CELEX: 32014M7306
Language: en
Date: 2014-07-31 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 31/07/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7306 - TRITON / GEA HEAT EXCHANGER BUSINESS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 31.7.2014
                                        C(2014) 5588 final

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Dear Madam(s) and/or  Sir(s),

Subject:    Case M.7306 – TRITON / GEA HEAT EXCHANGER BUSINESS   Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
         No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 7 July 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation  by
    which Triton Managers IV Limited and TFF IV Limited in their capacity as managers of Triton Fund IV, part  of  the  Triton  Group  ("Triton",
    Jersey), acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of GEA Group  Aktiengesellschaft’s  heat
    exchanger business (Germany) by way of purchase of shares.[2]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

    - for Triton : investment in medium sized businesses having their headquarters in Northern Europe, and in  particular  in  Austria,  Germany,
           Switzerland and the Nordic Countries;

    - for GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft’s heat exchanger business : production of a broad range of heat exchangers.

 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.[3]

 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.

                                        For the Commission

                                        (Signed)
                                        Alexander ITALIANER
                                        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]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 224, 15.7.2014, p. 34.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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