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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 19.02.2021 
C(2021)  1259 final  
PUBLIC VERSION 
Stirling Square Capital Partners Jersey 
AIFM Limited  
11-15 Seaton Place  
JE4 0QH St. Helier, Jersey  
Channel Islands  
 
TA Associates, L.P.  
56th Floor, 200 Clarendon Street   
MA 02116 Boston 
United States of America  
Subject : Case M.10128 — Stirling Square Capital Partners/TA Associates/Glenigan  
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 28 January 2021, the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which Stirling Square 
Capital Partners Jersey AIFM Limited (“SSCP Funds”, UK) , and TA Associates, L.P. 
(“TA Associates”, USA),  acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger 
Regulation joint control over the whole of the undertaking Glenigan Limited 
(“Glenigan”, UK)  by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
− for SSCP Funds: investment fund that seeks to make, hold, monitor and realise 
controlling investments, principally unquoted equity and equity- linked 
instruments via management buy- outs, management buy- ins, growth capital and 
other private equity transactions throughout  Europe, 
                                                 
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 introduc ed 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 39, 04.02.2021, p. 24. 

2 − for TA Associates: private equity firm focused on targeted sectors within 
technology, healthcare, financial services, consumer, and business services, 
− for Glenigan: supplying market data and intelligence software and services to 
companies in the construction industry, including in relation to office relocation 
and refurbishment in relation to project information and contact data, primarily in 
the UK.  
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 
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)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.