Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11141 – WENDEL / TOPSCALE) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2023/C 206/11
Date: 2023-06-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: artificial intelligence, big data, business management, consultancy, economic concentration, information technology applications, investment company, merger control, project management








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13.6.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 206/17






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11141 – WENDEL / TOPSCALE)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2023/C 206/11)

1.   
On 7 June 2023, 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:






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Wendel Luxembourg S.A. (Luxembourg), controlled by Wendel S.E. (France) (‘Wendel’),










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Topscale SAS (France) (‘Scalian’).




Wendel will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Topscale SAS.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






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Wendel Luxembourg S.A. headquartered in Luxembourg, is an authorized alternative investment fund manager. It is fully owned by Wendel S.E., a French investment firm headquarted in Paris. Wendel Luxembourg S.A. indirectly holds and manages Wendel Group’s unlisted investments and certain listed investments through reserved alternative investment funds. Wendel Luxembourg S.A. is active, through its controlled portfolio companies, on a worldwide basis.










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Scalian is headquartered in France, is a provider of services in industrial project management, supply chain (costs, quality, deadlines, performance), architecture and development of embedded digital systems and information system applications, big data and AI. Scalian is mainly active within the European Union.






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.11141 – WENDEL / TOPSCALE
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu
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.