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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels,  29.1.202 1 
C(2021 ) 585 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M.10085 - CLEARLAKE CAPITAL GROUP / SIRIS CAPITAL 
GROUP / ENDURANCE / WEB.COM  
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 6 January 2021 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which  Clearlake 
Capital Group, L.P. ( “Clearlake”, USA) , and Siris Capital Group, LLC ( “Siris”, 
USA) , acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b ) and 3(4) of the Merger 
Regulation joint control over the whole of  Web.com Group Inc. ( “Web.com”, USA) , a 
portfolio company of Siris , and Endurance International Group Holdings, Inc. 
(“Endurance”, USA) , a portfolio company of Clearlake , by way of purchase  of 
shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
 for Clearlake: a private investment firm, with a portfolio of companies active in 
software and technology -enabled services, energy and industrials, and food and 
consumer products,  
 for Siris: a private investment firm, with a portfolio of  companies in the data, 
technology, technology -enabled business services and telecommunication sectors,  
 for Endurance: a NASDAQ listed company  assisting small and medium sized 
businesses with their onlin e web presence, email marketing  and other online 
business solutions,  
                                                 
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 Journal of the European Union No C  15, 14.01. 2021 , p. 6. 

2  for Web.com: a company providing domain name registration and web 
development services.  
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified oper ation 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 applicat ion of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation  and Article 57 of 
the EEA Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
 
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .