Reuters: Regulatory News: EU mergers and takeovers (April 19)

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EU mergers and takeovers (April 19) Apr 19th 2013, 10:21 BRUSSELS, April 19 | Fri Apr 19, 2013 6:21am EDT BRUSSELS, April 19 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- German engineering company Siemens to buy British technology company Invensys' rail business (approved April 18) NEW LISTINGS -- Otsuka Pharmaceutical, which is a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co, and Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co to acquire stakes in Claris Otsuka Ltd which is owned by Indian drugmaker Claris Lifesciences Ltd (notified April 18/deadline May 29/simplified) EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES -- Norwegian aluminium producer Norsk Hydro and Norwegian peer Orkla to merge their extruded aluminium units via a joint venture (notified March 18/deadline extended to May 14 from April 25 after Norsk Hydro offered concessions) FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE APRIL 22 -- Investment bank Goldman Sachs and private equity firm TPG Lundy to buy British real estate developer Tulloch Homes Group from British lender Lloyds Bank (notified Feb. 13/deadline April 22) APRIL 23 -- U.S. ceramic tile maker Mohawk Industries to acquire panel board maker Spano Invest, which is majority-owned by Belgian holding company Ackermans & Van Haaren (notified March 14/deadline April 23) -- Greek carrier Aegean Airlines to buy Olympic Air (notified Feb. 28/deadline extended to April 23 from April 9 after Aegean offered commitments) APRIL 25 -- Private equity firms Bridgepoint Advisers Group Ltd and Orlando Italy Management S.A. to acquire Italian perfume distributor Bergamotto (notified March 18/deadline April 25/simplified) APRIL 26 -- German optical technology company Carl Zeiss to acquire sole control of eyewear maker Carl Zeiss Vision Holding GmbH (notified March 19/deadline April 26/simplified) APRIL 30 -- German rail operator Deutsche Bahn to acquire sole control of eastern European bus services company Veolia Transport Central Europe which is a majority-owned unit of French transport company Veolia Transport Transdev Group (notified March 21/deadline April 30) MAY 7 -- Dutch insurer Aegon to acquire Spanish bank Santander's insurance subsidiaries Santander Vida and Santander Generales (notified March 27/deadline May 7) MAY 8 -- RAG trust and buyout firm CVC Capital Partners to sell part of their shares in German chemicals company Evonik Industries (notified April 2/deadline May 8/simplified) -- Distributor Export Trading Company Holdings (ETC), SCPE, which is the private equity arm of British bank Standard Chartered, investment funds Pemgrofund and Carlyle Commodities to acquire joint control of ETC Group (notified April 2/deadline May 8/simplified) MAY 13 -- Food processor McCain Foods Group to buy potato products supplier Lutosa Business (notified April 3/deadline May 13) MAY 15 -- Warner Music Group, which is owned by Access Industries Inc, to acquire Parlophone Label Group from Vivendi's Universal Music Group (notified April 5/deadline May 15) MAY 16 -- Private equity firm Rhone Capital to purchase bakery products maker CSM Bakery Supplies (notified April 8/deadline May 16/simplified) -- Czech group Agrofert to buy Italian pasta maker Barilla's German bakery chain Lieken AG (notified April 8/deadline May 16/simplified) MAY 17 -- French insurer Sogecap, which is part of French bank Societe Generale, and Cardif Assurance Vie, which is a subsidiary of French bank BNP Paribas, to jointly acquire a real estate developer (notified April 9/deadline May 17) -- Swedish truck maker Volvo to set up a joint venture with China's Dongfeng Motor Group Co (notified April 9/deadline May 17/simplified) -- Australian warehouse operator Goodman Group to acquire a stake in a container terminal owned by ports operator DP World Limited, which is part of Dubai World (notified Aprill 9/deadline May 17/simplified) MAY 27 -- Tokia Rubber, which is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, to buy car parts maker Anvis Group GmbH from H.I.G. Capital (notified April 16/deadline May 27) MAY 30 -- U.S. communications company Syniverse Technologies to buy Luxembourg-based communications services company Mach (notified Nov. 16/deadline extended for the second time to May 30 from May 15 after the companies asked for more time) JUNE 7 -- Finnish paper producer Ahlstrom to merge with a unit of Swedish company Munksjo, which is partly owned by private equity fund EQT (notified Oct. 31/deadline extended for the second time to June 7 from May 16 after Ahlstrom offered concessions) SEPT 6 -- Swedish refiner Nynas to purchase certain assets from Royal Dutch Shell's Harburg refinery (notified Feb. 19/deadline extended for the second time to Sept. 6 from Aug. 8) 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 working days to 35 working days, to consider either a company's proposed remedies 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 the clearance of uncontroversial first-stage mergers without giving any reason for its decision. Cases may be reclassified as non-simplified -- that is, ordinary first-stage reviews -- until they are approved. Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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