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BRUSSELS, Dec 4 (Reuters) – The following are planned
mergers under review by the European Commission and a brief
guide to the EU merger process:

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APPROVALS AND WITHDRAWALS:

— Financial management consulting company Towers Perrin,
Foster & Crosby Inc. to merge with peer Watson Wyatt Worldwide
Inc (WW.N) (approved Dec. 4)

— Saint Gobain Glass France, controlled by French glass
maker Saint-Gobain SA (SGOB.PA); and Turkey-based Trakya Cam
Sanayii AS, owned by Turkish glass company Sisecam (SISE.IS),
take joint control of Saint Gobain Glass Egypt, a maker of glass
for building and automotive applications (approved Dec. 4)

— French investment funds Aerofund and Aerofund II,
controlled by ACE Management; Canadian investment fund Fonds de
Solidarite des Travailleurs du Quebec FTQ; and French state fund
Fonds Strategique d’Investissement FSI, controlled by Caisse des
Depots et Consignations CDC, acquire joint control of Canada’s
Mecachrome International Inc (MHRMF.PK), maker of complex
precision components for the aerospace, automobile and
industrial equipment industries (approved Dec. 4)

— Belgium’s Fortis Insurance International, controlled by
financial services group Fortis SA/NV (FOR.BR) and Fortis NV,
and BNP Paribas Assurance, part of French bank BNP Paribas
(BNPP.PA), to acquire joint control of Italian insurer UBI
Assicurazioni S.p.A (approved Dec. 4)

— Luxembourg-based special purpose vehicle Boreas Holdings
S.a.r.l, owned by investment funds TCW Energy XIV and European
Clean Energy Fund and managed by Britain’s TCW Asset Management
Co, a subsidiary of U.S The TCW Group Inc, and wholly owned by
French bank Societe Generale SocGen SA (SOGN.PA); and Centrica
Renewable Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of British utility Centrica
(CNA.L), to acquire joint control of Centrica’s windfarm
developer GLID Wind Farms TopCo Ltd (approved Dec.4)

NEW LISTINGS:

— French engineering group Alstom Holdings (ALSO.PA) to
acquire sole control of hydro-power venture Alstom Hydro
Holding, jointly controlled by Alstom and Bouygues SA (BOUY.PA)
(notified Nov. 30/deadline Jan. 13)

EXTENSIONS AND OTHER CHANGES:

None

FIRST-STAGE REVIEWS BY DEADLINE:

DEC 11

— Canadian investment fund Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Board and Guernsey-based global banking, financial and advisory
services firm Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund LP, part of
Australia’s Macquarie Group (MQG.AX), acquire joint control of
Britain’s Bristol International Airport Ltd (notified Nov.
6/deadline Dec. 11)

— Brazilian holding company J&F Participacoes S.A. and
Brazilian investment fund ZMF Fundo de Investimento em
Participacoes to acquire joint control of parts of Brazilian
meat manufacturers JBS and Bertin S.A. (notified Nov. 6/deadline
Dec. 11/simplified)

DEC 14

— Australian packaging group Amcor Ltd (AMC.AX) to acquire
control of mining company Rio Tinto plc’s (RIO.AX)(RIO.L)
packaging units Global Tobacco Packaging, Global Pharmaceutical
Packaging, Food Packaging Europe and Food Packaging Asia
(notified Oct. 23/deadline extended to Dec. 14)

— U.S. food group Kraft Foods Inc (KFT.N) plans to acquire
British candy maker Cadbury Plc (CBRY.L) (notified Nov.
9/deadline Dec. 14)

— Eurotank Belgium B.V., controlled by Dutch oil trader
Vitol Holding B.V., to acquire control of Belgian bitumen
producer Petroplus Refining Antwerp N.V. and Petroplus Refining
Antwerp Bitumen N.V. (notified Nov. 9/deadline Dec.
14/simplified)

— Privately owned oil trader Normeston Trading Ltd and
Hungarian energy company MOL MOLB.BU to acquire joint control
of MOL Energy Trade Ltd (notified Nov. 9/deadline Dec. 14)

— Netherlands Antilles investment firm Hal Investments to
acquire control of Italian eyewear maker Safilo Group S.p.A
(SFLG.MI) (notified Nov. 9/deadline Dec. 14)

DEC 15

— Britain’s Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) (RBS.L) and
Germany’s Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) acquire joint control of U.S.
firm Spin HoldCo, the parent company of Coinmatch Service Corp,
a supplier of outsourced laundry equipment services (notified
Nov. 10/deadline Dec. 15/simplified)

DEC 16

— U.S. asset manager Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co [KKR.UL]
and buyout firm General Atlantic to acquire joint control of
TASC, the consulting unit of U.S. defence contractor Northrop
Grumman (NOC.N) (notified Nov. 11/deadline Dec. 16/simplified)

DEC 18

— German construction company Bilfinger Berger AG (GBFG.DE)
acquires control of Austrian industrial services firm MCE AG
(notified Oct. 29/on Nov. 30, deadline extended to Dec. 18)

— Channel Island-based private equity investment fund Altor
Fund III GP Ltd, acquires sole control of Pharmacy Company
Sweden 1 AB and Pharmacy Company Sweden 8 AB, both owned by
state-controlled Apoteket AB (notified Nov. 13/deadline Dec.
18/simplified)

— U.S. oil and gas exploration firm Occidental Petroleum
Corp (OXY.N) acquires control of all of Citigroup’s (C.N) energy
trading business Phibro (notified Nov. 13/deadline Dec.
18/simplified)