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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

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To the notifying party

Subject:Case M.8645 – ADVENT / WILLIAMS LEA

Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.On 12 September 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Advent International Corporation (United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of Williams Lea Tag GmbH (Germany), Williams Lea Holdings, Inc. (United States) and Williams Lea Holdings Limited (United Kingdom), and together forming the entirety of the Williams Lea business. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-for Advent International Corporation: private equity investment,

-for the Williams Lea business: marketing communications services and document business process outsourcing.

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.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
EUROPEAN COMMISSION

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To the Notifying Parties



Subject:Case M.8635 - SOJITZ/ KEPCO/ LURICAWNE / FIXARRA / EVALAIR/ PLUM

Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.On 29 September 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Sojitz Corporation ("Sojitz", Japan) and Kansai Electric Power Company Inc. ("KEPCO", Japan) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Evalair and Plum, together with Fixarra and Luricawne. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

– Sojitz: the Sojitz group is a global conglomerate active in a variety of different businesses, primarily in the area of trading of goods and services, including in the energy sector;

– KEPCO: the KEPCO group is active in various businesses including electric power, gas supply and telecommunications worldwide;

– Luricawne: Luricawne is owned by HgCapital which is a mid-market private equity firm investing across technology, media, telecommunications, services and industrials, primarily in Northern Europe;

– Fixarra: Fixarra is owned by the Craydel Group which is a multi-disciplinary engineering provider specialising in the development of renewable energy projects;

– Evalair owns and operates four windfarms in Ireland;

– Plum owns the Slivecallan West Wind project in Ireland, which is a windfarm currently in development.

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(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

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
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE  
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERG ER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel,  BELGIË 
 Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu . 
  EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Brussels, 26.10.2017 
C(2017) 7312 final 
 
 
To the notifying parties:  
 
Subject: Case M.8514 – EVONIK / DSM / JV 
Commission decision pursuant to Articl e 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) 
No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreemen t on the European Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam, 
1. On 22 September 2017, the European Commissi on received notifica tion of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Ar ticle 4 of the Merger Regul ation by which the undertakings  
Evonik Industries AG (Evonik) of Germany, controlled by RAG Stiftung, and Koninklijke 
DSM N.V. (DSM), of the Netherlands, acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulat ion joint control of the JV.
3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: 
− for Evonik: production and marke ting of speciality chemicals, 
− for DSM:  chemicals company active in nutrition, performance materials and emerging 
business, 
− for the JV: manufacturing and sales of a pr oduct intended to provide  an alternative for 
other sources of Omega-3 fatty acids for the production of animal nutrition. 
3. After examination of the notification, the Eu ropean Commission ha s concluded that the 
notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(a)  of 
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the 'Mer ger Regulation'). With effect from  1 December 2009, the Treaty on the 
Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') has intr oduced certain changes, su ch as the replacement of 
'Community' by 'Union' and 'common market' by 'interna l 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 331 , 03.10.2017, p. 6. 
PUBLIC VERSION 
 
2 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 simp lified procedure, the European Commission 
has decided not to oppose the notified operati on 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 Regulati on and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement. 
For the Commission 
 
(signed) 
Johannes LAITENBERGER Director-General 
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE  
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERG ER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel,  BELGIË 
 Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu . 
  EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Brussels,  23.6.2017 
C(2017) 4459 final 
PUBLIC VERSION 
 
To the notifying party:  
 
Subject: Case M.8499 – Goldman Sachs / Caldic  
Commission decision pursuant to Articl e 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) 
No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreemen t on the European Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam, 
1. On 31.05.2017, the European Commission rece ived notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the Goldman Sachs 
Group, Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, United Stat es) acquires within the meaning of 
Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation cont rol of the whole of Caldic BV (‘Caldic’, 
Netherlands) by way of a purchase of shares.3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: 
− for Goldman Sachs: global investment  banking, securities and investment 
management, 
− for Caldic: international distribution of a wide range of commodity and specialty 
chemicals ("full-line distribution") to cust omers in the industrial, health, and food 
industries. 
3. After examination of the notification, the Eu ropean Commission ha s 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 
 
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the 'Mer ger Regulation'). With effect from  1 December 2009, the Treaty on the 
Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') has intr oduced certain changes, su ch as the replacement of 
'Community' by 'Union' and 'common market' by 'interna l 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 182 , 09.06.2017, p. 4. 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5. 

2 4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simp lified procedure, the European Commission 
has decided not to oppose the notified operati on 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 Regulati on and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement. 
 
 For the Commission Signed Johannes LAITENBERGER 
Director-General
EUROPEAN COMMISSION

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To the notifying party:







Subject:Case M.8323 - AT&T / TIME WARNER

Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.On 10 February 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking AT&T Inc. ("AT&T", United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Time Warner Inc. ("Time Warner", United States) by way of purchase of shares.

2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-for AT&T: provision of global telecommunications and digital entertainment services in the United States and Latin America and of global telecommunications services for business customers in the EEA;

-for Time Warner: provision of global media and entertainment services, including pay-television services and production and distribution of television services, feature film and videogames.

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.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
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE  
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERG ER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel,  BELGIË 
 Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu . 
  EUROPEAN COMMISSION 
Brussels,8.11.2017 
C(2017) 7535 final 
 
To the notifying party:  
 
Subject: Case M.8621 - APOLLO MANAGEMENT / AEGON IRELAND  
Commission decision pursuant to Articl e 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) 
No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreemen t on the European Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam, 
1. On 13 October 2017, the European Commission received notificatio n of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4  of the Merger Regulation by which Athene Holding 
Ltd. ("Athene Holding", US), belonging to th e group Apollo Management L.P. ("Apollo", 
US) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1 )(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the 
whole of Aegon Ireland plc (" Aegon Ireland", Ireland).3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: 
− for Apollo:  private investments; investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo 
invest in companies and debt issued by companies involved in various business 
throughout the world.  
− for Aegon Ireland:  insurance products and servies. Ae gon Ireland has two lines of life 
insurance products and currently conducts  business in the United Kingdom and 
Germany. Aegon Ireland has a German branc h, which distributes its life insurance 
products. 
3. After examination of the notification, the Eu ropean Commission ha s concluded that the 
notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(c)  of 
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the 'Mer ger Regulation'). With effect from  1 December 2009, the Treaty on the 
Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') has intr oduced certain changes, su ch as the replacement of 
'Community' by 'Union' and 'common market' by 'interna l 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 356 , 21.10.2017, p. 23. 
PUBLIC VERSION 
2 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 simp lified procedure, the European Commission 
has decided not to oppose the notified operati on 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 Regulati on and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement. 
For the Commission 
(signed) 
Johannes LAITENBERGER Director-General 
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
EUROPEAN COMMISSION

C(2017) 7690 final

PUBLIC VERSION

REI Spain B.V.

To the notifying parties

Subject:Case M.8644 – AXA/NN Group/Portfolio

Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.On 17 October 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Lindisfarne Investment S.L. (Spain), ESI One SARL (France) and Alterimmo Europe SARL (France), all three ultimately controlled by AXA SA (‘AXA’, France), and REI Spain B.V. (Netherlands), ultimately controlled by the NN Group N.V. (‘NN’, Netherlands), indirectly acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) the Merger Regulation joint control of the portfolio of assets located in Spain ("Portfolio", Spain), by way of purchase of shares.

2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

– for Lindisfarne Investment S.L.: manages real estate assets that it owns directly and manages subsidiaries which hold real estate assets that it owns in Spain,

– for ESI One S.à.r.l: owns real estate portfolios/properties,

– for Alterimmo Europe S.à.r.l: owns real estate portfolios/properties,

– for REI Spain B.V.: acquires, holds, manages and disposes real estate and other assets, which may be a source of income, participates in or conducts the management of other companies or enterprises whose aims are similar and provides guarantees and security for other group companies and on behalf of third parties,

– for Portfolio: it is composed of 34 student housing residences spread over 17 cities in Spain.

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.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)
EUROPEAN COMMISSION

C(2017) 8579 final

PUBLIC VERSION

To the notifying party



Subject:Case M.8722 - OMERS / THAMES WATER

Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.On 16 November 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Omers Administration Corporation ("OMERS", Canada) acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, sole control over the whole of Thames Water (UK) by way of a purchase of shares.

2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

– OMERS is the administrator of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System Primary Pension Plan in Canada;

– Thames Water is a private utility company that is primarily active in the regulated provision of integrated water and sewerage services to household customers in the Thames Valley region, which incorporates London and parts of South East England.

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(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

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
EUROPEAN COMMISSION

C(2018) 448 final

To the notifying parties:

Subject:Case M.8737 - AMTRUST / MADISON DEARBORN PARTNERS / MAYFIELD HOLDINGS JV

Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.On 18 December 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Amtrust Financial Services ("AmTrust") (USA) and Madison Dearborn Partners ("MDP") (USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Mayfield Holdings ("Mayfield") (USA) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-for AmTrust: AmTrust is a US-based insurance conglomerate

-for MDP: MDP is a US-based private equity investment firm, with investments in a range of industries.

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(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

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
EUROPEAN COMMISSION

C(2018) 592 final

PUBLIC VERSION

To the notifying party :

Subject:Case M.8715 - CVC / TMF

Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.On 3 January 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS SA (‘CVC’, Luxembourg) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over TMF Orange Holding BV (‘TMF’, The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares.

2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for CVC: the provision of advice to and management of investment funds and platforms,

— for TMF: the provision of financial, legal and HR administrative services for corporate, alternative investment, and private clients.

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.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
EUROPEAN COMMISSION

C(2018) 957 final

PUBLIC VERSION

To the notifying party:

Subject:Case M.8757 – NORDIC CAPITAL / ALLOHEIM

Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area

Dear Sir or Madam,

1.On 09 January 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Nordic Capital VIII Limited acting in its capacity as general partner for and on behalf of Nordic Capital VIII Alpha, L.P. and Nordic Capital VIII Beta, L.P. (together ‘Nordic Capital Fund VIII’, Jersey) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control over the whole of Alloheim Senioren-Residenzen Holding SE (‘Alloheim’, Germany) by way of purchase of shares.

2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-for Nordic Capital Fund VIII: leading private equity house currently with controlling interests in 24 portfolio companies which are active in a wide range of sectors,

-for Alloheim: operation of German nursing homes and provision of stationary care in the form of elderly care (including day care), specialised care and assisted living, as well as ambulatory care.

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.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