EU mergers and takeovers (Sept 9)

BRUSSELS, Sept 9 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS

-- U.S (Other OTC: UBGXF - news) . conglomerate General Electric to acquire most of French engineering group Alstom (Paris: FR0010220475 - news) 's power equipment business (approved Sept. 8)

-- U.S. grain trader Archer Daniel Midland to acquire Belgian vegetable oil distributor AOR NV (approved Sept. 7)

NEW LISTINGS

-- U.S. investment firm Colony Capital (NYSE: CLNY - news) and French insurer Axa (Paris: FR0000120628 - news) to jointly acquire data center operator Groupe Data 4 (notified Sept. 7/deadline Oct (HKSE: 3366-OL.HK - news) . 12/simplified)

-- French airports operator Aeroports de Paris (Other OTC: AEOXF - news) and British catering services provider Select Service Partner Group to form a joint venture (notified Sept. 4/deadline Oct. 9/simplified)

-- British real estate private equity firm Benson Elliot Capital Management and U.S. private equity investment firm Walton Street Capital LLC to jointly acquire eight hotels (notified Sept. 4/deadline Oct. 9/simplified)

-- Private equity firm TDR Capital to acquire Dutch car leasing company LeasePlan Corp N.V. (notified Sept. 4/deadline Oct. 9/simplified)

-- British energy company Trailstone to acquire German peer Energy2Market GmbH (notified Sept. 4/deadline Oct. 9/simplified)

-- German car parts maker KSPG and China's Huayu Automotive Systems Co Shanghai/People's Republic of China (Hasco (Shanghai: 600741.SS - news) ) to jointly acquire a business in the Chinese car aluminium casting sector (notified Sept. 2/deadline Oct. 7/simplified)

-- Private equity firm Apollo Management to acquire British restaurant operator Casual Dining Group (notified Aug. 31/deadline Oct. 5/simplified)

-- Private equity firm Providence Equity Partners LLC to acquire British marketing company Chime Communications plc (LSE: CHW.L - news) (notified Aug. 28/deadline Oct. 2/simplified)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES

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

SEPT 14

-- Singapore-listed palm oil processor Wilmar International and Italian oil products company Fox Petrolifera Italiana SpA to set up a joint venture (notified Aug. 10/deadline Sept. 14/simplified)

-- BPIFrance and Springwater Capital LLC to acquire joint control of French paper producer Delion France (notified Aug. 10/deadline Sept. 14/simplified)

-- Naxicap Partners and Fonds Avenir Automobile to acquire joint control of French car parts maker Defta Group (notified Aug. 10/deadline Sept. 14/simplified)

SEPT 16

-- Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners to acquire energy company PKP Energetyka (notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept. 16/simplified)

-- Private equity firms Advent International, Bain Capital and Clessidra to jointly acquire Italian banking services company ICBPI (notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept. 16)

-- Chinese state-owned food firms Bright Food Group Co Ltd to acquire Spanish holding company Invermik SA (notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept. 16/simplified)

SEPT 17

-- Kuwait Investment Authority (KIA) and Spanish energy group Gas Natural (AMEX: EGAS - news) to acquire joint control of Global Power Generation (notified Aug. 13/deadline Sept. 17/simplified)

-- Buyout group KKR to acquire German cutlery and coffee-machine maker WMF (Other OTC: WMFWF - news) together with Austrian holding company FIBA (notified Aug.13/deadline Sept. 17)

SEPT 18

-- U.S. distressed investment fund Apollo to acquire majority stake in steel trader Stemcor (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept. 18/simplified)

-- Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc to buy U.S. specialty insurer HCC Insurance Holdings Inc (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept. 18/simplified)

-- Groupe Acticall to acquire customer relationship management company Sitel (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept. 18/simplified)

-- Dutch chipmaker NXP to acquire U.S. peer Freescale (notified July 31, deadline extended to Sept. 18 from Sept. 4 after NXP offered concessions)

