Deals of the day-Mergers and acquisitions

Bureau Veritas SA

15/01/2025 10:49

Jan 15 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers,
acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1030 GMT on
Wednesday:

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