CELEX: 32016M8226
Language: en
Date: 2016-11-28 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 28/11/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8226 - TOWERBROOK CAPITAL PARTNERS / VAN DIJK EDUCATIE BEHEER) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|[pic]                             |EUROPEAN COMMISSION                                                                                      |

Brussels, 28.11.2016
C(2016) 7843 final

To the notifying party:

Subject:    Case M.8226 - TOWERBROOK CAPITAL PARTNERS / VAN DIJK EDUCATIE BEHEER
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]

Dear Sir or Madam,

 1. On 3 November 2016, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation
    by which the undertaking TowerBrook Capital Partners L.P. ("TowerBrook", United States of America) acquires within the  meaning  of  Article
    3(1)(b) of the  Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Van Dijk Educatie Beheer B.V. ("Van Dijk",  the  Netherlands)
    by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     TowerBrook is a global private equity firm investing in  healthcare  products  and  services,  financial  services,  consumer  goods,
           telecommunications, media, chemicals, knowledge services and selected industrial segments;

      -     Van Dijk sells and rents textbooks and other educational resources to  secondary  schools  and  to  students  in  vocational,  higher
           professional, and university education. It also  sells  professional  and  management  books  to  government  agencies  and  provides
           subscription agency services to government agencies and private undertakings.

 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 413, 10.11.2016, p. 11.
[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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