SEPT 21

-- Pfizer (NYSE: PFE - news) to acquire British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (Other OTC: GLAXF - news) 's menACWY meningitis vaccine business (notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept. 21)

-- Cable telecoms company Liberty Global (NasdaqGS: LBTYA - news) 's Belgian subsidiary Telenet (Other OTC: TLGHF - news) to buy mobile network operator Base from Dutch group KPN (notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept. 21)

-- European private equity group Cinven to buy majority stake in German laboratory operator Synlab from BC Partners (notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept. 21/simplified)

SEPT 23

-- Indian vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra (BSE: M&M.BO - news) and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (Other OTC: MHVYF - news) to acquire joint control of Mitsubishi Agricultural Machinery Co. Ltd, which is now solely owned by Mitsubishi Heavy Industeis (notified Aug. 19/deadline Sept. 23/simplified)

SEPT 24

-- British private equity firm Equistone Partners Europe to acquire German apparel retailer TriStyle Mode (notified Aug. 20/deadline Sep (Shanghai: 600021.SS - news) . 24/simplified)

SEPT 25

-- U.S. office supplier Staples (NasdaqGS: SPLS - news) to acquire U.S. rival Office Depot (NasdaqGS: ODP - news) (notified Aug. 21/deadline Sept. 25)

-- Chinese investment group Fosun to acquire sole control of wealth management group BHF-Kleinwort Benson Group SA (notified Aug. 21/deadline Sept. 25/simplified)

SEPT 28

-- Apollo Global Management LLC to acquire magnetic and battery technologies company OM Group Inc (NYSE: OMG - news) (notified Aug. 24/deadline Sept. 28)

SEPT 30

-- Brazilian meat packer JBS SA to acquire British company Moy Park, which is a unit of Brzilian rival Marfrig Global Foods SA (notified Aug. 26/deadline Sept. 30/simplified)

OCT 1

-- Australian packaging products supplier Amcor and Swiss-based company Sidel, which is part of Swiss-based packager Tetra Laval, to set up a joint venture (notified Aug. 27/deadline Oct. 1/simplified)

-- South African company Barloworld Handling and German farming products supplier BayWa (Xetra: 519400 - news) to set up a joint venture in Zambia (notified Aug. 27/deadline Oct. 1/simplified)

OCT 2

-- Spanish builder Sacyr to acquire a 50 percent stake in Fluor Spain from U.S. engineering group Fluor Corp (notified Aug. 28/deadline Oct. 2/simplified)

OCT 7

-- Norwegian telecoms company Telenor (Oslo: TELFUT.OL - news) and Swedish peer TeliaSonera (Amsterdam: 1087941.AS - news) to combine their Danish mobile businesses (notified Feb. 27/deadline extended to Oct. 7 from Sept. 16 after the companies offered commitments)

DEC (Shanghai: 600875.SS - news) 9

-- U.S. drinks can maker Ball Corp (NYSE: BLL - news) to acquire British rival Rexam Plc (LSE: REX.L - news) (notified June 15/deadline extended to Dec. 9 from Nov. 25)

JAN 13

-- U.S. packages delivery company FedEx (Swiss: FDX.SW - news) to acquire Dutch peer TNT (notified July /deadline extended to Jan. 13 from Dec. 8 after the companies asked for more time)

JAN 18

-- South African paper maker Mondi (LSE: MNDI.L - news) to acquire some assets from portfolio company Walki (notified July 29/deadline extended to Jan. 18 from Sept. 2 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

SUSPENDED

-- Oilfield services provider Halliburton (Hanover: HAL.HA - news) to buy rival Baker Hughes in a stock and cash transaction (notified July 23/deadline suspended after the companies provided insufficient information)

-- SOCAR, Azerbaijan's state energy company, to buy stakes in Greek natural gas grid operator DESFA from Greek natural gas utility DEPA (notified Oct. 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 Foo Yun Chee)