Competition Act (Chapter 50B) Public Register - Notified Mergers or Anticipated Mergers

There is no mandatory requirement for merger parties to notify their merger situation to the CCS. Merger parties are nevertheless allowed to notify their merger situation to the CCS and apply for a decision as to whether the section 54 prohibition has been or will be infringed by the merger situation. Requests for Pre-notification discussions are kept confidential.

Notifying Date	Notified Mergers or Anticipated Mergers	Status
30 May 2008	Proposed Merger between Air Liquide Electronics U.S. LP and Chemical Management Division of Edwards Vacuum Inc.	Cleared on 8 July 2008
23 May 2008	Proposed Merger between Wacker Chemie AG, Wacker Polymer Systems GmbH & Co. KG and Air Products Polymers Holdings, L.P. (n.k.a. Wacker Polymers Holdings, L.P.)	Cleared on 2 July 2008
21 February 2008	Proposed Merger between Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing Ltd and Hitachi Semiconductor Singapore Pte Ltd	Cleared on 28 March 2008
30 October 2007	Proposed Merger between Dubai Drydocks World LLC and Labroy Marine Ltd	Cleared on 6 December 2007
8 October 2007	Proposed Merger between Thomson Corporation and Reuters Group PLC	Cleared on 23 May 2008
28 September 2007	Proposed Merger between Kraft Foods Global, Inc. and Groupe Danone S.A.	Cleared on 12 November 2007
4 September 2007	Proposed Merger between Flextronics International Ltd and Solectron Corporation	Cleared on 2 October 2007
29 August 2007	Joint Venture between Intel Coporation, STMicroelectronics N.V., and Francisco Partners LLP	Cleared on 2 October 2007