The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Thursday:

** U.S. industrial conglomerate Dover Corp said it plans to spin off some of its communication technologies businesses into a publicly traded company with annual revenue of about $1.3 billion.

** Private equity firm Apax Partners will acquire teen-apparel retailer rue21 Inc in a deal valued at about $1.1 billion, adding to a retail portfolio that includes Cole Haan and Takko Fashion.

** Royalty Pharma reduced the acceptance threshold for its increased $6.4 billion bid for Elan to 50 percent plus one share as it sought to gather just enough support to take over the Irish drug firm.

** Telecom Italia values its fixed-line network at 13-15 billion euros ($16.7-$19.3 billion), a source with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters ahead of a board meeting that is due to decide whether to spin off the business.

** Blackstone Group LP and Prologis Inc have agreed to buy a portfolio of 17 million square feet of warehouse and distribution centers whose majority owner is Lehman Brothers for about $960 million, two sources familiar with the deal said on Wednesday.

** Austrian construction group Strabag SE has made an indicative offer for German company Hochtief’s services unit, it said on Thursday.

** Bahrain’s Al Salam Bank and BMI Bank, an affiliate of Oman’s Bank Muscat, have announced plans to merge, a tie-up which would create the kingdom’s third-largest bank by assets, the lenders said in a statement.

** Britain’s BTG said it would make two acquisitions, one extending its expertise in liver cancer and the other a treatment for severe blood clots, to create an interventional medicine business with potential sales of $1 billion.

** Spain’s Caixabank said on Thursday it was considering selling around 10 percent of Mexico’s Grupo Financiero Inbursa, worth $1.6 billion, to reduce its stake by half.

** British defence technology company QinetiQ Group could sell its U.S. services division after a 256 million pound ($385 million) writedown prompted it to launch a strategic review of the business.

** Australian casino company Crown Ltd is selling its entire 10 percent stake in rival Echo Entertainment Group , the operator of Sydney’s sole casino, a source with knowledge of the sale said.

MAY 27

– Tokia Rubber, which is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, to buy car parts maker Anvis Group GmbH from H.I.G. Capital (notified April 16/deadline May 27)

MAY 28

– Food processor McCain Foods Group to buy potato products supplier Lutosa Business (notified April 3/deadline extended to May 28 from May 13 after McCain offered commitments)

MAY 31

– Austrian mall developer Spar and the property arm of German insurer Allianz to set up a property joint venture (notified April 22/deadline May 31/simplified)

– L. Possehl Co & mbH to buy metal supplier Cookson Precious Metals Business (notified April 22/deadline May 31/simplified)

– Canada Life, which is a subsidiary of Canadian life insurer Great-West Lifeco, to acquire Irish Life (notified April 22/deadline May 31)

JUNE 4

– Brazilian investment fund 3G Capital, and Berkshire Hathaway to acquire joint control of U.S. ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co (notified April 24/deadline June 4)

– Syral China Investment, which is part of Tereos International, and Wilmar China New Investments, which is a unit of the Wilmar group, to acquire joint control of Liaoning Jinxin Biology & Chemistry which is now solely owned by Wilmar (April 24/deadline June 4/simplified)

JUNE 6

– Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut to buy the cocoa business of Singaporean group Petra Foods (notified April 26/deadline June 6)

– Austrian chemical company Borealis to buy French oil giant Total’s GPN fertiliser business and a majority stake in Belgium-based Rosier (notified April 26/deadline June 6)

JUNE 7

– Russian dairy producer OJSC Unimilk Co, which is controlled by French food group Danone Group, and French logistics company NDL International, which is controlled by French transport group Norbert Dentressangle, to form a logistics joint venture (notified April 29/deadline June 7/simplified)

– Dutch staffing company Randstad to acquire some of Dutch peer USG People NV’s assets (notified April 29/deadline June 7)

– Private equity firms Lion Capital and Avedon Capital Partners to acquire joint control of Dutch snack producer AD Van Geloven Holding (notified April 29/deadline June 7/simplified)

– Finnish paper producer Ahlstrom to merge with a unit of Swedish company Munksjo, which is partly owned by private equity fund EQT (notified Oct. 31/deadline extended for the second time to June 7 from May 16 after Ahlstrom offered concessions)

JUNE 11

– Qatar Investment Authority and Qatar state-owned hotel group Kingdom Holding Company to acquire joint control of FRHI Holdings which owns hotels in Paris and Singapore (notified May 2/deadline June 11/simplified)

– Private equity investor Nordic Capital to buy Unicorn which owns marine transport services company Unifeeder A/S (notified May 2/deadline June 11/simplified)

– Private equity firm KKR to acquire indirect control of French clothing retailer SMCP (notified May 2/deadline June 11/simplified)

– French construction group Vinci to buy Portuguese airports operator Aeroportos de Portugal(ANA) (notified May 2/deadline June 11)

JUNE 14

– Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. to acquire mobile computing device maker Intermec For $600 million (notified Feb. 15/deadline June 14)

JUNE 17

– U.S. media group Time Warner to acquire sole control of TV operator Central European Media Enterprises in which it currently holds a stake (notified May 8/deadline June 17)

– Private equity firm CVC to acquire sole control of German energy services company ista GmbH (notified May 8/deadline June 17/simplified)

JUNE 18

– U.S. group General Electric Co to buy the aviation business of Italian plane components maker Avio from private equity fund Cinven and Italian defence group Finmeccanica (notified May 13/deadline June 18 )

JUNE 19

– U.S. technology services company IBM’s Italian unit to acquire a new company set up from a business owned by Unicredit Business Integrated Solutions S.c.p.a, part of Italian bank UniCredit S.p.A. (notified May 14/deadline June 19)

– German investor Joh A Benckiser (JAB) to buy Dutch coffee and tea maker D.E. Master Blenders 1753 (notified May 14/deadline June 19/simplified)

JUNE 20

– U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines to buy a 49 percent stake in British peer Virgin Atlantic (notified May 15/deadline June 20)

– Dell Chief Executive Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners to buy out personal computer maker Dell Inc (notified May 15/deadline June 20)

– U.S. communications company Syniverse Technologies to buy Luxembourg-based communications services company Mach (notified Nov. 16/deadline extended for the third time to June 20 from May 30 after Syniverse offered additional commitments)

JUNE 24

– U.S. derivatives and exchange and clearinghouse operator IntercontinentalExchange Inc to buy New York Stock Exchange operator NYSE Euronext (notified May 17/deadline June 24)

– Private equity firm Triton to buy recycling company Befesa from Spanish renewable energy and infrastructure company Abengoa (notified May 17/deadline June 24/simplified)

SEPT 3

– Greek carrier Aegean Airlines to buy Olympic Air (notified Feb. 28/deadline extended for the second time to Sept. 3 from April 23 after the Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

SEPT 6

– Swedish refiner Nynas to purchase certain assets from Royal Dutch Shell’s Harburg refinery (notified Feb. 19/deadline extended for the second time to Sept. 6 from Aug. 8 )

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Tuesday:

** Sprint Nextel Corp said its Japanese suitor SoftBank Corp granted it a waiver allowing it to consider a $25.5 billion rival bid by Dish Network Corp , as pressure mounts on SoftBank to sweeten its offer for the No. 3 U.S. wireless carrier.

** Specialty chemicals producer Rockwood Holdings Inc’s pigments businesses have attracted offers from buyout firms including Blackstone Group LP and Advent International Corp, several people familiar with the matter said.

** Australia-listed copper miner Discovery Metals Ltd has opened its books to spurned private equity suitor Cathay Fortune Corp and others in an effort to attract a new takeover offer, potentially valuing it at A$195 million ($190 million), it said on Tuesday.

** Italy’s eyewear maker Safilo said on Tuesday it had agreed a 10-year licensing deal with France’s Essilor , the world’s biggest maker of corrective eye lenses.

** Chevron Corp is in advanced talks to sell its downstream assets in Egypt and Pakistan, three sources said, with the planned disposals seen raising around $300 million for the U.S. oil major.

