BRUSSELS, June 7 (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. real estate investment company Kennedy Wilson KW.N and French insurer Axa AXAF.PA to set up a joint venture (approved June 6)
-- Canadian private equity firm Onex and U.S. investment fund Vista to acquire joint control of software company Severin Topco (approved June 6)
NEW LISTINGS
-- Copper company KME, which is part of Intek Group, to acquire German peer MKM Mansfelder Kupfer and Messing GmbH (notified June 4/deadline July 9)
-- Chinese private equity firm China Jianyin Investment Limited and investment company Tamar Alliance Health Limited to jointly acquire Australian healthcare company Australia Nature's Care Biotech (notified June 5/deadline July 10/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
-- Private equity firm Rhone Capital LLC and founders of swimming pool equipment maker Fluidra to acquire joint control of the merged Fluidra and its peer Zodiac Holdco (notified May 3/deadline extended to June 27 from June 13 after the companies offered concessions)
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
JUNE 12
-- Deutsche Telekom DTEGn.DE to acquire Swedish peer Tele2 's TEL2b.ST Dutch unit and merge it with its Dutch business T-Mobile Nederland (notified May 2/deadline June 12)
JUNE 15
-- Finnish utility Fortum FORTUM.HE to acquire a controlling stake in German peer Uniper UN01.DE from German energy company E.ON EONGn.DE (notified May 7/deadline June 15)
-- U.S. cable operator Comcast's CMCSA.O to acquire British pay-TV company Sky SKYB.L (notified May 7/deadline June 15)
JUNE 19
-- Japan's Mitsubishi Corp 8058.T and investment company Arjun Infrastructure Partners to acquire joint control of British services company South Staffordshire plc (notified May 14/deadline June 19/simplified)
-- Oaktree Capital Group and Spanish real estate holding company Bitarte, which is a unit of Spanish bank Banco de Sabadell SABE.MC , to set up a joint venture (notified May 14/deadline June 19/simplified)
JUNE 20
-- Investment bank Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) GS.N and private equity firm Antin Infrastructure Partners to jointly acquire British fibre network operator Cityfibre Infrastructure Holdings CITYC.L (notified May 15/deadline June 20/simplified)
-- UK infrastructure management company AMP Capital and Spanish airport infrastructure management company Aena Internacional to jointly acquire Luton Airport (notified May 15/deadline June 20/simplified)
JUNE 25
-- Chinese car parts maker Beijing Automotive Group's subsidiary BHAP and Spanish peer Gestamp Automocion GEST.MC to set up a joint venture (notified May 18/deadline June 25/simplified)
-- U.S. private equity firms HPS Investment Partners and Madison Dearborn Partners to acquire joint control of UK risk management services provider Professional Fee Protection Ltd (notified May 18/deadline June 25/simplified)
-- T-Mobile Austria, which is a unit of German telecoms company Deutsche Telekom DTEGn.DE , to acquire UPC Austria, which is a subsidiary of cable operator UPC (notified May 18/deadline June 25)
JUNE 26
-- U.S. asset manager Blackstone (NYSE:BX) BX.N to acquire Spanish gaming company Cirsa (notified May 22/deadline June 26/simplified)
-- German company BASF BASFn.DE to acquire Belgian chemicals company Solvay 's SOLB.BR worldwide polyamide business (notified May 22/deadline June 26)
-- Austrian construction company Strabag STRV.VI and German peer Max Boegl International to set up a joint venture (notified May 22/deadline June 26/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Permira to acquire tech software company Exclusive Group (notified May 22/deadline June 26/simplified)
-- German companies Thyssen Alfa and Max Aicher Recycling to acquire joint control of Noris Metallrecycling (notified May 22/deadline June 26/simplified)
JUNE 27
-- Private equity firm Permira PERM.UL to acquire Cisco System's CSCO.O video software unit (notified Nat 23/deadline June 27/simplified)
-- U.S. chemicals company Lyondellbasell Industries LYB.N to acquire U.S. peer A. Schulman SHLM.O (notified May 23/deadline June 27)
-- German travel group TUI TUIGn.DE to acquire Spain's Hotelbeds Group's destinations services business (notified May 23/deadline June 27/simplified)
JUNE 28
-- French bank BNP Paribas BNPP.PA to acquire ABN Amro Bank Luxembourg from Dutch bank ABN Amro ABNd.AS (notified May 24/deadline June 28/simplified)
-- Japanese trading company Sumitomo Corp 8053.T and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group 8316.T to acquire joint control of Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co (notified May 24/deadline June 28/simplified)
JUNE 29
-- Israeli drugmaker Teva TEVA.TA to acquire sole control of part of U.S. consumer products maker Procter & Gamble's PG.N OTC business in which it currently has a minority stake (notified May 25/deadline June 29)
JULY 2
-- British bank HSBC HSBA.L and U.S. payment technology services provider Global Payments GPN.N to set up a joint venture in Mexico (notified May 28/deadline July 2/simplified)
JULY 4
-- French pension scheme and insurance services provider Malakoff Mederic and Finnish peer Ilmarinen to jointly acquire Luxembourg property developer Alto 1 S.a.r.l (notified May 30/deadline July 4/simplified)
-- British drugmaker Phoenix Group to acquire Romanian pharmaceutical wholesaler Farmexim SA and Romanian pharmacy chain Help Net Farma (notified May 30/deadline July 4/simplified)
-- U.S. private equity firm Francisco Partners to acquire payments technology company Verifone Systems PAY.N (notified May 30/deadline July 4/simplified)
JULY 5
-- U.S. private equity firms Baring Asia Private Equity Fund and PAI Europe VI Funds to acquire joint control of Luxembourg-based air cargo general sales and service agent WFC International (notified May 31/deadline July 5/simplified)
JULY 6
-- Private equity firm Silver Lake to acquire British company ZPG ZPG.L , the owner of real estate website Zoopla (notified June 1/deadline July 6/simplified)
-- Dutch offshore wind farm companies Otary, Eneco Wind Belgium and Belgian electricity utility Electrabel GSZEL.UL to set up a joint venture (notified June 1/deadline July 6)
JULY 10
-- U.S. planemaker Boeing (NYSE:BA) BA.N and French aerospace company Safran SAF.PA to set up a joint venture to make and service aircraft auxiliary power units (notified June 5/deadline July 10/simplified)
JULY 12
-- South African chemicals company Tronox TROX.N to acquire the titanium dioxide business of Cristal, a subsidiary of Saudi Arabia's Tasnee (notified Nov. 15/deadline extended to JuLY 12 after the companies offered concessions)
AUG 9
-- German industrial gases group Linde LING.DE to merge with U.S. peer Praxair (NYSE:PX) PX.N (notified Jan. 12/ deadline extended to Aug. 9)
SEPT 4
-- iPhone maker Apple AAPL.O to acquire UK music streaming service Shazam (notified March 14/deadline extended to Sept. 4 from April 23 after the European Commission opened an in-depth investigation)
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.