Reuters: Regulatory News: EU mergers and takeovers (Aug 20)

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EU mergers and takeovers (Aug 20) Aug 20th 2013, 14:58 BRUSSELS | Tue Aug 20, 2013 10:58am EDT BRUSSELS Aug 20 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process: APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS -- Hong Kong-based Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd, Hutchison Whampao Ltd's Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings Ltd, Power Assets Holdings Ltd and Li Ka Shing Foundation Ltd to buy Dutch waste processing firm RAV Water Treatment I B.V. (approved Aug. 16) -- Spanish telecoms provider Telefonica, Spanish lender Caixabank and Spain's Banco Santander to set up an advertising services joint venture (approved Aug. 14) -- French paper products company Antalis to acquire U.S. printer and copier company Xerox's western Europe paper distribution business (approved Aug. 14) NEW LISTINGS -- German tank storage provider Oiltanking, which is owned by German privately owned company Marquard & Bahls AG, and investment funds group Macquarie to set up a joint venture (notified Aug. 19/deadline Sept. 23/simplified) -- French rail company SNCF to buy a stake in rail freight transport company CRT, which is a subsidiary of French holding company Comsa-EMTE CRT (notified Aug. 16/deadline Sept. 20.simplified) -- Russia's United Petrochemical Company and Mexican holding company Grupo Petrotemex S.A. to form a joint venture (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept. 19/simplified) -- Soft drinks manufacturer Refresco Group to acquire rival Pride Foods (notified Aug. 16/deadline Sept. 20) -- British mobile telecoms provider Vodafone to buy German cable company Kabel Deutschland (notified Aug. 16/deadline Sept. 20) -- Norwegian fish farmer Marine Harvest to increase its stake in Norwegian salmon farmer Morpol ASA (notified Aug. 9/deadline Sept. 16) -- Private equity firm Platinum Equity to buy advertising agency CBS Outdoor (notified Aug. 7/deadline Sept. 12/simplified) EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES None FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE AUG 26 -- French insurer AXA's private equity arm and Chinese conglomerate Fosun International to buy travel services company Club Mediterranee (notified July19/deadline Aug. 26/simplified) -- Private equity firm Triton to acquire Danish pipe maker Logstor (notified July 19/deadline Aug. 26) AUG 27 -- Private equity group the Carlyle Group to buy German wood products manufacturer Klenk Holz AG (notified July 22/deadline Aug. 27/simplified) AUG 30 -- U.S. private equity firms Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic to acquire joint control of Santander Asset Management from Spanish bank Santander (notified July 25/deadline Aug. 30/simplified) -- French electrical and mechanical engineering company SPIE to buy German cement company Hochtief's facility and energy management business Hochtief Service Solutions (notified July 25/deadline Aug. 30/simplified) -- Austrian agricultural and energy products supplier Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG (RWA) to acquire sole control of German fuel distributor Genol, which is jointly owned by RWA and OMV Refining & Marketing GmbH (notified July 25/deadline Aug. 30/simplified) -- Private equity firm Towerbrook Investors to buy metal processing company Metallum Holding S.A. (notified July 25/deadline Aug. 30/simplified) SEPT 5 -- Private equity firm 3i Group to acquire sole control of Barclays Infrastructure Funds Management from British bank Barclays PLC (notified July 31/deadline Sept. 5/simplified) SEPT 6 -- U.S. electronic parts distributor Avnet Inc. to buy German peer MSC Investoren GmbH (notified Aug. 1/deadline 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) SEPT 9 -- M&G Investment Management Ltd, which is a subsidiary of British insurer Prudential plc, to acquire sole control of medical product maker Alliance Medical (notified Aug. 2/deadline Sept. 9/simplified) -- Spanish lender Banco Popular and Credit Mutuel to acquire joint control of an ATM business in Spain (notified Aug. 2/deadline Sept. 9/simplified) SEPT 10 -- Spanish water treatment services company Aqualia and Japanese trading house Mitsui to acquire joint control of Czech water treatment services providers Severomiravkse Vodovody A Kanalizace (SmVaK) and AII Ostrava (notified Aug. 5/deadline Sept. 10/simplified) SEPT 12 -- Private equity firm Platinum Equity LLC to buy outdoor advertising services provider CBS Outdoor (notified Aug. 7/deadline Sept. 12/simplified) SEPT 17 -- U.S. bank JP Morgan Chase & Co to acquire indirect majority stake in British frozen food manufacturer Findus Group Limited (notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept. 17/simplified) OCT 16 -- Greek carrier Aegean Airlines to buy Olympic Air (notified Feb. 28/deadline extended for the second time to Oct. 16 from Sept. 25 after Aegean offered additional commitments) 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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