CELEX: 32015M7683
Language: en
Date: 2015-07-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 09/07/2015 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7683 - ARDIAN FRANCE / GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT / MAXEDA DIY GROUP) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|[pic]                             |EUROPEAN COMMISSION                                                                                      |

                                        Brussels, 9.7.2015
                                        C(2015) 4884 final

|PUBLIC VERSION                                   |
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|SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE                      |

|                                                                       |To the notifying parties:                                              |

Dear Madam, dear Sir,

Subject:    Case M.7683 - ARDIAN FRANCE/ GOLDENTREE ASSET MANAGEMENT/ MAXEDA DIY GROUP
         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 16 June 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by
    which the undertakings Ardian France S.A. ('Ardian', France) and Goldentree Asset Management LP ('GTAM', USA) acquire within the meaning  of
    Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Maxeda DIY Group  B.V.  ('Maxeda',  the  Netherlands)  by  way  of
    acquisition of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

     – for Ardian: private equity and asset management;

     – for GTAM: private equity and asset management;

     – for Maxeda: Do-It-Yourself retail sales.

 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 207, 24.6.2015, p. 15.

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