** Spanish drugmaker Grifols said on Tuesday it has signed an exclusive contract to license U.S. Aradigm Corporation’s Pulmaquin compound and may take a stake in the California-based firm.

** Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq has failed to win enough shareholder support to buy Peruvian fish feed maker Copeinca, opening the door to a $1.7 billion takeover of Cermaq by bigger rival Marine Harvest.

** Gazprom is squeezing Athens for better terms to buy DEPA, Greece’s sole retail gas distributor, a Greek official said, as the Russian gas export monopoly leverages its strength position as the only major player in the running.

** Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp is willing to keep its banking arm if Malaysia’s second-largest lender, CIMB Group Holdings Bhd, walks away from a deal worth nearly $300 million for a 58 percent stake in the bank, its president said on Tuesday.

** U.S. private equity firm Riverstone Holdings LLC is planning to invest as much as $1 billion in a new commodities venture run by Deutsche Bank former head of commodities David Silbert, the Financial Times reported.

** Novo A/S, the holding company of Danish insulin producer Novo Nordisk, said it had acquired Norwegian-based Xellia Pharmaceuticals for about $700 million.

** Citibank and Barclays are likely to be named the lead advisers for Ghana’s plans to issue up to $1 billion of Eurobonds this year, officials involved in the discussion said on Monday.

** Seven West Media Ltd, owner of Australia’s top-rated free-to-air television network, said on Tuesday that its major shareholder, private equity firm KKR & Co, was selling its entire A$265 million ($260 million) stake in the company.

** Vodafone said on Tuesday that it was very comfortable with its successful U.S. joint venture Verizon Wireless, but if an offer materialized that would benefit it more than the status quo, it would consider it. (Compiled by Vijay Vishwas)

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Monday:

** Tom Wheeler, nominated to become the new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, pledged to divest stakes in AT&T Inc, Dish Network Corp, Google Inc and dozens of other tech and telecoms companies if he is confirmed.

** The largest U.S. satellite video provider, DirecTV , is one of the companies considering a bid for online video website Hulu, according to a source familiar with the situation.

** Yahoo Inc said it is acquiring blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, a bold bet by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer to revitalize the struggling internet pioneer by co-opting a Web property with strong visitor traffic but little revenue. {ID:nL2N0E10EL}

** After months of speculation, Vodafone’s Vittorio Colao will be under pressure next week to set out whether he may sell its prized stake in Verizon Wireless in what would be one of the biggest deals ever.

** Greece’s bank rescue fund will aim to sell Hellenic Postbank and Proton by mid-July with big banks continuing to absorb small lenders as part of plans to revive the battered sector, the country’s foreign lenders said in an inspection review.

** Sudan, struggling with economic crisis and a budget deficit, plans to sell stakes in four state-owned sugar plants to attract partners, the official news agency SUNA said.

** New Zealand casino operator SkyCity Entertainment Group has bought Wharf Casino in the resort town of Queenstown for NZ$5 million ($4.04 million) as the company aims to expand its presence in the area, a growing tourist destination.

** Danone Group has agreed to invest 325 million euros ($417 million) in two deals with China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd, marking a comeback for the French group in China where scandals have hurt confidence in food safety.

** Dutch specialist publisher Wolters Kluwer said on Monday it has acquired Brazil’s Prosoft Tecnologia, a leading provider of tax and accounting software with 250 employees.

** Elan announced its second major drug deal inside a week on Monday and said it would buy back more shares as it continues to bat against a $5.7 billion takeover bid from U.S. investor Royalty Pharma.

** Morgan Stanley said on Monday it has signed an agreement to sell its Indian wealth management unit to Standard Chartered. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

** Billionaire American industrialist Leonard Blavatnik may buy a stake in Russian mobile phone retailer Svyaznoy for $200 million, Russia’s business daily Vedomosti reported on Monday, citing a source close to one of the retailer’s shareholders.

** Goldman Sachs launched on Monday a sale of about $1.1 billion worth of Hong Kong-traded shares in Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, offering to sell its entire remaining stake in the world’s biggest bank.

** U.S. investment management firm Tradewinds Global Investors cut its stake in Italian state-controlled defence group Finmeccanica to 1.85 percent last week from 4.98 percent it held since May 2012, Italian market regulator Consob said on Monday.

** Miner Kazakhmys, a top shareholder in ENRC , said it would consider a potential cash-and-share buyout bid for its rival, giving its first response to a potential offer from ENRC’s trio of founders first signaled last month.

** Britain’s Vodafone has withdrawn from the running to provide a mobile service to fixed-line operator BT, two industry sources told Reuters, bringing to an end a nine-year partnership.

** Russian state-controlled telecoms operator Rostelecom may sell more than $500 million worth of treasury shares to reduce debt, its newly appointed chief executive Sergei Kalugin said on Monday.

** Generic drugmaker Actavis Inc, which has been the subject of intense takeover speculation, said on Monday that it had struck a deal to buy specialty pharmaceuticals company Warner Chilcott Plc for $5 billion in stock.

** Dell Inc said in a letter to suitors Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management that the company would not provide more information about itself unless the board determined that their proposal was “superior” to founder Michael Dell’s.

** Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc and Plains Exploration & Production Co said they would pay shareholders more in dividends if they approved the miner’s roughly $6 billion takeover offer for Plains.

** Websense Inc said it had agreed to be taken private by Vista Equity Partners in a deal that values the online security firm at about $907 million.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Friday:

** Private equity firm Sun Capital Partners is exploring the sale of Emerald Performance Materials, a specialty chemicals company that could be worth more than $700 million, according to four sources familiar with the matter.

** U.S.-insurer New York Life is in exclusive negotiations with Yuanta Financial to sell its Taiwan assets, two sources with close knowledge of the deal told Reuters on Friday.

** Sempra Energy has signed up Japanese and French partners to back a liquefied natural gas export plant in Louisiana that will cost up to $10 billion, with construction expected to start next year, Sempra said on Thursday.

Under the 20-year agreements, all the LNG will be bought under three separate 4 million-ton-per-year deals by Mitsui & Co Ltd, Mitsubishi Corp via Nippon Yusen KK and France’s GDF Suez SA.

** Caterpillar Inc has reached a deal to cut $135 million from the price owed for a Chinese mining equipment maker, after accounting irregularities were discovered at the acquired company that forced Caterpillar to take a $580 million impairment charge.

** Dish Network Corp asked U.S. regulators on Thursday to stop reviewing SoftBank Corp’s proposed acquisition of Sprint Nextel Corp’s, citing the Japanese company’s reported attempt to thwart its bid for the U.S. wireless carrier.

** Gildemeister said an Austrian competition authority announcement stating Mori Seiki was seeking sole control over the German machine tool maker referred to Mori Seiki’s plan to take just close to a quarter of its shares.

** Slovenian firms and banks want higher bids for their joint 53 percent stake in the country’s largest food retailer Mercator, the largest shareholder Pivovarna Lasko said.

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The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Thursday:

** DDR Corp, owner of shopping centers where big-box retailers are located, said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy from Blackstone Group LP the portion of 30 centers it does not already own for $1.46 billion.

** Dish Network Corp has lined up four banks to finance its $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp, escalating the bidding war against Japanese telecom company SoftBank Corp, according to two people familiar with the matter.

** Novartis has no plans to bid for U.S.-based generic drugmaker Actavis, which is the subject of intense takeover speculation, a spokesman for the Swiss drugmaker said.

** Telus Corp, one of Canada’s biggest wireless telephone companies, said it will pay C$380 million ($370 million) to acquire Mobilicity, a recent entrant to the industry which helped force prices down but failed to draw many customers.

** Austria’s Kommunalkredit could still be sold and does not need to be wound down, the country’s market watchdog said on Thursday after Vienna missed an EU privatisation deadline for the lender.

** Before Optimer Pharmaceuticals Inc even put itself up for sale earlier this year, Cubist Pharmaceuticals Inc offered to buy the antibiotic maker for $20 per share, or nearly $1 billion, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

** Fish farmer Marine Harvest may consider raising its proposed $1.7 billion bid for rival Cermaq if the company would only give up its own attempt to take over fish feed firm Copeinca, its chairman said.

** Shares in Nivea-maker Beiersdorf rose on Thursday on market speculation that majority shareholder Maxingvest was selling half of its stake to U.S. rival Procter & Gamble, talk that was dismissed by a source close to the shareholder.

** Germany’s largest drugmaker Bayer said it agreed to buy privately held Steigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH, a maker of herbal treatments. It did not disclose financial terms of the takeover.

** Private equity group HgCapital has put on ice a sale of Schleich, the German company that makes high-quality miniature animal figures and Smurfs toys, three people familiar with the matter said.

** Cerberus Capital Management LP is extending until May 31 a deadline to buy more shares in Japan’s Seibu Holdings, according to a public filing.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1420 GMT on Wednesday:

** Itaú Unibanco Holding SA will take over Citigroup Inc’s Brazilian consumer finance units for 2.77 billion reais ($1.37 billion) as the nation’s biggest bank by market value expands more rapidly in the local credit card market.

** Warner Music won EU regulatory approval on Wednesday to buy the Parlophone Label Group from Vivendi’s Universal Music Group for 487 million pounds ($743.01 million).

** Shareholders of South Africa’s Cipla Medpro overwhelmingly approved a $488 million takeover offer from India’s Cipla Ltd on Wednesday, giving the Indian drugmaker a big presence in Africa’s biggest economy.

** British conglomerate Lonrho Plc, whose roots go back more than a 100 years to colonial Africa, received a buyout offer valuing the company about 175 million pounds ($266 million), double its market value at the close on Tuesday.

** Heineken NV’s UK unit has acquired a 3.21 percent stake in India’s United Breweries Ltd, the Indian alcohol company said.

** Chinese automotive manufacturer Tri-Ring Group Corp will buy Polish bearings maker FLT Krasnik for some 300 million zlotys ($93 million) in the largest investment yet by a Chinese firm in Poland, a person close to the deal said.

** Severn Trent rejected a preliminary takeover offer from a consortium including Borealis Infrastructure and the Kuwait Investment Office, saying the offer undervalued the British water company.

** Hamburg Sued, Germany’s second-largest shipping group, said it did not expect to resume talks with rival Hapag-Lloyd any time soon after talks were broken off on the form and details of a combination.

** TUI AG has no plans to merge with London-listed unit TUI Travel, the German company’s chief executive said.

** The parent of Dongfeng Motor Group Co, China’s second-largest automaker, will take an over-40 percent stake in Fujian Motor Industry Group, a local newspaper said , the latest consolidation in the country’s fragmented auto market.

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 1330 GMT on Tuesday:

** Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has ended a 1 billion pound ($1.5 billion) attempt to buy online betting exchange Betfair after the two companies failed to agree on price and strategy.

** Sony Corp, responding to a shareholder’s call for it to spin off its entertainment operations, said the businesses were important to its growth strategy and “are not for sale”.

** Chinese state-controlled power equipment maker XD Group is in early talks to buy General Electric Co’s joint venture with Mexico’s Xignux SA for up to $1 billion, a person familiar with the discussions told Reuters.

** Belgian cancer diagnosis and therapy company Ion Beam Applications said it had provisionally agreed the sale of its drug discovery arm to a European private equity firm for 25 million euros ($32.5 million).

** Shares in Severn Trent surged to all-time highs after the British water company confirmed it had received a takeover approach from a consortium including Borealis Infrastructure and the Kuwait Investment Office.

MAY 15

– Warner Music Group, which is owned by Access Industries Inc, to acquire Parlophone Label Group from Vivendi’s Universal Music Group (notified April 5/deadline May 15)

MAY 16

– Czech group Agrofert to buy Italian pasta maker Barilla’s German bakery chain Lieken AG (notified April 8/deadline May 16/simplified)

MAY 17

– French insurer Sogecap, which is part of French bank Societe Generale, and Cardif Assurance Vie, which is a subsidiary of French bank BNP Paribas, to jointly acquire a real estate developer (notified April 9/deadline May 17)

– Australian warehouse operator Goodman Group to acquire a stake in a container terminal owned by ports operator DP World Limited, which is part of Dubai World (notified April 9/deadline May 17/simplified)

MAY 27

– Private equity firms KKR and Bregal Fund to jointly invest in private school operator Cognita (notified April 16/deadline May 27/simplified)

– Tokia Rubber, which is a subsidiary of Sumitomo Electric Industries, to buy car parts maker Anvis Group GmbH from H.I.G. Capital (notified April 16/deadline May 27)

MAY 28

– Food processor McCain Foods Group to buy potato products supplier Lutosa Business (notified April 3/deadline extended to May 28 from May 13 after McCain offered commitments)

MAY 29

– Swedish industrial holding company Lindengruppen and Swedish asset management company Foundation Asset Management Sweden to jointly acquire Swedish metals powder manufacturer Hoganas (notified April 18/deadline May 29/simplified)

– Otsuka Pharmaceutical, which is a subsidiary of Otsuka Holdings Co, and Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co to acquire stakes in Claris Otsuka Ltd which is owned by Indian drugmaker Claris Lifesciences Ltd (notified April 18/deadline May 29/simplified)

MAY 31

– Austrian mall developer Spar and the property arm of German insurer Allianz to set up a property joint venture (notified April 22/deadline May 31/simplified)

– L. Possehl Co & mbH to buy metal supplier Cookson Precious Metals Business (notified April 22/deadline May 31/simplified)

– Canada Life, which is a subsidiary of Canadian life insurer Great-West Lifeco, to acquire Irish Life (notified April 22/deadline May 31)

JUNE 4

– Brazilian investment fund 3G Capital, and Berkshire Hathaway to acquire joint control of U.S. ketchup maker H.J. Heinz Co (notified April 24/deadline June 4)

– Syral China Investment, which is part of Tereos International, and Wilmar China New Investments, which is a unit of the Wilmar group, to acquire joint control of Liaoning Jinxin Biology & Chemistry which is now solely owned by Wilmar (April 24/deadline June 4/simplified)

JUNE 6

– Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut to buy the cocoa business of Singaporean group Petra Foods (notified April 26/deadline June 6)

– Austrian chemical company Borealis to buy French oil giant Total’s GPN fertiliser business and a majority stake in Belgium-based Rosier (notified April 26/deadline June 6)

JUNE 7

– Russian dairy producer OJSC Unimilk Co, which is controlled by French food group Danone Group, and French logistics company NDL International, which is controlled by French transport group Norbert Dentressangle, to form a logistics joint venture (notified April 29/deadline June 7/simplified)

– Dutch staffing company Randstad to acquire some of Dutch peer USG People NV’s assets (notified April 29/deadline June 7)

– Private equity firms Lion Capital and Avedon Capital Partners to acquire joint control of Dutch snack producer AD Van Geloven Holding (notified April 29/deadline June 7/simplified)

– Finnish paper producer Ahlstrom to merge with a unit of Swedish company Munksjo, which is partly owned by private equity fund EQT (notified Oct. 31/deadline extended for the second time to June 7 from May 16 after Ahlstrom offered concessions)

JUNE 11

– Private equity firm KKR to acquire indirect control of French clothing retailer SMCP (notified May 2/deadline June 11/simplified)

– French construction group Vinci to buy Portuguese airports operator Aeroportos de Portugal(ANA) (notified May 2/deadline June 11)

JUNE 14

– Diversified U.S. manufacturer Honeywell International Inc. to acquire mobile computing device maker Intermec For $600 million (notified Feb. 15/deadline June 14)

JUNE 20

– U.S. communications company Syniverse Technologies to buy Luxembourg-based communications services company Mach (notified Nov. 16/deadline extended for the third time to June 20 from May 30 after Syniverse offered additional commitments)

SEPT 3

– Greek carrier Aegean Airlines to buy Olympic Air (notified Feb. 28/deadline extended for the second time to Sept. 3 from April 23 after the Commission opened an in-depth investigation)

SEPT 6

– Swedish refiner Nynas to purchase certain assets from Royal Dutch Shell’s Harburg refinery (notified Feb. 19/deadline extended for the second time to Sept. 6 from Aug. 8 )