CELEX: 32021M10257
Language: en
Date: 2021-05-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26/05/2021 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.10257 - CLEARLAKE / TA ASSOCIATES / INFOGIX) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 26.5.2021
                                                                C(2021) 3911 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                Clearlake Capital Group L.P.
                                                                233 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 800
                                                                CA 90401-1207 Santa Monica
                                                                United States of America
                                                                TA Associates Management L.P.
                                                                56th Floor, 200 Clarendon Street
                                                                MA 02116 Boston
                                                                United States of America
Subject:        Case M.10257 – CLEARLAKE / TA ASSOCIATES / INFOGIX
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
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                (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European
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                Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 22 April 2021, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Clearlake
        Capital Group, L.P. (“Clearlake”, United States of America) and TA Associates
        Management, L.P. (“TA Associates”, United States of America) acquire within the
        meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of
        Infogix, Inc. (“Infogix”, United States of America), controlled by Thoma Bravo L.P.
        (“Thoma Bravo”, United States of America), by way of purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
         Clearlake: private equity investment firm, with portfolio companies active in
              software and technology-enabled services, energy and industrials, and consumer
              products/services,
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 154, 30.4.2021, p. 18.
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---     TA Associates: private equity investment firm, with portfolio companies active in
        selected industries, including business services, consumer, financial services,
        healthcare and technologies,
    Infogix: provider of data management solutions, including data governance, data
        quality and data analytics tools.
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)
                                                  Olivier GUERSENT
                                                  Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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