Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.2995 — Apax Europe V/Goldman Sachs/Providence/Telekom Cable/JV) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-02-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: cable distribution, commercial bank, economic concentration, exchange of information, investment company, merger control

5.2.2003

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 27/9

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.2995 — Apax Europe V/Goldman Sachs/Providence/Telekom Cable/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(2003/C 27/07)

(Text with EEA relevance)

On 30 January 2003 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to
1.
Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 (2),
by which the undertakings Apax Europe V (Guernsey, Channel Islands), The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.,
(Goldman Sachs, United States of America) and Providence Equity Partners Ltd (Providence, United
Kingdom) acquire, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Regulation, joint control of the under-
takings Kabel Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern GmbH & Co., KG, Kabel Nieder-
sachsen/Bremen GmbH & Co., KG, Kabel Berlin/Brandenburg GmbH & Co., KG, Kabel Sachsen/Sachsen-
Anhalt/Thüringen GmbH & Co., KG, Kabel Rheinland-Pfalz/Saarland GmbH & Co., KG, and Kabel Bayern
GmbH & Co., KG (altogether the Regional Cable Companies, Germany) as well as MSG Media Service
GmbH (MSG, Germany) and DeTeKableService Deutsche Telekom Kabel Service GmbH (DeTeKS, Germany)
by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— Apax Europe V: investment fund,

— Goldman Sachs: investment banking, asset management, securities services,

— Providence: investment fund,

— the regional cable companies: operation of regional broadband cable networks,

— MSG: technical operation and marketing of channels and a digital platform via broadband cable

networks,

— DeTeKS: broadband cable services to consumers.

3.
On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified concentration could fall within
the scope of Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant
to the Commission Notice on simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council
Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (3), it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the
procedure set out in the notice.

The Commission invites interested third parties to submit

4.
proposed operation.

their possible observations on the

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication.
Observations can be sent by fax (No (32-2) 296 43 01 or 296 72 44) or by post, under reference
COMP/M.2995 — Apax Europe V/Goldman Sachs/Providence/Telekom Cable/JV, to:

European Commission,
Directorate-General for Competition,
Directorate B — Merger Task Force,
J-70,
B-1049 Brussels.

(1) OJ L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.
(2) OJ L 180, 9.7.1997, p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.
(3) OJ C 217, 29.7.2000, p. 32.