CELEX: 32016M8203
Language: en
Date: 2016-10-10 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 10/10/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8203 - BLACKSTONE / NEW MOUNTAIN / JDA SOFTWARE) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 10.10.2016
                                        C(2016) 6615 final

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                                        To the notifying parties

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.8203 – BLACKSTONE / NEW MOUNTAIN / JDA SOFTWARE
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1] and Article 57 of the Agreement on the
         European Economic Area[2]

 1. On 15 September 2016, the European Commission received notification of a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
    Regulation by which the undertakings The Blackstone Group, L.P. (‘Blackstone’,  United  States)  and  New  Mountain  Capital,  L.L.C.  (‘New
    Mountain Capital’, United States) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole  of  the
    undertaking RedPrairie Holding, Inc. (‘RedPrairie’, United States), which owns JDA Software Group, Inc. (‘JDA Software Group’),  by  way  of
    purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      –     Blackstone: global alternative asset manager that controls the following providers of application software:  RGIS;  Ipreo;  CMS  Info
           Systems Ltd.; and Change Healthcare;

      –     New Mountain Capital: private equity firm;

      –     JDA Software Group: global provider of  end-to-end,  integrated  retail,  omni-channel,  and  supply  chain  planning  and  execution
           enterprise application software solutions.

 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(c) 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

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[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 347, 22.9.2016, p. 36.
[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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