CELEX: 32017M8646
Language: en
Date: 2017-10-16 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 16/10/2017 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8646 - PLATINUM / PATTONAIR) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels,16.10.2017
                                                                C(2017) 7044 final
                                                                        PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying party:
Subject:        Case M.8646 - PLATINUM / PATTONAIR
                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 19 September 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Platinum Equity
        Group (USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation
        whole control of Pattonair Holdings Limited (UK).3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
        −     for Platinum: specialised in the merger, acquisition and operation of companies that
              provide services and solutions to customers in a broad range of businesses, including
              information technology, telecommunications, logistics, metal services, manufacturing
              and distribution.
        −     for Pattonair: global aerospace distributor with strong supply chain management
              capabilities, providing aircraft parts distribution and value-adding logistics and supply
              chain management services. It has a strong focus on C-class parts for engines and
              aircraft systems.
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 319, 26.09.2017, p. 6.
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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