Document ID: 32016M7909
Language: ENG

<table><tr><td><p><span><img/></span></p></td><td><p><span>EUROPEAN COMMISSION</span></p></td></tr></table>
Brussels, 04.03.2016
C(2016) 1493 final
<table><tr><td><p><span>To the notifying party:</span><br/></p></td><td><p/></td></tr></table>
Dear Sirs,
Subject : Case M.7909 - LONE STAR FUND IX / N&W GLOBAL VENDING Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1 )( b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 1 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area 2
1. On 01 February 2016 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Lone Star Fund IX (U.S . ), L.P. ("Lone Star" of the USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1 )( b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of N&W Global Vending S.p.A . ("N&W" of Italy) by way of purchase of shares . 3
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
- for Lone Star: private equity fund investing in real estate, equity, credit and other financial assets;
- for N&W : manufacture, market and selling of automatic food & beverage vending machines within the European Union as well as worldwide.
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5 ( c ) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 . 4
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1 )( b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement .
For the Commission (signed) Johannes LAITENBERGER Director - General
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(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the " Merger Regulation"). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("TFEU") has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of "Community" by " Union " and "common market" by "internal market". The terminology of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.
(2) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ("the EEA Agreement").
(3) Publication in the Official Jou rnal of the European Union No C 047 , 06.02.2016 , p. 10 .
(4) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .
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