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BRUSSELS, Aug 18 (Reuters) - The following are mergers underreview by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EUmerger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
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NEW LISTINGS
-- Pfizer to acquire British drugmakerGlaxoSmithKline's menACWY meningitis vaccine business(notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept. 29)
-- Cable telecoms company Liberty Global's Belgiansubsidiary Telenet to buy mobile network operator Basefrom Dutch group KPN (notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept.21)
-- European private equity group Cinven to buymajority stake in German laboratory operator Synlab from BCPartners (notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept.21/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
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FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
AUG 20
-- Dutch building materials distributor PontMeyer, which ispart of Deli Building Supplies B.V., to acquire Dutch holdingcompany DBS (notified July 15/deadline Aug. 20)
AUG 24
-- Magyar Telekom, 59 percent owned by DeutscheTelekom, to form a joint venture with Swiss-basedenergy sales and trading group MET Holding AG (notified July17/deadline Aug. 24)
AUG 26
-- U.S. drugmaker Perrigo to buy portfolio ofover-the-counter brands form British peer GlaxoSmithKline (notified July 22/deadline Aug. 26)
-- Varo Energy, a joint venture between the world's top oiltrader Vitol and private equity firm Carlyle Group, is expanding its reach in Europe through a merger withDutch-based storage and trading company Argos (notified July 22/deadline Aug. 26)
AUG 28
-- U.S. real estate services provider DTZ to acquire U.S.peer Cushman & Wakefield (notified July 24/deadline Aug. 28)
SEPT 1
-- British engineering company GKN to acquire Dutchcompany Fokker Technologies (notified July 28/deadline Sept.1/simplified)
-- British support services provider DCC Group toacquire French gas company Butagaz from Anglo Dutch oil companyRoyal Dutch Shell (notified July 28/deadline Sept.1/simplified)
-- U.S. grains company Archer Daniels Midland Co toacquire starch producer Eaststarch (notified July 28/deadlineSept. 1/simplified)
SEPT 2
-- Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell toacquire BG Group (notified July 29/deadline Sept. 2)
-- South African paper maker Mondi toacquire some assets from portfolio company Walki (notified July29/deadline Sept. 2)
SEPT 4
-- Private equity firms 3i Group and AMP Capital Investorsto acquire joint control of offshore emergency and rescueservices provider Esvagt (notified July 31/deadline Sept.4/simplified)
SEPT 7
-- Austrian bank Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich to acquire sole control of Austrian pension fund Valida Holding(notified Aug. 3/deadline Sept. 7/simplified)
-- Mahindra World City Developers and Japan'sSumitomo Corp to set up a joint venture (notified Aug.3/deadline Sept. 7/simplified)
SEPT 8
-- Evo Payments International, Raiffeisen Bank Polska and Czech lender Raiffeisenbank to jointlycontrol two new subsidiaries with merchant acquiring andacquiring processing services transferred from the two banks(notified Aug. 4/deadline Sept. 8/simplified)
SEPT 9
-- U.S. grain trader Archer Daniel Midland toacquire Belgian vegetable oil distributor AOR NV (notified Aug.5/deadline Sept. 9)
-- German retailer REWE to acquire some travelunits from Swiss travel operator Kuoni Reisen (notifiedAug. 5/deadline Sept. 9/simplified)
SEPT 10
-- Buyout group KKR to acquire majority stake inGerman fibre-optic network operator Deutsche Glasfaser (notifiedAug. 6/deadline Sept. 10/simplified)
SEPT 11
-- U.S. investment firm Apollo Global Management toaquire majority control of Slovenian bank Nova KBM (notifiedAug. 7/deadline Sept. 11/simplified)
-- U.S. conglomerate General Electric to acquire mostof French engineering group Alstom's power equipmentbusiness (notified Jan. 19/deadline extended for third time toSept. 11 from Aug. 21)
SEPT 14
-- Singapore-listed palm oil processor Wilmar International and Italian oil products company Fox PetroliferaItaliana SpA to set up a joint venture (notified Aug.10/deadline Sept. 14/simplified)
-- BPIFrance and Springwater Capital LLC to acquire jointcontrol of French paper producer Delion France (notified Aug.10/deadline Sept. 14/simplified)
-- Naxicap Partners and Fonds Avenir Automobile to acquirejoint control of French car parts maker Defta Group (notifiedAug. 10/deadline Sept. 14/simplified)
SEPT 16
-- Norwegian telecoms company Telenor and Swedishpeer TeliaSonera to combine their Danish mobilebusinesses (notified Feb. 27/deadline extended to Oct. 7 fromSept. 16 after the companies offered commitments)
-- Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to acquireenergy company PKP Energetyka (notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept.16/simplified)
-- Private equity firms Advent International, Bain Capitaland Clessidra to jointly acquire Italian banking servicescompany ICBPI (notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept. 16)
-- Chinese state-owned food firms Bright Food Group CoLtd to acquire Spanish holding company Invermik SA(notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept. 16/simplified)
SEPT 17
-- Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) and Spanish energygroup Gas Natural to acquire joint control of GlobalPower Generation (notified Aug. 13/deadline Sept. 17/simplified)
-- Buyout group KKR to acquire German cutlery andcoffee-machine maker WMF together with Austrianholding company FIBA (notified Aug.13/deadline Sept. 17)
SEPT 18
-- U.S. distressed investment fund Apollo to acquiremajority stake in steel trader Stemcor (notified Aug.14/deadline Sept. 18/simplified)
-- Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc tobuy U.S. specialty insurer HCC Insurance Holdings Inc (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept. 18/simplified)
-- Groupe Acticall to acquire customer relationshipmanagement company Sitel (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept.18/simplified)
-- Dutch chipmaker NXP to acquire U.S. peerFreescale (notified July 31, deadline extended to Sept.18 from Sept. 4 after NXP offered concessions)
NOV 25
-- U.S. drinks can maker Ball Corp to acquireBritish rival Rexam Plc (notified June 15/deadlineextended to Nov. 25 from July 20 after Commission openedin-depth investigation)
JAN 13
-- U.S. packages delivery company FedEx to acquireDutch peer TNT (notified July /deadline extended toJan. 13 from Dec. 8 after the companies asked for more time)
SUSPENDED
-- Oilfield services provider Halliburton to buyrival Baker Hughes in a stock and cash transaction(notified July 23/deadline suspended after the companiesprovided insufficient information)
-- SOCAR, Azerbaijan's state energy company, to buy stakesin Greek natural gas grid operator DESFA from Greek natural gasutility DEPA (notified Oct. 1/deadline suspended on Jan. 21)
GUIDE TO EU MERGER PROCESS
DEADLINES:
The European Commission has 25 working days after a deal is filed for a first-stage review. It may extend that by 10 workingdays to 35 working days, to consider either a company's proposedremedies or an EU member state's request to handle the case.
Most mergers win approval but occasionally the Commission opens a detailed second-stage investigation for up to 90 additional working days, which it may extend to 105 working days.
SIMPLIFIED:
Under the simplified procedure, the Commission announces theclearance of uncontroversial first-stage mergers without givingany reason for its decision. Cases may be reclassified asnon-simplified - that is, ordinary first-stage reviews - untilthey are approved. (Compiled by Foo Yun Chee)
