# C_2012358EN.01000901.xml

| 21.11.2012 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 358/9 |
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21.11.2012

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 358/9

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6754 — KM Holdings/KM Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2012/C 358/05

| 1. | On 14 November 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking KM Germany Holdings GmbH (‘KM Holdings’, Germany), ultimately controlled by Onex Corporation (‘Onex’, Canada), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of Krauss Maffei AG (Germany), MPM III LLC (United States) and MPM Equity LLC (United States) (together, the ‘KM Group’), by way of purchase of shares. |
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On 14 November 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking KM Germany Holdings GmbH (‘KM Holdings’, Germany), ultimately controlled by Onex Corporation (‘Onex’, Canada), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of Krauss Maffei AG (Germany), MPM III LLC (United States) and MPM Equity LLC (United States) (together, the ‘KM Group’), by way of purchase of shares.

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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






  — | Onex: private equity investor. In particular, Onex manages a fund which owns Davis Standard LLC, a company selling plastics and rubber processing machinery, namely converting systems and extrusion systems, |
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The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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Onex: private equity investor. In particular, Onex manages a fund which owns Davis Standard LLC, a company selling plastics and rubber processing machinery, namely converting systems and extrusion systems,

| — | KM Group: provider of technology and services across various sub-segments of the plastics and rubber processing machinery sector, including injection moulding, extrusion and reaction processing machinery to customers worldwide. |
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KM Group: provider of technology and services across various sub-segments of the plastics and rubber processing machinery sector, including injection moulding, extrusion and reaction processing machinery to customers worldwide.

| 3. | On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. |
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On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

| 4. | The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.
  Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6754 — KM Holdings/KM Group, to the following address:





  European Commission |
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| Directorate-General for Competition |
| Merger Registry |
| J-70 |
| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel |
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The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6754 — KM Holdings/KM Group, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

J-70

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

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