EU mergers and takeovers (Sept 11)

                                
 BRUSSELS, Sept 11 (Reuters) - The following are proposed
mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures under review by the
European Commission, and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
                                
 
                                
 APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:
                                
 -- French consumer credit company Sofinco and French
catering and services company Sodexo <EXHO.PA> create a joint
venture (approved Sept. 11)
                                
 
                                
 NEW LISTINGS:
                                
 -- French pharmaceuticals and human vaccines company
Sanofi-Aventis <SASY.PA> buys generic pharmaceuticals firm
Zentiva <ZNTVsp.PR> (notified Sept. 5/deadline Oct. 10)
                                
 -- French global services company Capgemini <CAPP.PA> buys
Dutch IT services group Getronics PinkRoccade's Business
Application Services BV (BAS) unit in the Netherlands (notified
Sept. 8/deadline Oct. 13)
                                
 
                                
 EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:
                                
 None
                                
 
                                
 FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:
                                
 
                                
 SEPT 15
                                
 -- Spanish bank and insurer Banco Santander <SAN.MC> buys UK
financial services company Alliance & Leicester <ALLL.L>
(notified Aug. 8/deadline Sept. 15)
                                
 -- Japanese electronic consumer products company Sony
<6758.T> buys U.S. recorded music company Sony BMG (notified
Aug. 8/deadline Sept. 15)
                                
 -- Japanese electronic materials and components company TDK
<6762.T> buys German electronic components company Epcos
<EPCGn.DE> (notified Aug. 8/deadline Sept. 15)
                                
 -- Austrian energy production company Centrex Europe Energy
& Gas, German ZMB and Italian electricity and gas supplier Enia
<EN.MI> buy Italian energy trader Enia Energia and Italian gas
company SPV JV (notified Aug. 8/deadline Sept. 15)
                                
 -- Austrian construction services company Strabag <STRV.VI>
buys German road construction materials company Kirchner
(notified July 25/deadline Sept. 1/10 working days extension/new
deadline Sept. 15)
                                
 
                                
 SEPT 16
                                
 -- Diehl, a German defence and aero systems company; and
Thales <TCFP.PA>, the French aerospace and defence firm, buy
Laupheim, a manufacturer of aircraft cabin interior products
(notified Aug. 11/deadline Sept. 16/simplified)
                                
 
                                
 SEPT 17
                                
 -- Italian metal components company CLN and UK vehicle body
structure company Wagon <WAGN.L> buy Italian roll-formed steel
beams company WM (notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept. 17/simplified)
                                
 -- Belgian waste management company Indaver and Dutch
investment fund company NEIF buy German waste management company
SAV (notified Aug. 12/deadline Sept. 17/simplified)
                                
 
                                
 SEPT 18
                                
 -- Worldwide trader Mitsui and Turkish steel distributor
Bamesa Celik buy Turkish steel processing company Bami (notified
Aug. 13/deadline Sept. 18/simplified)
                                
 -- UK private equity investor Lion Capital <LCHL.OB> buys UK
food products company Foodvest Group (notified Aug. 13/deadline
Sept. 18)
                                
 
                                
 SEPT 19
                                
 -- Canadian metals producer Teck <TCKb.TO> buys Canadian
mutual trust fund Fording <FDG_u.TO>, established in connection
with the creation of coal company EVCP (notified Aug.
14/deadline Sept. 19/simplified)
                                
 -- Maltese corporate group GMR <GMRI.BO> and Canadian
pension funds company OTPPB buy Dutch electricity generation
facilities company InterGen (notified Aug. 13/deadline Sept.
19/simplified)
                                
 -- U.S. food service equipment company Manitowoc <MTW.N>
buys UK food service equipment company Enodis <ENO.L> (notified
July 31/deadline Sept. 5/10 working days extension/new deadline
Sept. 19)
-- U.S. private equity investments company Gores Group buys
communications products company Siemens Enterprise
Communications (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept.
19/simplified/changed to non-simplified on Sept. 2)
                                
 
                                
 SEPT 23
                                
 -- NTT Data Corp, part of Japanese telecoms group NTT
<9432.T>, acquires all of Cirquent GmbH of Germany, an IT
services company (notified Aug. 19/deadline Sept. 23/simplified)
                                
