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 EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 4.7.2022  
C(2022 ) 4834 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
CVC Capital Partners SICAV -FIS SA  
20 Avenue Monterey,   
L-2163  Luxembourg  
Grand Duchy of Luxembour g 
 
Ligue De  Football Professionnel   
6, Rue Léo Delibes,   
FR-75116 Paris  
France  
Subject : Case M.10751 – CVC FUNDS / LFP / MEDIACO  
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 10 Ju ne 2022 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which  CVC Capital 
Partners SICAV -FIS SA (“CVC Funds”, Luxembourg), and Ligue de Football 
Professionnel (“LFP”, France),  will acquire joint control within the meaning of Article 
3(1)(b)  and 3(4)  of the Merger Regulation of  Filiale LFP 1 (“MediaCo”, France ) by 
way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings conc erned  are the following : 
 CVC Funds: a network of private equity and investment advisory firms holding 
interests in a number of companies in various industries primarily in Europe, the 
US and the Asia -Pacific region,  
                                                 
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 236, 20.06.2022 , p.106. 

 
2  LFP: French sports association consistin g of the 45 French professional football 
clubs, responsible under French law for the organisation, management, regulation, 
promotion and commercialization of the two professional men’s football leagues 
in France,  
 MediaCo: a newly created joint venture esta blished for the purpose of marketing 
and managing the exploitation of certain commercial French professional football 
rights, including football broadcasting rights, sponsorship and advertising rights 
and betting data rights.  
3. After examination of the notif ication, the European Commission has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragrap h 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 Agreement . 
For the Commission  
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .