Antitrust & Competition Insight21 March 2008

The report brings you an update on the key deals and issues affecting M&A activity in North America, Europe and beyond. We hope that this quarterly newsletter will provide corporate, advisory and investor readers with timely, informed and objective intelligence.

In addition, the Antitrust & Competition Insight leverages off mergermarket’s sister company dealReporter – bringing you a listing of live deals sitting with the regulatory authorities. Furthermore the report provides features and case studies that explore and help resolve many of the problems faced by corporations and bankers when conducting M&A and avoiding unnecessary antitrust and competition complications in their daily operations.

Table of Contents

Foreword

M&A - Avoiding infringements of US and EC antitrust rules in due diligence and transition planning

The European Commission and Sovereign Wealth Funds

Regional round-ups

HSR issues to consider before acquiring shares of voting securities

Changes to HSR jurisdictional thresholds

Live Deals Timetable

We hope you find this report useful and we would particularly welcome any feedback or questions you might have.

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