CELEX: 32014M7325
Language: en
Date: 2014-08-07 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 07/08/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7325 - ICG / KIRKBI / MINIMAX VIKING GROUP) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 7 August 2014
                                        C(2014) 5812 final

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

Subject:    Case M.7325 - ICG/ KIRKBI/ MINIMAX VIKING GROUP
         Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)  No 139/2004[1]

 1. On 3 July 2014, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation  by
    which the undertakings Intermediate Capital Group plc ("ICG", United Kingdom) and KIRKBI A/S  KG  ("KIRKBI",  Denmark),  acquire  within  the
    meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertaking Minimax Viking GmbH ("MVG", Germany), by way of purchase
    of shares.[2]

    The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

     – for ICG: active in the structuring and provision of mezzanine finance, leveraged credit and minority equity;

     – for KIRKBI: holding and investment company of the Kirk Kristiansen family;

     – for MVG: active in the manufacture and supply of fire suppression and related detection and control systems as well as the integration  of
       such systems for the industrial, energy and commercial sectors. Also active in the manufacture and supply of portable  fire  extinguishers
       and supplies and installs equipment for fire trucks.

 2. 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.[3]

 3. 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 222, 12.7.2014, p. 11.
[3]   OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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