Jan 15 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on
Wednesday:
** Pfizer ( PFE ) will sell shares worth 2.50 billion pounds
($3.05 billion) in Haleon ( HLN ), lowering its stake in the
British consumer healthcare company to about 7.3% from 15%, its
bookrunner JPMorgan said.
** King Risk Partners has acquired Bruce Hendry Insurance,
expanding its presence in southwest Florida.
** France's Bureau Veritas and Switzerland's SGS
are in merger talks to create a testing and
certification giant worth more than $30 billion that would dwarf
competitors.
** GeoPark ( GPRK ) will not go ahead with its planned $530
million acquisition of Spain-based Repsol's oil and gas
production assets in Colombia, the company said on Tuesday.
(Compiled by Rajarshi Roy and Sneha S K in Bengaluru)