CELEX: 32016M8113
Language: en
Date: 2016-07-18 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 18/07/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8113 - THOMA BRAVO / QLIK TECHNOLOGIES) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 18.7.2016
                                        C(2016) 4803 final

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                                        To the notifying party

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.8113 – THOMA BRAVO / QLIK TECHNOLOGIES
         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 24 June 2016, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by
    which the undertaking Thoma Bravo, LLC ("Thoma Bravo", of the United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)  of  the  Merger
    Regulation control of the whole of Qlik Technologies Inc. ("Qlik Technologies" of the United States) by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

  – for Thoma Bravo: private equity firm which invests with a particular focus  on  application  and  infrastructure  software  and  technology-
    enabled services;

  – for Qlik Technologies: provider of business intelligence and analytics  software.  Qlik’s  software  products  are  data  visualisation  and
    discovery applications which intelligently process vast amounts of data.

 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 239, 01.07.2016, p. 20.
[4]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE