CELEX: 32018M8873
Language: en
Date: 2018-05-17 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 17/05/2018 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8873 - CARLYLE / TA ASSOCIATES / DISCOVERORG) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 17.5.2018
                                                                C(2018) 3168 final
                                                                        PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying parties
Subject:         Case M.8873 – CARLYLE / TA ASSOCIATES / DISCOVERORG
                 Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
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                 No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 18 April 2018, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Carlyle Partners VI
        L.P., belonging to the Carlyle Group ("Carlyle", USA), and TA Associates L.P.
        ("TA Associates", USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the
        Merger Regulation joint control of DiscoverOrg Holdings LLC ("DiscoverOrg ", USA) by
        way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
        −     Carlyle is a global alternative asset manager, which manages funds that invest globally
              across four investment disciplines: (i) Corporate Private Equity; (ii) Real Assets;
              (iii) Global Market Strategies; and (iv) Solutions.
        −     TA Associates is active in the fields of private equity investments through various
              funds in selected industries, including business services, consumer, financial services,
              healthcare and technologies.
        −     DiscoverOrg is a provider of sales and marketing intelligence tools and services to
              companies.
1       OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the 'Merger Regulation'). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the
        Functioning of the European Union ('TFEU') has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of
        'Community' by 'Union' and 'common market' by 'internal market'. The terminology of the TFEU will be used
        throughout this decision.
2       OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').
3       Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 144, 25.04.2018, p. 18.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak--- 3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the
   notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(b) of
   the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations
   under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.4
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission
   has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the
   internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of
   Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement.
                                                    For the Commission
                                                    (Signed)
                                                    Johannes LAITENBERGER
                                                    Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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