EU mergers and takeovers (June 2)
BRUSSELS, June 2 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- Dutch holding company Hal Investments to acquire 20 percent stake in online retailer Coolblue (approved June 1)
-- Auto parts maker Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI - news) to buy Ireland (Other OTC: IRLD - news) -based Tyco International (NYSE: TYC - news) . (approved June 1)
NEW LISTINGS
-- U.S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) . generic drugmaker Mylan (Hamburg: 27249935.HM - news) to acquire Swedish peer Meda (notified June 1/deadline July 6)
-- Private equity (LSE: 0QLS.L - news) firm Silver Lake Group to acquire sole control of French IT services provider Cegid (notified June 1/deadline July 6/simplified)
-- M&G Alternatives Investment Management, a unit of UK insurer Prudential plc (HKSE: 2378.HK - news) , and U.S. private equity firm Anchorage Capital Group to jointly acquire UK services provider PHS Group Investments (notified May 27/deadline July 1/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
None
FIRST (Other OTC: FSTC - news) -STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
JUNE 8
-- Irish Life to buy Aviva Health and 50.7 percent of shares in GloHealth that it does not currently own. Both are providers of health insurance in Ireland. (notified April 28/deadline June 6)
JUNE 9
-- U.S. food service distributor Sysco Corp to acquire peer Brakes Group (notified April 29/deadline June 9)
JUNE 14
-- Private equity firms 3i Group and Wood Creek Capital Management LLC to jointly acquire Wireless Infrastructure Group (notified May 4/deadline June 14/simplified)
-- Hearst Communications Inc and Advance Publications to set up a joint venture (notified May 4/deadline June 14/simplified)
-- France's Credit Mutuel to acquire GE Capital's factoring and equipment financing businesses in France and Germany (notified on May 4/deadline June 14)
JUNE 15
-- Private equity firms Apax Partners and management services provider Accenture (NYSE: ACN - news) to acquire joint control of U.S. insurance software developer Duck Creek Technologies (notified May 10/deadline June 15/simplified)
-- Malaysian state-owned investment fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd and Japan's Mitsui & Co (Other OTC: MITSF - news) to set up a joint venture (notified May 10/deadline June 15/simplified)
-- Private equity firm KKR to acquire indirect control of Airbus' defence electronics unit (notified May 10/deadline June 15/simplified)
-- U.S. industrial products maker ITW to acquire German car parts maker ZF TRW Automotives Corp's fasteners and car components business EF&C (notified May 10/deadline June 15)
-- U.S. payments network operator Visa Inc (Xetra: A0NC7B - news) to acquire Visa Europe (notified May 10/deadline June 15/simplified)
JUNE 16
-- Inter Ikea Systems Holding, which is a unit of the IKEA Group, to acquire companies carrying out IKEA manufacturing activities from the Ingka Group which owns IKEA franchisees in 28 countries (notified May 11/deadline June 16/simplified)
JUNE 17
-- Spanish lender Caixabank (Amsterdam: CB6.AS - news) to acquire Portugal's Banco BPI (notified May 12/deadline June 17/simplified)
-- Swiss-based chemicals company Ineos to acquire full control of UK peer Inovyn (notified May 12/deadline June 17/simplified)
-- Danish food company Danish Crown to acquire sole control of meat trader SPF-Denmark (notified May 12/deadline June 17/simplified)
JUNE 20
-- European packaging maker Ardagh to acquire some facilities from beverage can makers Ball and Rexam (notified May 18/deadline June 20/simplified)
-- Hon Hai Precision, also known as Foxconn, intends to buy a majority of Japanese electronics company Sharp (notified on May 13/deadline June 20)
-- Dublin-based support services group DCC Holding to acquire retail fuel and aviation fuel provider Dansk Fuels (notified on May 13/deadline June 20)
-- PitPoint and Primagaz Nederland to take joint control of PitPoint LNG, a liquefied natural gas provider in the Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany (notified on May 13/deadline June 20/simplified)
JUNE 22
-- European packaging maker Ardagh to acquire some assets from beverage can makers Ball and Rexam (notified May 18/deadline June 22/simplified)
-- Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp to acquire Dell's IT (Other OTC: ITGL - news) services unit (notified May 18/deadline June 22/simplified)
JUNE 23
-- Property developer Segro (Other OTC: SEGXF - news) and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board to jointly acquire Italian logistics company Torino DCI (notified May 19/deadline June 23/simplified)
-- Innovation Network Corp Japan, Japan's Sumitomo Chemical (Other OTC: SOMMF - news) Co and Sekisui Chemical Co to set up a joint venture (notified May 19/deadline June 23/simplified)
-- French industrial gas supplier Air Liquide (LSE: 0NWF.L - news) and Russian heavy engineering group OMZ to set up a joint venture (notified May 19/deadline June 23/simplified)
JUNE 24
-- Dutch dredging company Boskalis to acquire control of maritime services company VolkerWesselsOffshore from Reggeborgh (notified May 20/deadline June 24/simplified)
JUNE 25
-- Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and Global Infrastructure Management to acquire joint control of the freight haulage company Pacific Natonal of Australia's Asciano (Dusseldorf: 02A1.DU - news) (notified on May 14/deadline June 25/simplified)
JUNE 27
-- Investment bank Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB - news) to acquire bakery group Continental Bakeries (notified May 23/deadline June 27/simplified)
-- Hotel (LSE: 31142665.L - news) chain Marriott International (NasdaqGS: MAR - news) to acquire Starwood Hotels & Resorts (notified May 23/deadline June 27)
-- French company Plastic Omnium to acquire French car parts maker Faurecia (Other OTC: FURCF - news) 's auto exteriors business (notified May 23/deadline June 27)
-- Dutch staffing agency Randstad to acquire Italian peer Obiettivo Lavoro (notified May 23/deadline June 27/simplified)
JUNE 28
-- World Fuel Services Corp (NYSE: INT - news) to acquire ExxonMobil's fueling business at 83 airports (notified May 24/deadline June 28)
JUNE 29
-- Private equity firm Advent International to acquire New (KOSDAQ: 160550.KQ - news) Zealand resins and coating company Nuplex Industries (notified May 25/deadline June 29)
JULY 1
-- Private equity firms the Carlyle Group and Crestview Advisors to jointly acquire U.S. sports and entertainment event production company NEP Group (notified May 27/deadline July 1/simplified)
-- Buyout firms Bain Capital and Vista Equity Partners to jointly acquire U.S. insurance software supplier Vertafore (notified May 27/deadline July 1/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Cinven Capital Management and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board to jointly acquire accomodation and travel services company Hotelbeds Group from German travel group TUI AG (LSE: 0NLA.L - news) (notified May 27/deadline July 1/simplified)
JULY 4
-- German industrial company Freudenberg to acquire sole control of German maker of car vibration control technology Vibracoustic, which it now jointly controls with Swedish industrial rubber company Trelleborg (Amsterdam: 614701.AS - news) (notified May 30/deadline July 4/simplified)
AUG 10
-- Airbus Safran Launchers, a 50/50 joint venture between Airbus and Safran (LSE: 0IU8.L - news) , to acquire sole control of satellite group Arianespace (notified on Jan. 8/deadline extended to Aug. 10 from July 27/concessions offered May 4)
AUG 18
-- CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd and Vimpelcom to merge their Italian mobile operations (notified Feb. 5/deadline extended to Aug 18 from Aug. 10 after the companies asked for more time)
SEPT 20
-- U.S. rail equipment maker Wabtec Corp to acquire French peer Faiveley Transport SA (notified April 4/deadline extended to Sept. 20 from May 12 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)
SUSPENDED
-- SOCAR, Azerbaijan's state energy company, to buy stakes in Greek natural gas grid operator DESFA from Greek natural gas utility DEPA (notified Oct (HKSE: 3366-OL.HK - news) . 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 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. (Compiled by Foo Yun Chee)