CELEX: 32012M6710
Language: en
Date: 2012-10-23 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 23/10/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6710 - CD&R / WILSONART) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32012M6710

Commission Decision of 23/10/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6710 - CD&R / WILSONART) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)  

          |EUROPEAN COMMISSION      |
             Brussels, 23.10.2012
             C(2012) 7602 PUBLIC VERSION
             SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE
               |To the notifying party:  |
             Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
             Subject: Case No COMP/M.6710 – CD&R/ WILSONART Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004  [1]  
            1.  On 25 September 2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking CD&R Wimbledon Holdings III, L.P. (Cayman Islands), belonging to the group Clayton, Dubilier & Rice ("CD&R", USA), acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Wilsonart International Holdings LLC ("Wilsonart", USA) by way of purchase of shares [2]  .
            2.  The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
            -  for CD&R: private equity investment group, 
            -  for Wilsonart: a vertically integrated manufacturer of decorative surfacing materials and biocomposite panels for home furniture, office and retail space, countertops, flooring, exterior cladding and other applications. In the EEA, it is primarily active through its subsidiaries Polyrey (France), Resopal (Germany) and Wilsonart UK (UK). 
            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) ii 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
            [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 300, 5.10.2012, p. 16.
            [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.