CELEX: 32014M7392
Language: en
Date: 2014-10-14 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 14/10/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7392 - ADVENT INTERNATIONAL / CORIALIS) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 14.10.2014
                                        C(2014) 7612 final

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

Subject:    Case M.7392 - ADVENT INTERNATIONAL/ CORIALIS
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

 1) On 10 September 2014, the European Commission received notification of  a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
    Regulation by which Advent International Corporation (“Advent”, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation
    control of the whole of the Corialis group (“Corialis”, Belgium) by way of purchase of shares. [2]

 2) The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

         - for Advent: global private equity firm that manages investments in more than 70 countries across a diverge range  of  industries  and
           geographies;

         - for Corialis: supplier of aluminium extrusion services and aluminium  coated  building  systems  and  profiles  for  windows,  doors,
           conservatories and curtain walls.

 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.[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 319, 17.09.2014, p.22.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE