# C_2013049EN.01002301.xml

| 20.2.2013 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 49/23 |
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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6832 — Goldman Sachs/TPG Lundy/Ainscough)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 49/14

| 1. | On 13 February 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004( 1 ) by which the undertakings Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, USA) and TPG LundyCo, LP (‘TPG Lundy’, Cayman Islands) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation indirect joint control of Bradley Hall Holdings Limited (‘Bradley Hall’, the United Kingdom), an English company acting as a holding company for Ainscough Crane Hire group by way of purchase of shares. |
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| 2. | The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
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for Goldman Sachs: global investment firm providing a wide range of services worldwide to a diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals, —
for TPG Lundy: it is part of the TPG Group, a global private investment firm that manages a family of funds that invest in a variety of companies through acquisitions and corporate restructurings, —
for Bradley Hall: it acts as a holding company for Ainscough Crane Hire group ("Ainscough") which is active in crane hire, contract lifting and ancillary services throughout the United Kingdom, as well as construction, maintenance, servicing, retro-fit and major component changes for wind turbines. | — | for Goldman Sachs: global investment firm providing a wide range of services worldwide to a diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals, | — | for TPG Lundy: it is part of the TPG Group, a global private investment firm that manages a family of funds that invest in a variety of companies through acquisitions and corporate restructurings, | — | for Bradley Hall: it acts as a holding company for Ainscough Crane Hire group ("Ainscough") which is active in crane hire, contract lifting and ancillary services throughout the United Kingdom, as well as construction, maintenance, servicing, retro-fit and major component changes for wind turbines. |
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| — | for Goldman Sachs: global investment firm providing a wide range of services worldwide to a diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals, | | | | | | |
| — | for TPG Lundy: it is part of the TPG Group, a global private investment firm that manages a family of funds that invest in a variety of companies through acquisitions and corporate restructurings, | | | | | | |
| — | for Bradley Hall: it acts as a holding company for Ainscough Crane Hire group ("Ainscough") which is active in crane hire, contract lifting and ancillary services throughout the United Kingdom, as well as construction, maintenance, servicing, retro-fit and major component changes for wind turbines. | | | | | | |

| 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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| 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.6832 — Goldman Sachs/TPG Lundy/Ainscough, to the following address:
European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry J-70 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË | European Commission | Directorate-General for Competition | Merger Registry | J-70 | 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel | BELGIQUE/BELGIË |
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| 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel | | | | | | | |
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( 1 )  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

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