BRUSSELS, Aug 31 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- British engineering company GKN GKN.L to acquire Dutch company Fokker Technologies (Aug. 28)
NEW LISTINGS
-- Spanish builder Sacyr to acquire a 50 percent stake in Fluor Spain from U.S. engineering group Fluor Corp (NYSE:FLR) FLR.N (notified Aug. 28/deadline Oct. 2/simplified)
-- Australian packaging products supplier Amcor AMC.AX and Swedish company Sidel, which is part of Swedish 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 BYWGnx.DE to set up a joint venture in Zambia (notified Aug. 27/deadline Oct. 1/simplified)
-- Brazilian meat packer JBS SA JBSS3.SA to acquire British company Moy Park, which is a unit of Brzilian rival Marfrig Global Foods SA MRFG3.SA (notified Aug. 26/deadline Sept. 30/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
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FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
SEPT 1
-- British support services provider DCC Group DCC.L to acquire French gas company Butagaz from Anglo Dutch oil company Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L (notified July 28/deadline Sept. 1/simplified)
SEPT 2
-- Anglo-Dutch oil major Royal Dutch Shell RDSa.L to acquire BG Group BG.L (notified July 29/deadline Sept. 2)
-- South African paper maker Mondi MNDJ.J MNDI.L to acquire some assets from portfolio company Walki (notified July 29/deadline Sept. 2)
SEPT 9
-- U.S. grain trader Archer Daniel Midland ADM.N to acquire Belgian vegetable oil distributor AOR NV (notified Aug. 5/deadline Sept. 9)
-- German retailer REWE REGRP.UL to acquire some travel units from Swiss travel operator Kuoni Reisen KUNN.S (notified Aug. 5/deadline Sept. 9/simplified)
SEPT 10
-- Buyout group KKR KKR.N to acquire majority stake in German fibre-optic network operator Deutsche Glasfaser (notified Aug. 6/deadline Sept. 10/simplified)
SEPT 11
-- U.S. investment firm Apollo Global Management APO.N to acquire majority control of Slovenian bank Nova KBM (notified Aug. 7/deadline Sept. 11/simplified)
-- U.S. conglomerate General Electric (NYSE:GE) GE.N to acquire most of French engineering group Alstom 's ALSO.PA power equipment business (notified Jan. 19/deadline extended for third time to Sept. 11 from Aug. 21)
SEPT 14
-- Singapore-listed palm oil processor Wilmar International WLIL.SI 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 SHMNGA.UL 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 GAS.MC to acquire joint control of Global Power Generation (notified Aug. 13/deadline Sept. 17/simplified)
-- Buyout group KKR KKR.N to acquire German cutlery and coffee-machine maker WMF WMFWF.PK together with Austrian holding company FIBA (notified Aug.13/deadline Sept. 17)
SEPT 18
-- U.S. distressed investment fund Apollo APO.N to acquire majority stake in steel trader Stemcor (notified Aug. 14/deadline Sept. 18/simplified)
-- Japanese insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc 8766.T to buy U.S. specialty insurer HCC Insurance Holdings Inc HCC.N (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 NXPI.O to acquire U.S. peer Freescale FSL.N (notified July 31, deadline extended to Sept. 18 from Sept. 4 after NXP offered concessions)
SEPT 21
-- Pfizer PFE.N to acquire British drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline's GSK.L menACWY meningitis vaccine business (notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept. 21)
-- Cable telecoms company Liberty Global's LBTYA.O Belgian subsidiary Telenet TNET.BR to buy mobile network operator Base from Dutch group KPN KPN.AS (notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept. 21)
-- European private equity group Cinven CINV.UL to buy majority stake in German laboratory operator Synlab from BC Partners BCPRT.UL (notified Aug. 17/deadline Sept. 21/simplified)
SEPT 23
-- Indian vehicle maker Mahindra & Mahindra MAHM.NS and Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 7011.T 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. 24/simplified)
SEPT 25
-- U.S. office supplier Staples SPLS.O to acquire U.S. rival Office Depot ODP.O (notified Aug. 21/deadline Sept. 25)
-- Chinese investment group Fosun 0656.HK to acquire sole control of wealth management group BHF-Kleinwort Benson Group SA BHFKB.BR (notified Aug. 21/deadline Sept. 25/simplified)
SEPT 28
-- Apollo Global Management LLC APO.N to acquire magnetic and battery technologies company OM Group Inc OMG.N (notified Aug. 24/deadline Sept. 28)
OCT 7
-- Norwegian telecoms company Telenor TEL.OL and Swedish peer TeliaSonera TLSN.ST to combine their Danish mobile businesses (notified Feb. 27/deadline extended to Oct. 7 from Sept. 16 after the companies offered commitments)
DEC 9
-- U.S. drinks can maker Ball Corp (NYSE:BLL) BLL.N to acquire British rival Rexam Plc REX.L (notified June 15/deadline extended to Dec. 9 from Nov. 25)
JAN 13
-- U.S. packages delivery company FedEx (NYSE:FDX) FDX.N to acquire Dutch peer TNT TNTE.AS (notified July /deadline extended to Jan. 13 from Dec. 8 after the companies asked for more time)
SUSPENDED
-- Oilfield services provider Halliburton (NYSE:HAL) HAL.N to buy rival Baker Hughes (NYSE:BHI) BHI.N 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 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.