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EU mergers and takeovers (May 11)

Reuters - UK Focus

BRUSSELS, May 11 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS

-- Hutchison Whampoa to acquire Telefonica (LSE: 826858.L - news) 's O2 UK subsidiary (prohibited May 11)

-- Kingdom of Denmark to acquire sole control of energy trader and distributor Dong (approved April 27)

NEW LISTINGS

-- U.S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) . payments network operator Visa Inc (Xetra: A0NC7B - news) to acquire Visa Europe (notified May 10/deadline June 15/simplified)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES

None

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

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MAY 11

-- Swiss-based chemicals producer INEOS to acquire some of chemicals maker Celanese Corp's assets (notified April 1/deadline May 11)

MAY 12

-- U.S. rail equipment maker Wabtec Corp to acquire French peer Faiveley Transport SA (notified April 4/deadline May 12)

MAY 17

-- Saint-Gobain and Corning (NYSE: GLW - news) to set up a joint venture to produce lightweight glazing for the car industry (notified April 6/deadline May 17)

MAY 24

-- Private equity (LSE: 0QLS.L - news) firm Towerbrook Capital Partners to acquire information provider Infopro Digital (notified April 13/deadline May 24)

-- Brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev to acquire rival SABMiller (Amsterdam: MI8.AS - news) (notified March 30/deadline extended to May 24 from May 4 after AB Inbev offers concessions)

MAY 25

-- Canadian investment firm CPPIB and infrastructure investment firm GIP to jointly acquire Australian company Asciano (Dusseldorf: 02A1.DU - news) 's Pacific National business which consists of freight haulage services in Australia (notified April 14/deadline May 25/simplified)

MAY 26

-- U.S. private equity firm Starwood Capital Group and Banco Sabadell to set up a joint venture to invest in hotels(notified April 15/deadline May 26/simplified)

-- U.S. private equity firms Warburg Pincus and General Atlantic, Italian lender Unicredit (EUREX: DE000A163206.EX - news) and Spanish bank Santander to combine the asset management business of SAM Investment Holdings Limited and Pioneer Global Asset Management S.p.A.(notified April 15/deadline May 26)

-- HeidelbergCement (LSE: 0MG2.L - news) to acquire Italian peer Italcementi (Hamburg: 1086183.HM - news) (notified April 1/deadline extended to May 26 after HeidelbergCement offered concessions)

MAY 27

-- Property developer Segro (Other OTC: SEGXF - news) and Canada's Public Sector Pension Investment Board to jointly acquire logistics assets in the Czech Republic and Italy, which are now solely controlled by Segro (LSE: SGRO.L - news) (notified April 18/deadline May 27/simplified)

-- Finnish retailer Kesko (LSE: 0BNS.L - news) to acquire building products supplier Onninen (notified April 18/deadline May 27)

MAY 30

-- Private equity firms Bridgepoint and Summit Partners to jointly acquire software provider Calypso Technology Inc. (notified April 19/deadline May 30/simplified)

JUNE 1

-- Investment fund Apollo Management to acquire Portuguese insurer Acoreana Seguros (notified April 21/deadline June 1/simplified)

-- Air transport services (NasdaqGS: ATSG - news) provider Norwegian and shipping company Shiphold to jointly acquire air crew management services company OSM Aviation (notified April 21/deadline June 1)

JUNE 2

-- Private equity firm Pillarstone, which is indirectly controlled by KKR, to acquire Italian engineering services provider Sirtl (notified April 22/deadline June 2/simplified)

JUNE 3

-- Investment funds Investindustrial V L.P. and Catelli S.r.l. to jointly acquire baby care products maker Artsana (notified April 25/deadline June 3/simplified)

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 (Other OTC: IRLD - news) . (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)

-- Fairfax Holdings Ltd and OPG Commercial Holdings to acquire joint control of Eurolife ERB Insurance Group Holdings (notified April 29/deadline June 9)

JUNE 13

-- Dutch holding company Hal Investments to acquire 20 percent stake in online retailer Coolblue (notified on May 3/deadline June 13/simplified)

-- Auto parts maker Johnson Controls (NYSE: JCI - news) to buy Ireland-based Tyco International (NYSE: TYC - news) . (notified on May 3/deadline June 13/simplified)

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)

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)

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 (Other OTC: ITGL - news) 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 Brussels newsroom)