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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10652 – MOL / LOTOS PALIWA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 236/07)

1. On 10 June 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas Public Limited Company (‘MOL’, Hungary), — LOTOS Paliwa sp. z o.o. (‘Lotots Paliwa’, Poland). MOL will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Lotos Paliwa. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — MOL and its affiliated entities are a Central Eastern European (CEE) integrated oil and gas corporation active in the oil and gas exploration and production, refining, midstream services, as well as consumer services (fuel retail) segments. MOL also produces and sells petrochemicals, — LOTOS Paliwa manages a network of petrol stations across Poland under the ‘Lotos’ brand.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10652 – MOL / LOTOS PALIWA Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10778 – TA ASSOCIATES / CLEARLAKE / KOFAX)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 248/13)

1. On 23 June 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — TA Associates Management L.P. (‘TA Associates’, U.S.A.), — Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (‘Clearlake’, U.S.A.), — Kofax Parent Limited (‘Kofax’ or ‘Target’, U.S.A.) ultimately controlled by Thoma Bravo, L.P. (U.S.A). TA Associates and Clearlake will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Kofax. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned: — for TA Associates: private equity firm, active in business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare and technologies; — for Clearlake: private investment firm, active in software and technology-enabled services, energy and industrials, food and consumer products; — for Kofax: provider of intelligent automation software for digital workflow transformation to automate and improve business workflows by simplifying the handling of data and documents.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10778 – TA ASSOCIATES / CLEARLAKE / KOFAX Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10785 – ICG / KONECTA / COMDATA)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 243/09)

1. On 17 June 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Intermediate Capital Group, plc (‘ICG’, United Kingdom), — Grupo Konectanet, S.L.U (‘Konecta’, Spain), — Comdata, S.p.A (‘Comdata’, Italy). ICG will aquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Konecta and Comdata. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — ICG is an investment firm and asset manager, with presence in Europe, Asia Pacific and the USA, — Konecta is a business process outsourcing services provider in Europe and Latin America. Konecta is currently jointly controlled by ICG, — Comdata is a business process outsourcing services provider with activities in Africa, Europe and Latin America.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10785 – ICG / KONECTA / COMDATA Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10768 – KKR / ALBIOMA)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 262/02)

On 29 June 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10768. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10788 – UTUM / SCHWARZ GROUP / APPLIEDAI)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 255/04)

On 23 June 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10788. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10618 – WACKER NEUSON / PORR / UMDASCH GROUP / SEQUELLO JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 271/02)

On 11 July 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in German language and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10618. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10757 – MUTARES / CIMOS)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 269/09)

1. On 5 July 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Mutares SE & Co. KGaA (‘Mutares’, Germany), — Cimos d.d (‘Cimos’, Slovenia). Mutares will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Cimos. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Mutares is an investment company focusing on the acquisition of parts of large corporations and medium-sized companies in transitional situations, — Cimos manufactures and supplies parts and accessories for motor vehicles, in particular turbocharger and powertrain components.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10757 – MUTARES / CIMOS Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10823 – CLEARLAKE / TA ASSOCIATES / EPHESOFT)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 285/08)

1. On 19 July 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (‘Clearlake’, U.S.A.), — TA Associates Management L.P. (‘TA Associates’, U.S.A.), — Ephesoft, Inc. (‘Ephesoft’ or ‘Target’, U.S.A.). Clearlake and TA Associates will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Ephesoft. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned: — for Clearlake: private investment firm, active in software and technology-enabled services, energy and industrials, food and consumer products; — for TA Associates: private equity firm, active in business services, consumer services, financial services, healthcare and technologies; — for Ephesoft: provides an intelligent document processing platform for global consultancies and systems integrators for mid-large enterprises and users, which automates the processing of documents that come into organizations.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10823 – CLEARLAKE / TA ASSOCIATES / EPHESOFT Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10804 – KKR / CONTOURGLOBAL)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 280/08)

1. On 14 July 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — KKR & Co. Inc. (‘KKR’, USA), — ContourGlobal plc (‘ContourGlobal’, UK). KKR will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of ContourGlobal. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — KKR is a global investment firm, offering alternative asset management and capital markets and insurance solutions, — ContourGlobal acquires and develops wholesale power generation assets, operating 138 power plants across 20 countries, including in the EU in Austria, Bulgaria, France, Italy, Romania, Slovakia and Spain.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10804 – KKR / CONTOURGLOBAL Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10748 – MACQUARIE / BCI / NATIONAL GRID / NATIONAL GRID GAS)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 298/03)

On 30 June 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10748. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10824 – BAIN CAPITAL / HOUSE OF HR)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 293/08)

1. On 25 July 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Bain Capital Investors, L.L.C. (‘Bain Capital’, United States), — House of HR NV (‘House of HR’, Belgium). Bain Capital will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of House of HR. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — Bain Capital: private equity investment firm that invests in companies across Europe, the Americas and the Asia-Pacific region in a number of industries, including information technology, healthcare, retail and consumer products, communications, financial services and industrial/manufacturing, — House of HR: provides human resources solutions and services to its customers which are active across a variety of sectors in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland and Spain.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10824 – BAIN CAPITAL / HOUSE OF HR Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.10836 – EQUINOR / SSE / TRITON POWER)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 312/03)

On 11 August 2022, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the ‘Competition policy’ website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32022M10836. EUR-Lex is the online point of access to European Union law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.10797 – PCG / PERSTORP)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2022/C 305/06)

1. On 3 August 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — PETRONAS Chemicals Group Berhad (‘PCG’, Malaysia); — PERSTORP HOLDING AB (publ.) (‘Perstorp’ or ‘Target’, Sweden). PCG will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Perstorp. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following: — PCG is a publicly listed company duly incorporated and existing under the laws of Malaysia. PCG is active primarily in manufacturing and selling a diversified range of petrochemical products such as olefins, polymers, fertilizers, methanol, and other basic chemicals and derivative products. PCG is solely controlled by Petroliam Nasional Berhad (‘Petronas’), which is PCG’s major shareholder. — Perstorp is a company headquartered in Malmö (Sweden), which serves as the top holding company for the Perstorp group of companies. Perstorp is a chemical provider, with a focus on providing sustainable solutions for customers in the resins and coatings, engineered fluids and animal nutrition industries. Perstorp is globally present with seven production plants in Europe, North America and Asia.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.10797 – PCG / PERSTORP Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).