 -- DSV Air & Sea Holding A/S of Denmark acquires control of
all of ABX Logistics Worldwide SA/NV of Belgium (notified Aug.
19/simplified/deadline Sept. 23)
                                
  -- UK marketing data services company WPP <WPP.L> buys UK
consulting company TNS (notified Aug. 4/deadline Sept. 9/10
working days extension/new deadline Sept. 23)
                                
 
                                
 SEPT 24
                                
 -- Bertelsmann <BTGGg.F> of Germany, 3i <III.L> Group of
Britain, Gustavo Garcia Brusilovsky of Spain and Gerald
Heydenreich of Latvia acquire joint control of Buy Vip of Spain
(notified Aug. 20/deadline Sept. 24/simplified)
                                
 -- ERGO International, an insurance unit of German reinsurer
Munich Re <MUVGn.DE>, acquires control of the whole of Bank
Austria Creditanstalt Versicherung, an insurance company
primarily active in supply of life insurance in Austria
(notified Aug. 20/deadline Sept. 24/simplified)
                                
 
                                
 SEPT 25
                                
 -- Arques Industries AG of Germany to acquire all of SHC,
currently controlled by Germany's Siemens <SIEGn.DE> (notified
Aug. 21/deadline Sept. 25)
                                
 -- German carmaker Volkswagen AG <VOWG.DE> acquires control
of all of Volkswagen Group Ireland Ltd (notified Aug.
21/deadline Sept. 25)
                                
 
                                
 SEPT 29
                                
 -- Rail Cargo Austria AG, a freight transport and forwarding
company, acquires control of the whole of Hungarian peer MAV
Cargo (notified Aug. 25/deadline Sept. 29)
                                
 -- French real estate leasing and management company
Klepierre <LOIM.PA> and Dutch pension funds company Stichting
Pensioenfonds buy Norwegian shopping centres management company
Steen & Stroem (notified Aug. 25/deadline Sept. 29/simplified)
                                
 
                                
 SEPT 30
                                
 -- U.S. real estate investor and manager MSREF VI Morgan
Stanley and UK hotel management company IHG buy seven
InterContinental-branded hotels located in the EU; MSREF buys
Crowne Plaza Wiesbaden Hotel (notified Aug. 26/deadline Sept.
30/simplified)
                                
 -- French undertaking RTB Pharma, belonging to the Phoenix
Group, enters into a full merger with 14 agencies for
pharmaceutical wholesale in France (notified Aug. 26/deadline
Sept. 30/simplified)
                                
 -- Italian public utility company Acea <ACE.MI> and Italian
water treatment and supply company Ondeo buy Italian water
treatment and supply company Acque Blu (notified Aug.
11/deadline Sept. 16/simplified/10 working days extension/new
deadline Sept. 30)
                                
 -- Austrian construction company Strabag <STRV.VI> buys
German buildings management services company DeTe Immobilien
(notified Aug. 26/deadline Sept. 30/simplified)
                                
 
                                
 OCT 2
                                
 -- Germany's Deutsche Bank <DBKGn.DE> buys certain assets of
banking company ABN AMRO (notified Aug. 26/deadline Oct. 2)
                                
 -- German telecoms company Deutsche Telekom <DTEGn.DE> buys
control of Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation (OTE)
<OTEr.AT> (notified Aug. 28/deadline Oct. 2).
                                
 
                                
 OCT 3
                                
 -- Raw materials buyer Tata Ltd of Britain, Mubadala and
Lochmore acquire joint control of Piaggio Aero Industries SpA,
an Italian maker of aircraft parts and components (notified Aug.
29/deadline Oct. 3/simplified)
                                
 -- U.S. global payment card company American Express <AXP.N>
and Belgian banking and insurance company Fortis <FOR.BR> buy
Belgian payment card company Alpha Card (notified Aug.
29/deadline Oct. 3)
                                
 
                                
 OCT 6
                                
 -- U.S. composite polymers company Ashland <ASH.N> buys U.S.
specialty chemicals company Hercules <HPC.N> (notified Sept.
1/deadline Oct. 6)
                                
 
                                
 OCT 10
                                
 -- German pharmaproducts company Haniel and German holiday
hotels company Schmidt-Ruthenbeck buy German cash and carry
markets company Metro AG <MEOG.DE> (notified Sept. 5/deadline
Oct. 10/simplified)