BRUSSELS, June 16 (Reuters) - The following are mergersunder review by the European Commission and a brief guide to theEU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- PRS for Music Ltd (PRSfM), Foreningen Svenska TonsattaresInternationella Mysikbyra (Stim) and Gesellschaft fürmusikalische Aufführungs- und mechanischeVervielfältigungsrechte (Gema) to set up a joint venture toadminister mechanical and performing rights (approved June 16)
-- German drugs and chemicals maker Merck KGaA toacquire U.S. peer Sigma-Aldrich (approved June 15)
NEW LISTINGS
-- U.S. drinks can maker Ball Corp to acquireBritish rival Rexam Plc (notified June 15/deadline July20)
-- U.S. drugmaker Pfizer to acquire U.S. peerHospira (notified June 15/deadline July 20)
-- Australian drugmaker CSL to acquire Swissdrugmaker Novartis' influenza vaccines business(notified June 12/deadline July 17)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
None
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
JUNE 19
-- Finnish energy company Stl to acquire joint control ofaviation Fuelling Service Norway AS, which is part of oilproducer Royal Dutch Shell Keele Oy (notified May12/deadline June 19)
JUNE 22
-- Singapore's Flextronics to acquire Frenchtelecoms company Alcatel-Lucent's Italian assets(notified May 13/deadline June 22/simplified)
-- U.S. telecoms equipment maker CommScope Holding Co Inc to buy Swiss electronics firm TE Connectivity's networkgear business BNS (notified May 13/deadline June 22)
JUNE 23
-- German car parts maker Mahle Behr to acquire U.S. carparts maker Delphi's Thermal Systems unit (notified May18/deadline June 23)
JUNE 24
-- Public Sector Pension Investment Board and OntarioTeachers' Pension Plan Board to jointly acquire Tonopah SolarEnergy Holdings (notified May 19/deadline June 24/simplified)
JUNE 26
-- Private equity firm Permira and investment fund CanadaPension Plan Investment Board to jointly acquire U.S. softwarecompany Informatica (notified May 21/deadline June26/simplified)
-- DCC Holding A/S, which is a subsidiary of Irish companyDCC Plc, and DLG Service A/S, which is unit of Danishcooperative DLG Group, to combine their Danish energy businesses(notified May 21/deadline June 26)
JUNE 29
-- French shipping company CMA CGM to acquireOldenburg-Portugiesische Dampfschiffs-Rhederei GmbH & Co. KG,which is a unit of the Bernhard Schulte GmbH & Co KG (notifiedMay 22/deadline June 29)
-- French investment fund LBO France to acquire control ofclothing retailer IKKS (notified May 22/deadline June29/simplified)
-- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to acquire jointcontrol of British port operator ABP together withinfrastructure investor Borealis and Singapore state-ownedinvestment vehicle GIC Pte Ltd (notified May 22/deadline June29/simplified)
JUNE 30
-- U.S. investment firm Centerbridge Partners L.P. toacquire Italian lender Banca FarmaFactoring S.p.A (notified May26/deadline June 30/simplified)
JULY 1
-- British Airways-owner IAG's to acquire a25-percent stake in Irish airline Aer Lingus (notifiedMay 27/deadline July 1)
-- China National Chemical Corp to acquire Italian tyremaker Pirelli (notified May 27/deadlineJuly 1)
JULY 2
-- British meat producer Dawn Meats to acquire a 49 percentstake in French meat producer Elivia which is only wholly ownedby agricultural cooperative Terrena (notified May 28/deadlineJuly 2/simplified)
JULY 8
-- Aberdeen Infrastructure to acquire a stake in a hospitalconcession from Globalvia Infraestructuras (notified June3/deadline July 8)
-- Private equity firm Pamplona Capital Management to buypet food supplier Partner in Pet Food Holdings (notified June3/deadline July 8/simplified)
-- U.S. investment company OpenGate Capital Group Europe toacquire chemicals producer Kem One Innovative Vinyls (notifiedJune 3/deadline July 8)
-- Meat products group Danish Crown to acquire Danish peerTican (notified June 3/deadline July 8)
JULY 10
-- RTL Nederland Ventures, which is part of Germanpublishing group Bertelsmann group, to acquire joint control ofDutch advertiser Reclamefolder nl B.V. (notified June 5/deadlineJuly 10/simplified)
-- U.S. trading group Castleton Commodities International toacquire Morgan Stanley's physical oil business (notifiedJune 5/deadline July 10/simplified)
JULY 17
-- U.S. private equity firm KKR plan to buycontrolling stake in Ursa Insulation Holding BV from Spanishbuilding materials group Uralita (notified June12/deadline July 17/simplified)
-- U.S. private equity firm Platinum Equity plan to buyaviation company Worldwide Flight Services Global Holding(notified June 12/deadline July 17/simplified)
JULY 24
-- German conglomerate Siemens to purchase U.S.oilfield equipment maker Dresser-Rand Group Inc (notified Jan. 9/deadline July 24)
AUG 6
-- Commodities trader Cargill to buy rival ArcherDaniels Midland Co's global chocolate business (notifiedJan. 19/deadline Aug. 6/Cargill offers concessions on May 22)
AUG 21
-- U.S. conglomerate General Electric to acquire mostof French engineering group Alstom's power equipmentbusiness (notified Jan. 19/deadline extended for the third timeto Aug. 21 from Aug. 6)
SEPT 2
-- Norwegian telecoms company Telenor and Swedishpeer TeliaSonera to combine their Danish mobilebusinesses (notified Feb. 27/deadline extended to Sept. 2 fromAug. 19 after the companies asked for more time)
SUSPENDED
-- 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)
