EU mergers and takeovers (Dec 3)
BRUSSELS, Dec 3 (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 diversified group Kuehne & Nagel Sarl (KNIN.VX) to buy Alloin Holding SAS, a French transport services and freight forwarding firm (approved Dec. 3)
NEW LISTINGS:
German airline Lufthansa AG (LHAG.DE) to acquire Belgian air transport company SN Airholding SA/NV, which controls Brussels Airlines (notified Nov. 26/deadline Jan. 12)
EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:
None
FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:
DEC 4
-- Iberdrola Renovables SA (IBR.MC), a renewable electricity arm of Spanish utility Iberdrola (IBE.MC), to acquire Gamesa Group's (GAM.MC) wind farm developer Gamesa Energia SAU (notified Oct. 30/deadline Dec. 4)
DEC 5
-- French services firm Sodexho SA (EXHO.PA) to buy Zehnacker Group GmbH, a German provider of facility management services (notified Oct. 31/deadline Dec. 5/simplified)
-- France Societe Generale (SOGN.PA), through online retail banking and brokerage affiliate Boursorama SA (FMTX.PA), form a JV with Spanish retail and savings bank La Caixa (CRIT.MC) to provide online banking services in Spain (notified Oct. 31/deadline Dec. 5/simplified)
-- Austrian mortgage lender RBSK Group, through its subsidiary Raiffeisen Bausparkasse GmbH [RBGES.UL]; German banking and insurance firm DZ Bank (DGBGg.F), through its Bausparkasse Schwaebisch Hall AG arm; and Raiffeisen Bank SA of Romania, a subsidiary of Austrian investment and commercial bank RZB (RIBH.VI), to take joint control of Romanian mortgage lender HVB Banca pentru Locuinte SA (notified Oct. 10/deadline Dec. 5/simplified)
DEC 8
-- French risk capital investment firm Apax Partners SA to acquire French information and technology consultancy Altran Technologies (ALTT.PA) (notified Nov. 3/deadline Dec. 8/simplified)
DEC 10
-- French water and waste management group Veolia Environnement (VIE.PA), through its subsidiary Veolia Transport, to acquire French sea transport firm SNCM (notified Nov. 5/deadline Dec. 10/simplified)
-- Bosch Rexroth AG, a subsidiary of German auto parts maker Robert Bosch GmbH [ROBG.UL], buys Swedish hydraulic drive systems maker Hagglunds Drives AB (notified Nov. 5/deadline Dec. 10)
DEC 11
-- Bank of America (BAC.N) to acquire U.S. investment bank Merrill Lynch MER.N (notified Nov. 6/deadline Dec. 11/simplified)
DEC 12
-- British aerospace engineering firm GKN plc (GNK.L), through subsidiary GKN Aerospace Services Ltd, to buy Airbus Filton operations, which make and assemble aircraft wing components, owned by Airbus UK and Airbus SAS (EAD.PA) (notified Nov. 11/ deadline Dec. 12/simplified)
-- Danish heating and refrigeration components company Danfoss and Danish solar collectors company SolarCAP acquire joint control of a newly created developer of integrated solar pumps (notified Nov. 7/deadline Dec. 12/simplified)
DEC 15
-- Spanish financial group Banco Santander (SAN.MC) and German financial services institution LASG acquire Spanish payment card company Diners Club Spain (notified Nov. 10/deadline Dec. 15/simplified)
DEC 16
-- Spanish air transport company Iberia (IBLA.MC) acquires two Spanish air transport companies, Vueling (VULG.MC) and Clickair (notified Nov. 11/deadline Dec. 16)
