MAY 16
-- Autogrill SpA <AGL.MI> of Italy, which sells food,
beverages and retail travel services, buys World Duty Free Ltd,
a British retailer of travel services (notified April 7/deadline
May 16)
MAY 19
-- U.S. electronic components company Arrow Electronics
<ARW.N> buys French IT products company Logix (notified April
8/deadline May 19)
MAY 20
-- Rewe Grossflaechengesellschaft, a unit of German daily
consumer goods company Rewe Gruppe, acquires control of the
whole of German cash and carry markets Fegro/Selgros, which
operate mainly in Germany, Poland and Romania (notified April
9/deadline May 20/simplified)
-- German vinyl producer SolVin and Russian petrochemical
products producer OJSC Sibur <SBLSI.RTS> buy Russian caustic
soda and polyvinyl chloride producer OOO RusVinyl (notified
April 9/deadline May 20/simplified)
MAY 22
-- Sofinco, a Credit Agricole <CAGR.PA> subsidiary that
specialises in consumer credit, buys Italian consumer credit
company Agos (notified April 11/deadline May 22/simplified)
MAY 26
-- German engineering company Robert Bosch [] and
German automotive components company Mahle GmbH acquire joint
control of Bosch Mahle Turbo Systems, a maker of exhaust gas
turbochargers (notified April 15/deadline May 26)
MAY 30
-- Waste management company Sita France, controlled by
French utility Suez <LYOE.PA>, and French car maker Renault
<RENA.PA> acquire joint control of French waste management firm
Indra Investissements (notified April 21/deadline May
30/simplified)
JUNE 3
-- Vienna Insurance Group <VIGR.VI> of Austria buys a series
of insurance companies in Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia
and Hungary from Erste Bank der Oesterreichischen Sparkassen of
Austria (notified April 23/deadline June 3)
-- Billa, an Austrian unit of German food and non-food
wholesaler and retailer REWE group, buys Austrian food and
non-food wholesaler and retailer ADEG Osterreich
Handelsaktiengesellschaft (notified April 23/deadline June 3)
JUNE 4
-- Finnish communications networks company Nokia Corp
<NOK1V.HE> buys Norwegian software development tools company
Trolltech <TROLL.OL> (notified April 24/deadline June 4)
JUNE 5
-- Boeing Co <BA.N> of the United States and a second
aerospace company, Alenia North America, a unit of Italy's
Finmeccanica <SIFI.MI>, buy joint control of Global Aeronautica,
which makes fuselage sections for Boeing 787s (notified April
25/deadline June 5/simplified)
-- German scrap metal recycling company Scholz Recycling
buys German peer EKO Recycling (notified April 25/deadline June
5/simplified)
-- A German company active in the provision of stevedoring
services to container shipping lines, Eurogate, controlled by
Eurokai and BLG Logistics group, and Danish containerised liner
shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk <MAERSKb.CO>, buy German
Eurogate Container Terminal Wilhelmshaven and Eurogate Container
Terminal Wilhelmshaven Beteiligungsgesellschaft (notified April
25/deadline June 5)
JUNE 6
-- EMC Corp <EMC.N>, the top maker of corporate data storage
equipment, buys fellow U.S. company Iomega <IOM.N>, which makes
portable electronic storage devices for consumers (notified
April 28/deadline June 6/simplified)
JUNE 9
-- ArcelorMittal <ISPA.AS> of Luxembourg and Borusan
Holdings of Turkey, both steel companies, create a joint venture
for hot strip steel production (notified April 29/deadline June
9/simplified)
-- Swedish farm tractor front loader company Alo
Intressenter buys French farm tractor front loader company
Mailleux (notified April 29/deadline June 9)
JUNE 11
-- News Corp <NWSa.N> of the United States, a diversified
news and entertainment company, acquires control of Premiere
<PREGn.DE>, a German pay-TV operator in Germany and Austria
(notified May 5/deadline June 11)
JUNE 13
-- British American Tobacco <BATS.L> of Britain buys the
cigarette business and some other interests of tobacco products
maker Skandinavisk Tobakskompagni of Denmark (notified May
7/deadline June 13)
SECOND-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
JUNE 13
-- Sequana Capital unit Arjowiggins Group of France, a
producer of specialty paper, buys a paper mill in Germany from
M-real <MRLBV.HE> of Finland (notified Oct. 31/deadline Dec.
7/in-depth probe ordered/deadline April 28/on Jan. 10, extended
to May 23/15 working days extension/new deadline June 13)
AUG. 8
-- Finnish mobile phone company Nokia <NOK1V.HE> buys U.S.
digital map data company Navteq <NVT.N> (notified Feb.
19/deadline March 28/in-depth review opened March 28/deadline
Aug. 8)
AUG. 26
-- Itema Holding of Italy, a maker of textile machinery,
purchases Gebrueder Loepfe, also known as BarcoVision, of
Switzerland, a maker of sensors and inspection systems for
textiles (notified Feb. 20/March 31/10 working days
extension/new deadline April 14/in-depth investigation opened on
April 14/new deadline Aug. 26)
AUG. 28
-- Associated British Foods <ABF.L> buys some assets of GBI
of the Netherlands, which produces yeast (notified Feb.
22/deadline April 2/10 working days extension/in-depth review
opened April 17/new deadline Aug. 28)
SUSPENSIONS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- Austrian oil and gas group OMV <OMVV.VI> buys Hungarian
crude oil producer and refiner MOL <MOLB.BU> (notified Jan. 31/
deadline March 6/on March 7, extended to July 22/suspended on
May 5)
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 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.
