquire the roughly 40% of Aveva it doesn’t already own, valuing the British company at about 9 billion pounds, the report said. (https://bit.ly/3Bz3BOt) Aveva declined to comment, while Schneider did not immediately respond to a request for comment. ($1 = 0.8549 pounds) (Reporting by Sh…