CELEX: 32013M7100
Language: en
Date: 2013-12-13 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 13/12/2013 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7100 - NEW MOUNTAIN CAPITAL / ALEXANDER MANN SOLUTIONS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 13.12.2013
                                        C(2013) 9506 final

                                        To the notifying party:

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

Subject:    Case No COMP/M.7100 - NEW MOUNTAIN CAPITAL / ALEXANDER MANN SOLUTIONS
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

   1. On 14.11.2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation  by
      which New Mountain Partners IV, a fund managed by New Moutain Capital, LLC ("New Mountain Capital",  United  States  of  America)  acquires
      within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the  Merger Regulation sole control of Newinco 780 Limited, which is the holding  company  of  the
      group of companies trading as Alexander Mann Solutions ("Alexander Mann", United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2.    The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for New Mountain Capital: private equity investment

      -     for Alexander Mann: provision of recruitment and talent management services[2].

 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 340, 21.11.2013, p.3.

[3]   OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.

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                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE