EU mergers and takeovers (June 17)

BRUSSELS, June 17 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS

-- Chrysaor Holdings Ltd, which is indirectly controlled by investment company Harbour Energy, to acquire some of Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) 's offshore assets (approved June 15)

-- Chinese conglomerate HNA Holding Group Co to acquire Singapore-listed logistics company CWT (approved June 15)

-- Japanese telecommunications and tech investment group SoftBank (Swiss: SOFB.SW - news) , India's Bharti and Taiwanese company Hon Hai to jointly acquire Indian renewable energy company SB Energy Holdings Ltd which is now solely solely owned by SoftBank (approved June 15)

-- Australian investment bank Macquarie Group (Dusseldorf: 4M4.DU - news) to acquire Cargill Inc's petroleum business (approved June 15)

NEW LISTINGS

-- French utility group Suez SA (LSE: 0NRV.L - news) to acquire U.S. conglomerate General Electric (Euronext: GNE.NX - news) 's water and process technologies business (notified June 14/deadline July 19)

-- Dutch state owned gas operator Gasunie, Dutch storage tank operator Vopak and German gas and chemicals storage company Oiltanking which is controlled by German joint stock company Marquard & Bahls AG to set up a joint venture (notified June 14/deadline July 19/simplified)

-- Japanese conglomerate Itochu, Japaneseprinting company Toppan Printing tpnand Thailand's Thung Hua Sinn to jointly acquire plastic bag packaging company TPN Food Packaging (notified June 12/deadline July 17/simplified)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES

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

JUNE 21

-- French minerals company Imerys (LSE: 0NPX.L - news) to acquire French calcium aluminate cements maker Kerneos (notified May 12/deadline June 21)

JUNE 22

-- German chemicals company Evonik Industries (IOB: 0QDS.IL - news) to acquire U.S. company J.M. Huber Corp's silica business (notified April 27/deadline extended to June 22 from June 8 after Evonik offered concessions)

-- German online fashion retailer Zalando (Swiss: OXZALG.SW - news) and fashion company Bestseller United to set up a joint venture (notified May 15/deadline June 22/simplified)

JUNE 26

-- Private equity (IOB: 0QLS.IL - news) firms Advent International and Bain Capital Investors to jointly acquire payment services company RatePAY (notified May 17/deadline June 26/simplified)

JUNE 27

-- Buyout firm Blackstone (NYSE: BX - news) and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to acquire indirect joint control of U.S. educational content provider Ascend Learning (notified May 18/deadline June 27/simplified)

JUNE 28

-- Japanese telecoms and technology group SoftBank Group (Hanover: SFT.HA - news) to acquire U.S. private equity company Fortress Investment Group (notified May 19/deadline June 28/simplified)

-- Japanese shippers Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (Other OTC: NPNYY - news) , Mitsui OSK Lines (Frankfurt: 862503 - news) and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha (Other OTC: KAIKY - news) to merge their container units (notified May 19/deadline June 28)

-- French oil services group TechnipFMC, German industrial gases group Linde AG (Xetra: 648300 - news) and Russia's Research and Design Institute (Shanghai: 603018.SS - news) on Gas Processing (JSC NIPIgaspererabotka) to set up a joint venture (notified May 19/deadline June 28/simplified)

JUNE 29

-- Austrian refractories materials maker RHI (IOB: 0MJ5.IL - news) to acquire a controlling stake in Brazilian peer Magnesita Refratarios (notified May 5/deadline extended to June 29 from June 15 after RHI offered concessions)

JULY 3

-- Petrochemicals firm Ineos to acquire Danish utility and offshore wind farm developer Dong Energy (LSE: 0RHE.L - news) 's oil and gas business (notified May 24/deadline July 3/simplified)

JULY 5

-- French carmaker PSA Group to acquire General Motors's European arm Opel (notified May 30/deadline July 5)

-- French banks BNP Paribas (LSE: 0HB5.L - news) , Caisse des Depots et Consignations, Societe Generale (Swiss: 519928.SW - news) , stock exchange Euronext (Euronext: ENX.LS - news) , Euroclear, S2IEM (Societe d'Investissements en Infrastructures Europeennes de Marches) and CACEIS Investor Services to set up a joint venture (notified May 30/deadline July 5/simplified)

