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Prior notification of a concentration (Case COMP/M.6833 — Goldman Sachs/TPG Lundy/Britannia Living Group Limited)  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-02-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: economic concentration, financial services, household electrical appliance, investment company, maintenance, merger control








C_2013041EN.01001301.xml










13.2.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 41/13





Prior notification of a concentration
(Case COMP/M.6833 — Goldman Sachs/TPG Lundy/Britannia Living Group Limited)
(Text with EEA relevance)
2013/C 41/09






1.


On 5 February 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (‘Goldman Sachs’, USA) and TPG LundyCo, LP (‘TPG Lundy’, Cayman Islands), ultimately controlled by the TPG Group (USA), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, joint control of Britannia Living Group Limited (‘Britannia’, UK), by way of purchase of shares.










2.


The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:






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Goldman Sachs: the provision of financial services as a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm,










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TPG Group: a global private investment firm that manages a family of funds that invest in a variety of companies through acquisitions and corporate restructurings,










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Britannia: distribution of cooking appliances, cooker hoods and cooking accessories, as well as sale of spare parts for the appliances and provision of after sales services in the form of repair and maintenance of appliances.














3.


On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC 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. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6833 — Goldman Sachs/TPG Lundy/Britannia Living Group Limited, to the following address:





European Commission




Directorate-General for Competition




Merger Registry




J-70




1049 Bruxelles/Brussel




BELGIQUE/BELGIË










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