BRUSSELS, June 12 (Reuters) - The following are mergersunder review by the European Commission and a brief guide to theEU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- Kuwaiti state oil group Kuwait Petroleum Corp to acquireItalian petroleum product companies Shell Italia SpA and ShellItalia Aviazione Srl from energy company Royal Dutch Shell (approved June 12)
-- Japanese trading company Toyota Tsusho Corp toacquire German metals recycling company Scholz (approved June 12)
-- U.S. car dealer Penske Automotive Group Inc andSpanish car dealer Ibericar to acquire joint control of Spanishcar dealer Ibericar Keldenich S.L. which is now solelycontrolled by Ibericar (approved June 11)
-- Italian insurer Unipol to sell assets to Germanpeer Allianz (approved June 10)
-- U.S. chemical manufacturer Ashland Inc to sellits water technologies unit to private equity firm Clayton,Dubilier & Rice (approved June 6)
-- German private equity firm Kallisto EinhundertsteVermoegensverwaltungs-GmbH, which is controlled by privateequity company Permira Holdings Ltd, to acquire German chemicalcompany CABB (approved June 5)
-- Katara Hospitality, owned by Qatar's sovereign wealthfund Qatar Investment Authority, to acquire joint control of aportfolio of hotels which are jointly controlled by Britishhotel operator InterContinental Hotels Group (approvedJune 5)
NEW LISTINGS
-- Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to buySpanish olive oil bottler Deoleo (notified June11/deadline July 16/simplified)
-- Russian private equity firm Sistema JSF Corp to buySegheza Pulp and Paper Mill (notified June 11/deadline July16/simplified)
-- Investment holding compan Letterone Holdings SA toacquire German energy company RWE Dea (notified June11/deadline July 16/simplified)
-- French agricultural cooperative Lur Berri and privateequity firm Pai Partners to acquire joint control of French foodproducts distributor Labeyrie Fine Foods (notified June10/deadline July 15
-- Private equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners toacquire British healthcare provider Independent ClinicalServices Group (notified June 10/deadline July 15/simplified)
-- U.S. media group Viacom Inc to buy Britishbroadcaster Channel 5 (notified June 10/deadline July15/simplified)
-- French car parts maker Faurecia and Italianpeer Magnetti Marelli to set up a joint venture (notified June10/deadline July 15/simplified)
-- Private equity firm The Carlyle Group and Chinesehome appliance maker Qingdao Haier to acquire HaierBiomedical and Laboratory Products Ltd (notified June 6/deadlineJuly 14)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
-- U.S. orthopedic products maker Zimmer Holdings Inc to buy rival Biomet Inc (notified June3/notification declared incomplete on June 11)
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
JUNE 13
-- British utility Centrica, iCON InfrastructurePartners and Brookfield Renewable Energy Partners to buy theretail arm and other assets of Irish state-owned power providerBord Gais Energy (notified May 5/deadline June 13)
JUNE 16
-- U.S. firm Federal-Mogul Corp to buy part of thefriction materials business, including the European frictionmaterials business, of Honeywell International Inc (notified April 16/deadline extended to June 16 from May 28after Federal-Mogul offered commitments)
JUNE 18
-- Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to buy specialtydry-mix solutions producer Parexgroup from construction companyMateris (notified May 8/deadline June 18)
JUNE 20
-- German airline Lufthansa and aviation trainingcompany CAE to set up a training joint venture (notified May13/deadline June 20/simplified)
JUNE 23
-- Private equity firm Blackstone to acquire solecontrol of Pinafore Holdings B.V., which owns industrialproducts maker Gates Worldwide Ltd (notified May14/deadline June 23/simplified)
JUNE 25
-- French utility EDF to acquire the domesticactivities of French energy services company Dalkia which is nowjointly controlled by EDF and French water and waste groupVeolia (notified May 16/deadline June 25)
-- British mobile phone retailer Carphone Warehouse and British electrical retailer Dixons Retail to merge(notified May 16/deadline Jun2 25)
-- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB), Peruvianengineering company Grana y Montero and Spanish gas networkoperator Enagas to acquire joint control of Peruvian gaspipeline operator Tecgas Inc which is now solely controlled byCPPIB (notified May 16/deadline June 25/simplified)
JUNE 26
-- Chinese electronics company Lenovo Group Ltd tobuy Google's Motorola Mobility handset division(notified May 19/deadline June 26/simplified)
JUNE 27
-- Qatar Investment Authority to acquire a stake in anAmerican Express business travel joint venture (notifiedMay 20/deadline June 27)
JUNE 30
-- German healthcare group Fresenius SE to form ajoint venture with Russian oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Sistema (notified May 21/deadline June 30/simplified)
JULY 1
-- Private equity firms The Carlyle Group and PAIPartners to jointly acquire French sensors maker Custom Sensors& Technologies from French electrical gear maker SchneiderElectric (notified May 22/deadline July 1/simplified)
-- Swedish steelmaker SSAB to buy Finnish peerRautaruukki Corp (notified May 22/deadline July 1)
JULY 2
-- British telecoms operator Vodafone to acquireSpanish cables company Ono (notified May 23/deadliine July 2)
JULY 3
-- Private equity firm The Carlyle Group to acquirecommodities merchant Traxys (notified May 26/deadline July3/simplified)
-- Dutch insurer Ageas to acquire 49percent of Portuguese non-life insurers Medis CompanhiaPortuguesa de Seguros de Saude S.A. and Ocidental CompanhiaPortuguesa de Seguros which is only solely owned by BancoComercial Portugues (notified May 26/deadline July3/simplified)
JULY 4
-- Dutch fund manager Amvest and Dutch private equity firmNPM to jointly acquire Dutch nursing home opeator Het Gastenhuis(notified May 27/deadline July 4/simplified)
-- Investment fund China Huaxin Post and TelecommunicationEconomy Development Center to acquire French telecoms equipmentmaker Alcatel-Lucent's enterprise business (notifiedMay 27/deadline July 4/simplified)
JULY 8
-- Private equity firms Advent International and BainCapital to jointly acquire payment cards supplier Nets Holding(notified June 2/deadline July 8)
JULY 10
-- Reggeborgh to acquire the rest of energy productssupplier Argos Group Holding B.V. from AEG Invest B.V. (notifiedJune 4/deadline July 10)
-- Remondis Nederland and Sita Recycling Services to set upa joint venture (notified June 4/deadline July 10/simplified)
-- Spanish telecoms provider Telefonica to buyDutch peer KPN's German unit (notified Oct. 31/deadlineextended to July 10 from July 3)
JULY 11
-- Private equity firm Pai Partners to buy audiovisualtechnical services provider Euro Media Group (notified June5/deadline July 11/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Clayton, Dubilier & Rice to acquireGerman plastic packaging maker Mauser (notified June5/deadline July 11/simplified)
-- Sonangol Comercializacao Internacional Ltd (Sonaci),which is a subsidiary of Angolan state owned energy groupSociedade Nacional de Combustiveis de Angola, Empresa Publica,and energy and commodities trader DTS, which is a joint venturebetween Trafigura Beheer B.V. and Cochan Ltd, to set up a jointventure (notified June 5/deadline July 11/simplified)
SEPT 5
-- Mexican cement producer Cemex to acquireSwiss peer Holcim's Spanish cement business (notifiedFeb. 28/deadline extended to April 23 from April 4 after Cemexsubmitted concessions/in-depth investigation announced April23/new deadline Sept. 5)
SEPT 18
-- U.S. chemical maker Huntsman Corp to acquire U.S.peer Rockwood Holdings's titanium dioxide pigmentsbusiness (notified Jan. 29/deadline extended to Sept. 18 fromAug. 20/commitments submitted on March 28)
OCT 17
-- U.S. cable company Liberty Global to acquireDutch peer Ziggo (notified March 14/deadline extendedto Oct. 17 from Sept. 19 after Liberty Global asked for moretime)
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. (Editing by Foo Yun Chee)
