CELEX: 32015M7658
Language: en
Date: 2015-07-08 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 08/07/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7658 - PLATINUM EQUITY / WFS GLOBAL HOLDING) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|[pic]                             |EUROPEAN COMMISSION                                                                                      |

                                        Brussels, 8.7.2015
                                        C(2015) 4870 final

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|To the notifying party:                                                |                                                                       |

Dear Sir/Madam,

Subject:    Case M.7658 – PLATINUM EQUITY / WFS GLOBAL HOLDING
         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]

 1. On 12 June 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by
    which the undertaking Platinum Equity, LLC (''Platinum'', United States of America) acquires within the meaning of Article  3(1)(b)  of  the
    Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking WFS Global Holding (''WFS'', France) by way of  purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

  – for Platinum: merger, acquisition and operation of companies providing services and solutions to customers in a broad range  of  businesses,
    including information technology, telecommunications, logistics, metal services, manufacturing and distribution,

  – for WFS: provision of airport cargo as well as ramp & passenger handling services in various airports within the EEA.

 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(b) 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
                                        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]   OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ("the EEA Agreement").

[3]   Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 206, 23.06.2015, p. 12.

[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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