CELEX: 32020M9942
Language: en
Date: 2020-09-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21/09/2020 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9942 - PARTNERS GROUP / BRIDGEPOINT / ROVENSA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 21.9.2020
                                                                C(2020) 6570 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying parties
Subject:        Case M.9942 — Partners Group/Bridgepoint/Rovensa
                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 28 August 2020, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Partners
        Group AG (‘Partners Group’, Switzerland) and Bridgepoint Group Limited
        (‘Bridgepoint’, UK) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the
        Merger Regulation joint control of Rovensa S.A. (‘Rovensa’, Portugal) by way of
        purchase of shares.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
             for Partners Group: Partners Group is a global private markets investment
              management company active in the areas of private equity, private real estate,
              private infrastructure and private debt,
             for Bridgepoint: Bridgepoint is an international private equity group focused on
              investing in established European middle market businesses in a broad range of
              sectors, including consumer/retail, business services, industrials, financial
              services, healthcare, media and technology,
             for Rovensa: Rovensa is a global provider of crop lifecycle management
              solutions. It operates in crop protection, bionutrition and biocontrol through
              several brands, such as Ascenza, Tradecorp or Idainature. Rovensa also offers
              additional services, namely technical advice.
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 300, 10.9.2020, p. 6.
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--- 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)
                                                  Olivier GUERSENT
                                                  Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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