Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11632 – ALTEN / WORLDGRID) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2024-09-12
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, civil engineering, economic concentration, information technology, merger control, provision of services, smart technology








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2024/5521


12.9.2024






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11632 – ALTEN / WORLDGRID)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2024/5521)


1.   
On 4 September 2024, 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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ALT 08 SARL (‘ALT 08’, France), ultimately controlled by Alten SA (‘Alten’, France),










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The Worldgrid business, including Worldgrid France SAS and other Worldgrid entities and assets (‘Worldgrid’, France), ultimately controlled by Atos SE (France).




ALT 08 will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Worldgrid.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares and assets.


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






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Alten provides worldwide engineering and IT services to major corporate, telecoms and service clients for their projects with a technological dimension in the Technical, Research & Development and Information Systems Divisions.










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Worldgrid specializes in integration projects and real time smart energy solutions to energy & utilities companies across the power, water, oil & gas value chains. It is active on IT and operational technology services, mainly in Europe, notably in France, Germany, and Spain, and in the UK.






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 treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (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.11632 – ALTEN / WORLDGRID
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 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2024/5521/oj
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