CELEX: 32012M6732
Language: en
Date: 2012-10-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26/10/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6732 - TRITON / EUROPEAN DIRECTORIES) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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32012M6732

Commission Decision of 26/10/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6732 - TRITON / EUROPEAN DIRECTORIES) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)  

          |EUROPEAN COMMISSION      |
             Brussels, 26.10.2012 
             C (2012)7788
             PUBLIC VERSION       
             SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE
             To the notifying party:
             Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),
             Subject: Case No COMP/M.6732 - TRITON/ EUROPEAN DIRECTORIES  Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004  [1]  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 297, 3.10.2012, p.6
            1.  On 25/09/2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Triton Managers III Limited and TFF III Limited in their capacities, directly or indirectly, as general partners of Triton funds (“Triton”, Jersey) intend to acquire sole control of European Directories (DH7) B.V ("European Directories", The Netherlands) by way of purchase of shares. 
            2.  The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
             - for Triton: a private equity investment firm that provides management advice and manages investments in European-based businesses in different market sectors.
             - for European Directories: a pan-European local search and lead generation group which is active on the telephone directories markets and related markets as well as on online and mobile search markets.
            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. [2]  
            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
            [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 C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.