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EU mergers and takeovers (Jan 12)

Reuters - UK Focus

BRUSSELS, Jan 12 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS

-- Property investment management company Jones Lang LaSalle and UK real estate investment fund Intu Properties (LSE: INTU.L - news) to jointly acquire a shopping centre in Norwich, UK (notified Dec (Shanghai: 600875.SS - news) . 8/approved Jan. 12/simplified)

NEW LISTINGS

-- Units (Berlin: 0E41.BE - news) of Ivanhoe Cambridge and QuadReal Property to set up joint venture to invest in Indian real estate projects, particularly logistics parks. (notified Jan. 10/ deadline Feb. 14/ simplified)

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-- Private Equity Fund Nordic Capital VIII Limited to buy Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen Holding SE (notified Jan. 9/ deadline Feb. 13/ simplified)

-- EDF Unit EDF ENR PWT and Canadian Solar (NasdaqGS: CSIQ - news) to set up joint venture (notified Jan. 9/ deadline Feb. 13/ simplified)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES

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FIRST (Other OTC: FSTC - news) -STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE

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JAN 18

-- UK retailer JD Sports Fashion Plc (LSE: JD.L - news) , investment vehicle Balaiko Firaja Invest and food and non-food trader Sonae MC, which is controlled by Efanor Investimentos, to jointly acquire sports goods retailer JDSH Sprinter Holdings 2010 (notified Dec. 5/deadline Jan. 18)

JAN 23

-- U.S. television network Discovery Communications (Frankfurt: DC6.F - news) to acquire U.S. peer Scripps Networks Interactive Inc (NasdaqGS: SNI - news) (notified Dec. 8/deadline Jan. 23)

JAN 24

-- Chinese pork supplier WH Group (HKSE: 0288-OL.HK - news) subsidiary and U.S. meat producer Smithfield to acquire Polish meat company Pini Polonia (notified Nov. 27/deadline extended to Jan. 24 from Jan. 10/Polish competition authority asked to review the case Dec. 15)

-- CFC (Shanghai: 600977.SS - news) , which is part of Chinese conglomerate the CEFC Group and investment company Rockawy Capital to jointly acquire Czech holding company European Bridge Travel (notified Dec. 11/deadline Jan. 24/simplified)

JAN 25

-- SHV Holdings, through its LPG sector specialist SHV Energy, to acquire full control of Liquigas, a joint venture of SHV and Brixia Finanziaria (notified Dec. 12/deadline Jan. 25/simplified)

JAN 30

-- U.S. insulation and roofing company Owens Corning Finland to acquire financial services provider Parry 1 Holding (notified Dec. 15/deadline Jan. 30)

JAN 31

-- Madison Dearborn Partners Enter to acquire a portion of AmTrust Financial Services (Frankfurt: 721.F - news) ' U.S. fee businesses

(notified Dec. 18/deadline Jan. 31/simplified)

-- Bunge to buy downstream edible oils and fats business Loders of Malaysia's IOI.(notified Dec. 18/deadline Jan. 31/simplified)

FEB 1

-- Investment firm CD&R to take a 40 pct stake in D'Ieteren's windshield repair service Belron.

(notified Dec. 19/deadline Feb. 1/simplified)

-- Japan's Mitsui & Co and Grupo Salvador to joinly buy Portuguese bus manufacturer Caetanobus.

(notified Dec 19/deadline Feb.1/simplified)

-- Steel group Schmolz + Bickenbach (Frankfurt: 905370 - news) to acquire some assets of Asco Industries. (notified Dec. 19/deadline Feb. 1/simplified)

FEB 2

-- Investment firms Vitruvian and Verdane Capital Advisors to take joint control of online car parking service EasyPark. (notified Dec. 21/deadline Feb. 2/simplified)

-- Holding company EG Group to buy Esso Germany's business. (notified Dec. 21/deadline Feb. 5/simplified)

-- Packaging manufacturer S.A. Industrias Celulosa Aragonesa (SAICA) to acquire peer Emin Leydier. (notified Dec. 20/deadline Feb. 2/simplified)

FEB 6

-- German renewable energy producer BayWa (IOB: 0AH6.IL - news) r.e. to acquire all of the shares in and control over C.E.T. Clean Energy Trading GmbH. (notified Dec. 22/deadline Feb. 6/simplified)

-- Italian EDF unit Edison (Stuttgart: 1517689.SG - news) to buy Gas Natural (Frankfurt: 38G.F - news) 's unit Gas Natural Vendita Italia. (notified Nov. 22/deadline Feb. 6/simplified)

-- German engineering group Hochtief (IOB: 0EPW.IL - news) to take sole control of Spanish peer Abertis (Amsterdam: IF6.AS - news) . (notified Dec 22/deadline Feb 6.)

FEB 12

-- Swiss logistics group Kuehne + Nagel to acquire sole control of the drinks distribution joint venture Kuehne + Nagel Drinkflow Logistics Holdings Limited (notified Jan. 8/deadline Feb. 12/simplified)

-- Ireland (Other OTC: IRLD - news) 's Toohil Telecom to acquire Eircom Holdco SA from a group of investors. (notified Jan. 8/deadline Feb. 12/simplified)

FEB 13

-- Private Equity Fund Nordic Capital VIII Limited to buy Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen Holding SE (notified Jan. 9/ deadline Feb. 13/ simplified)

-- EDF Unit EDF ENR PWT and Canadian Solar to set up joint venture (notified Jan. 9/ deadline Feb. 13/ simplified)

FEB 14

-- Units of Ivanhoe Cambridge and QuadReal Property to set up joint venture to invest in Indian real estate projects, particularly logistics parks. (notified Jan. 10/ deadline Feb. 14/ simplified)

MARCH 5

-- German industrial group Bayer (IOB: 0P6S.IL - news) to acquire U.S. seeds company Monsanto (Hamburg: 1132157.HM - news) (notified June 30/deadline March 5)

MARCH 8

-- Italian eyewear maker Luxottica (Milan: LUX.MI - news) and French lens manufacturer Essilor to merge (notified Aug. 22/deadline March 8)

MARCH 15

-- U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm (Swiss: QCOM-USD.SW - news) to acquire Dutch company NXP Semiconductors NV (NasdaqGS: NXPI - news) (notified April 28/deadline March 15)

MARCH 19

-- U.S. specialty material company Celanese and private equity firm Blackstone (NYSE: BX - news) to combine their cellulose acetate tow units under a new joint venture (notified Sept. 9/deadline extended to March 19 from March 5)

APRIL 4

-- Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal (LSE: 0NSF.L - news) to acquire Italian steel plant (notified Sept. 21/deadline extended to April 4 from March 23 after the companies asked for more time)

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. (Reporting by Foo Yun Chee)