The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1000 GMT on Wednesday:
** SABMiller shareholders approved the brewer’s takeover by rival Anheuser-Busch InBev, paving the way for one of the biggest mergers in history.
** Phoenix Group Holdings, Britain’s largest owner of life assurance funds closed to new customers, said it would buy Deutsche Bank AG’s British insurance business Abbey Life Assurance Co for 935 million pounds ($1.22 billion) in cash.
