CELEX: 32016M7888
Language: en
Date: 2016-01-26 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 26/01/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7888 - APAX / B&G / MANNAI / GFI INFORMATIQUE) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 26.1.2016
                                        C(2016) 505 final

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|                                                                       |To the notifying parties:                                              |

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7888 - APAX/B&G/MANNAI/GFI INFORMATIQUE
         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 22 December 2015, the European Commission received notification of  a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
    Regulation by which the undertakings Apax Partners S.A., Boussard & Gavaudan and Mannai  Corporation  QSC  acquire  within  the  meaning  of
    Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the undertaking GFI Informatique by way of purchase of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

    - for Apax Partners S.A.: investment company specialising in financing for SMEs in France and abroad;

    - for Boussard & Gavaudan: management of  funds;

    - for Mannai Corporation QSC: provision of products and services to private sector companies in Qatar;

    - for GFI Informatique: provision  of consulting, systems integration,  outsourcing and software solutions.

 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 3, 7.1.2016, p.8.

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

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