-- French construction and concessions company Vinci (Milan: DG.MI - news) and Swiss airport retailer Dufry LFP to jointly acquire Portuguese retail operator Lojas Francas de Portugal (notified May 30/deadline July 5)

JULY 6

-- Investment bank Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS-PB - news) to acquire Dutch chemical products distributor Caldic (notified May 31/deadline July 6/simplified)

JULY 7

-- Finnish industrial engine maker Wartsila and China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) to set up a joint venture (notified June 1/deadline July 7/simplified)

-- German brake systems maker Knorr-Bremse to acquire Swedish peer Haldex (Stockholm: HLDX.ST - news) (notified June 1/deadline July 7)

-- Private equity firm Apax Partners to acquire cleaning products maker Safetykleen from Warburg Pincus (notified June 1/deadline July 7/simplified)

JULY 10

-- Robert Tonnies and Clements Tonnies to acquire joint control of processed meat company Zur Muehlen Group (notified June 2/deadline July 10/simplified)

-- Japan's Hitachi Group and Japanese carmaker Honda to set up a joint venture (notified June 2/deadline July 10/simplified)

-- Private equity firms Bain Capital Investors and Cinven Capital Management to acquire joint control of German generics drugmaker Stada Arzneimittel AG (IOB: 0OM4.IL - news) (notified June 2/deadline July 10/simplified)

JULY 11

-- Spanish bank Santander to acquire control of asset management company SAM Investment Holdings Ltd (notified June 6/deadline July 11/simplified)

-- French power company EDF (Paris: FR0010242511 - news) to acquire British engineering company Imtech (KOSDAQ: 226350.KQ - news) (notified June 6/deadline July 11/simplified)

-- French bank BNP Paribas to acquire sole control of German credit provider Commerz Finanz, which is a joint venture between BNP (Paris: FR0000131104 - news) and German lender Commerzbank (LSE: 21170377.L - news) (notified June 6/deadline July 11/simplified)

-- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to acquire a minority stake and joint control of British school operator Nord Anglia Education which is now solely controlled by private equity firm BPEA (notified June 6/deadline July 11/simplified)

-- Swiss engineering group ABB (LSE: 0NX2.L - news) to acquire Austrian maker of production control systems Bernecker & Rainer (B&R) (notified June 6/deadline July 11/simplified)

JULY 12

-- Dutch insurer NN Group to acquire the Munich-based Holiday Inn hotel (notified June 7/deadline July 12/simplified)

-- German investment firm Genui GmbH and private equity firm Summit Partners to acquire negative control of Germany's Market Logic Software (notified June 7/deadline July 12/simplified)

-- U.S. chemicals company DuPont to acquire U.S. pesticide maker FMC's health and nutrition business (notified June 7/deadline July 12)

JULY 13

-- Austrian rail maintenance services company OBB Technische Services-GmbH (OBB) to acquire 60 percent of Austrian peer Stadler Linz from Switzerland's Stadler Rail (notified June 8/deadline July 13/simplified)

-- U.S. pesticide maker FMC to acquire U.S. chemicals company DuPont's crop protection business (notified June 8/deadline July 13)

JULY 14

-- U.S. engine maker Cummins (NYSE: CMI - news) and U.S. industrial conglomerate Eaton Corp to set up a joint venture for automated transmissions for heavy and medium duty commercial vehicles (notified June 9/deadline July 14/simplified)

JULY 17

-- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and British Telecom Pension Scheme to jointly acquire Milton Park business park (notified June 12/deadline July 17/simplified)

-- U.S. travel search site The Priceline Group to acquire U.S. peer Momondo Group (notified June 12/deadline July 17)

-- U.S. private equity firm Lone Star to acquire Portuguese bank Novo Banco (notified June 12/deadline July 17/simplified)

JULY 18

-- Fund management companies Deutsche Alternative Asset Management (Global) Ltd, InfraVia and Finanziaria Internazionale Holding S.p.A (FIH (HKSE: 2038-OL.HK - news) ) to jointly acquire FIH subsidiary Agora Investimenti S.p.A which has airport management activities (notified June 13/deadline July 18)

OCT (Shenzhen: 000069.SZ - news) 17

-- U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm (Swiss: QCOM-USD.SW - news) to acquire Dutch company NXP Semiconductors NV (NasdaqGS: NXPI - news) (notified April 28/deadline extended to Oct. 17 from June 9 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

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)