BRUSSELS, June 8 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:
APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS
-- German company CWS-Boco, which is part of German firm Haniel, to acquire some of British support services firm Rentokil's RTO.L workwear and hygiene units (approved June 7)
NEW LISTINGS
-- U.S. chemicals company DuPont (NYSE:DD) DD.N to acquire U.S. pesticide maker FMC's FMC.N health and nutrition business (notified June 7/deadline July 12)
-- French bank BNP Paribas BNPP.PA to acquire sole control of German credit provider Commerz Finanz, which is a joint venture between BNP and German lender Commerzbank CBKG.DE (notified June 6/deadline July 11/simplified)
-- Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to acquire a minority stake and joint control of British school operator Nord Anglia Education which is now solely controlled by private equity firm BPEA (notified June 6/deadline July 11/simplified)
-- Private equity firms Bain Capital Investors and Cinven Capital Management CINV.UL to acquire joint control of German generics drugmaker Stada Arzneimittel AG STAGn.DE (notified June 2/deadline July 10/simplified)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
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FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE
JUNE 9
-- U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm QCOM.O to acquire Dutch company NXP Semiconductors NV NXPI.O (notified April 28/deadline June 9)
JUNE 12
-- American healthcare company Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) JNJ.N to acquire Swiss biotech company Actelion ATLN.S (notified April 12/deadline extended to June 12 from May 24 after the companies offered concessions)
-- Norwegian debt collection agency Nordic Capital, which is majority owned by Nordic Capital Fund VIII and Swedish peer firm Intrum Justitia IJ.ST to merge (notified April 12/deadline extended to June 12 from May 24 after the companies offered concessions)
JUNE 15
-- Austrian refractories materials maker RHI RHIV.VI to acquire a controlling stake in Brazilian peer Magnesita Refratarios MAGG3.SA (notified May 5/deadline June 15)
JUNE 21
-- Investment bank Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) GS.N and French investment company Eurazeo EURA.PA to jointly acquire Dominion Web Solutions (notified May 12/deadline June 21/simplified)
-- French private equity company Ardian France and real estate agent Jones Lang LaSalle Inc JLL.N to jointly acquire an office building in France (notified May 12/deadline June 21/simplified)
-- French minerals company Imerys IMTP.PA to acquire French calcium aluminate cements maker Kerneos (notified May 12/deadline June 21)
JUNE 22
-- German chemicals company Evonik Industries EVKn.DE to acquire U.S. company J.M. Huber Corp's CPKEL.UL silica business (notified April 27/deadline extended to June 22 from June 8 after Evonik offered concessions)
-- German online fashion retailer Zalando ZALG.DE and fashion company Bestseller United to set up a joint venture (notified May 15/deadline June 22/simplified)
JUNE 26
-- Japanese telecommunications and tech investment group SoftBank 9984.T , India's Bharti and Taiwanese company Hon Hai 2317.TW to jointly acquire Indian renewable energy company SB Energy Holdings Ltd which is now solely solely owned by SoftBank (notified May 17/deadline June 26/simplified)
-- Private equity firms Advent International and Bain Capital Investors to jointly acquire payment services company RatePAY (notified May 17/deadline June 26/simplified)
-- Private equity firm Oaktree to acquire German nursing care provider Vitanas P&W (notified May 17/deadline June 26/simplified)
JUNE 27
-- Chrysaor Holdings Ltd, which is indirectly controlled by investment company Harbour Energy, to acquire some of Shell's RDSa.L offshore assets (notified May 18/deadline June 27/simplified)
-- Chinese conglomerate HNA Holding Group Co 0521.HK to acquire Singapore-listed logistics company CWT CWTD.SI (notified May 18/deadline June 27/simplified)
-- Buyout firm Blackstone (NYSE:BX) BX.N and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to acquire indirect joint control of U.S. educational content provider Ascend Learning (notified May 18/deadline June 27/simplified)
JUNE 28
-- Australian investment bank Macquarie Group MQG.AX to acquire Cargill Inc's CARG.UL petroleum business (notified May 19/deadline June 28/simplified)
-- Japanese telecoms and technology group SoftBank Group 9984.T to acquire U.S. private equity company Fortress Investment Group FIG.N (notified May 19/deadline June 28/simplified)
-- Japanese shippers Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha 9101.T , Mitsui OSK Lines 9104.T and Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha 9107.T to merge their container units (notified May 19/deadline June 28)
-- French oil services group TechnipFMC FTI.N , German industrial gases group Linde AG LING.DE and Russia's Research and Design Institute on Gas Processing (JSC NIPIgaspererabotka) to set up a joint venture (notified May 19/deadline June 28/simplified)
JULY 3
-- Petrochemicals firm Ineos to acquire Danish utility and offshore wind farm developer Dong Energy's DENERG.CO oil and gas business (notified May 24/deadline July 3/simplified)
JULY 5
-- French carmaker PSA Group PEUP.PA to acquire General Motors (NYSE:GM)'s GM.N European arm Opel (notified May 30/deadline July 5)
-- French banks BNP Paribas BNPP.PA , Caisse des Depots et Consignations, Societe Generale SOGN.PA , stock exchange Euronext ENX.PA , Euroclear ECLERK.UL , S2IEM (Societe d'Investissements en Infrastructures Europeennes de Marches) and CACEIS Investor Services to set up a joint venture (notified May 30/deadline July 5/simplified)
-- French construction and concessions company Vinci SGEF.PA and Swiss airport retailer Dufry LFP DUFN.S to jointly acquire Portuguese retail operator Lojas Francas de Portugal (notified May 30/deadline July 5)
JULY 6
-- Investment bank Goldman Sachs GS.N to acquire Dutch chemical products distributor Caldic (notified May 31/deadline July 6/simplified)
JULY 7
-- Finnish industrial engine maker Wartsila WRT1V.HE and China State Shipbuilding Corp (CSSC) to set up a joint venture (notified June 1/deadline July 7/simplified)
-- German brake systems maker Knorr-Bremse STELLG.UL to acquire Swedish peer Haldex HLDX.ST (notified June 1/deadline July 7)
-- Private equity firm Apax Partners to acquire cleaning products maker Safetykleen from Warburg Pincus (notified June 1/deadline July 7/simplified)
JULY 10
-- Robert Tonnies and Clements Tonnies to acquire joint control of processed meat company Zur Muehlen Group (notified June 2/deadline July 10/simplified)
-- Japan's Hitachi Group 6501.T and Japanese carmaker Honda 7267.T to set up a joint venture (notified June 2/deadline July 10/simplified)
JULY 11
-- Swiss engineering group ABB ABBN.S to acquire Austrian maker of production control systems Bernecker & Rainer (B&R) (notified June 6/deadline July 11/simplified)
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.