EU mergers and takeovers (June 17)

Wed Jun 17, 2009 10:16am EDT
 
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BRUSSELS, June 17 (Reuters) - The following are mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief guide to the EU merger process:

APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:

None

NEW LISTINGS:

-- Kazakh oil company Cooperatieve KazMunaiGaz PKI U.A., controlled by Kazakh national oil and gas company JSC National Company KazMunaiGaz RDGZ.KZ; and Austria's Euraisian Energy Holdings GmbH, controlled by China's largest oil and gas producer, China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) [CNPET.UL], to take joint control of Kazakh oil and gas company JSC Mangistaumunaigaz (notified June 12/deadline July 17/simplified)

-- Luxembourg-based steelmaker ArcelorMittal (ISPA.AS) to acquire sole control of Noble European Holdings BV, a Dutch subsidiary of U.S. tailor-welded blanks maker Noble International Ltd (NOBLQ.PK) (notified June 2/deadline July 7)

-- Dutch electronics manufacturer Philips (PHG.AS) to acquire sole control of Italian espresso machine maker Saeco International Group S.p.A (notified June 12/deadline July 17/simplified)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES: None

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:

JUNE 17

-- Bahamas-based investment company Renova Industries, belonging to the Russian Renova Group, to acquire Swiss engineering company Sulzer AG (SUN.S) (notified May 8/deadline June 17)  Continued...

 
 

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