The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 1000 GMT on Wednesday.

 ** Lloyds Banking Group said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell a 1.05 billion pound ($1.65 billion) portfolio of private equity investments to Coller International Partners as it continues to shed riskier assets following its 2008 bailout.

** Real estate services firm Cousins Properties Inc will sell its third party client services business to Cushman & Wakefield. Up to 128 professionals will transition from Cousins to Cushman & Wakefield.

** Canada's Connacher Oil and Gas Ltd is to sell its Montana refinery to U.S.-based Calumet Specialty Products Partners for about $120 million, plus working capital.

** Seven & I Holdings Co, Japan's top general retailer, will acquire Tetco's motor fuel wholesale business.

** Private equity firm Carlyle Group LP is nearing an agreement to acquire Getty Images Inc from Hellman & Friedman LLC and could announce a deal as early as Wednesday, according to two people familiar with the matter.

** Carlyle Group said on Wednesday it has acquired a 13.5 percent stake in Meinian Onehealth Healthcare Group Co Ltd, placing a bet on rising spending on preventive healthcare from China's growing middle class and ageing populations.

** Liberty Media Corp, which is Sirius XM's primary stockholder, purchased nearly 90 million shares at an average price of $2.50 to move ahead with its plan to wrest control of the company.

** GlaxoSmithKline advanced its clear-out of non-core drugs on Wednesday with a deal to sell 25 older brands marketed in Australia to South Africa's Aspen Pharmacare for 172 million pounds ($270 million).

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