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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 16.06.2020  
C(2020 ) 4110 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M .9782 – EXPERIAN  / BERTELSMAN / INFORMA  
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 20 May 2020 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which Bertelsmann 
SE & Co. KGaA (“Bertelsmann”, Germany) and Experian plc (“Experian” , UK ) 
acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)  and 3(4)  of the Merger Regulation joint 
control of the whole of  Informa Solutions GmbH (“Informa” , Germany ) by way of 
purchase of shares , the latter being  a newly created company constituting a joint 
venture .3  
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 Experian : Global information services company which provides software and 
services to businesses that allows them to manage credit risk , minimise the 
incidence of fraud and verify t he identity of individuals;  
 Bertelsmann : a media, services and education company that operates in about 50 
countries , in particular, in television, magazines publishing, music publishing, 
education services;  
 Informa: currently a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Bertelsmann . Post 
transaction, it will bring together the activities of Experian and Bertelsmann in 
credit reference bureau services, fraud prevention and identity services, 
creditworthiness data and  developing of scoring solutions , automation of claims 
management processes  and decisioning and analytics services . 
                                                 
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 th is decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.  3 (the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 183, 03.6.2020 , p. 9. 

2 3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merge r 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 Agre ement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .