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BRUSSELS, July 3 (Reuters) - The following are mergers underreview by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EUmerger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- British telecoms operator Vodafone to acquireSpanish cables company Ono (approved July 2)
NEW LISTINGS
-- Finnish energy company Fortum Corp and Russian gascompany OAO Gazprom to acquire joint control ofEstonian gas producer AS Eesti Gaas and Estonian grid operatorAS Voerguteenus Valdus (notified July 2/deadline Aug. 7)
-- Uniqa Previdenza S.p.A., which is part of Austrianinsurer Uniqa Insurance Group, to acquire full controlof Italian insurer Uniqa Life, which is now jointly controlledby Uniqa and Veneto Banca Holding S.C.p.A. (notifiedJuly 1/deadline Aug. 6/simplified)
-- Private equity firms HGCapital, KKR and Cinven to take joint control of computer software companyVisma (notified June 11/deadline July 16/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
None
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
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)
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)
JULY 14
-- Private equity firm The Carlyle Group and Chinesehome appliance maker Qingdao Haier to acquire HaierBiomedical and Laboratory Products Ltd (notified June 6/deadlineJuly 14)
JULY 15
-- Swedish steelmaker SSAB to buy Finnish peerRautaruukki Corp (notified May 22/deadline extendedto July 15 from July 1 after SSAB submitted concessions)
-- 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)
JULY 16
-- 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)
JULY 18
-- U.S.-based agricultural trader Cargill andBrazilian trader Copersucar S.A. to set up a joint venture(notified June 13/deadline July 18/simplified)
JULY 22
-- Golden Agri-Resources and chemicals companyCEPSA Quimica, which is a unit of Abu Dhabi state-ownedInternational Petroleum Investment Co (IPIC), to jointly controla joint venture (notified June 16/deadline July 22/simplified)
-- French IT services company Sopra Group toacquire French peer Groupe Steria (notified June16/deadline July 22/simplified)
-- French bank BNP Paribas Fortis to buy Poland'sBank Gospodarki Zywnosciowej (notified June 16/deadline July22/simplified)
JULY 23
-- Russian equipment maker Russian Machines, which is partof Russian business group the Basic Element and German holdingcompany Fritzmeier to set up a joint venture (notified June17/deadline July 23/simplified)
-- Hedge fund Apollo to buy Dutch TV company Endemol(notified June 17/deadline July 23/simplified)
JULY 24
-- Belgian wire producer Bekaert and OfficineMaccaferri to set up a joint venture (notified June 18/deadliineJuly 24/simplified)
JULY 25
-- Broad Street Principal Investments Holdings which isowned by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs, and KFGInvestment, which is a unit of Koch Industries, toacquire joint control of printing ink prdoucer Flint (notified June 19/deadline July 25/simplified)
-- China's Weichai Power to acquire sole controlof German forklift truck maker Kion Group (notifiedJune 19/deadline July 25/simplified)
-- French services company Groupe Lagardere and Frenchrailway SNCF Participations to set up a joint venture(notified June 19/deadline July 25)
JULY 30
-- Petrochemicals group INEOS and chemicals company Doeflexto combine their PVC businesses (notified June 24/deadline July30)
-- Apple Inc to acquire music streaming and audioequipment company Beats (notified June 24/deadline July 30)
-- British engineering company Amec to buySwiss-based peer Foster Wheeler (notified June24/deadline July 30/simplified)
-- Belgian wire maker Bekaert to buy Italian tyremaker Pirelli's steelcord business (notified June24/deadline July 30)
AUG 1
-- German drugmaker Allergopharma, French healthcareprovider Stallergenes, Spanish drugmaker LETI aand Global Asthmaand Allergy European Network e.V. to set up a joint venture(notified June 26/deadline Aug. 1/simplified)
AUG 4
-- Investment bank Goldman Sachs and private equityfirm the Blackstone Group to buy financial data companyIpreo from private equity firm KKR (notified June27/deadline Aug. 4/simplified)
-- German engineering company Siemens AG to buyRolls-Royce plc's aero-derivative gas turbinebusiness, and also to acquire joint control of turbine servicescompany Rolls Wood Group Ltd, which is a joint venture betweenRolls-Royce plc and John Wood Group (notified June27/deadline Aug. 4)
-- French public holding company ADP and airport duty-freeretailer Aelia to acquire joint control of Mziz Retail (notifiedJune 27/deadline Aug. 4/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Bridgepoint Advisers to buymanagement group Edmond de Rothschild Capital Partners (notifiedJune 27/deadline Aug 4)
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)
DEADLINE UNKNOWN
-- U.S. orthopedic products maker Zimmer Holdings Inc to buy rival Biomet Inc (notified June3/notification declared incomplete on June 11)
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)
