EU mergers and takeovers =2

OCT. 2

-- Talanx Aktiengesellschaft of Germany, a life insurance company, buys Postbank Versicherung, Postbank Lebensversicherung, BHW Lebensversicherung and BHW Pensionkasse, all life insurers (notified Aug. 28/deadline Oct. 2/simplified)

-- BC Funds, a financial investor acting through its unit in Guernsey, buys Bureau van Dijk Electronics Publishing of the Netherlands, an electronic publisher of company information (notified Aug. 28/deadine Oct. 2/simplified)

-- Barclays (BARC.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) of Britain, a financial service company, buys Gemaez Cusin and Scapa Italia, food companies in Italy (notified Aug. 28/deadline Oct. 2/simplified)

-- Rio Tinto (RIO.L: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) of Britain, an international mining company, buys Alcan AL.TO of Canada, an aluminium producer (notified Aug. 28/deadline Oct. 2)

-- Caisse de Depots of France, a banking company acting through its transport unit Transdev, buys Connexxion Holding of the Netherlands, a transport service in the Netherlands (notified Aug. 28/deadline Oct. 2/simplified)

OCT. 3

-- International Business Machines (IBM.N: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) of the United States buys Telelogic TLOG.ST of Sweden, a maker of software development tools (notified Aug. 29/deadline Oct. 3)