CELEX: 32020M9636
Language: en
Date: 2020-01-09 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 09/01/2020 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.9636 - AMERICAN SECURITIES / LINDSAY GOLDBERG / AECOM MANAGEMENT SERVICES) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
                                                                Brussels, 09.01.2020
                                                                C(2020) 133 final
                                                                                 PUBLIC VERSION
                                                                To the notifying parties
Subject:        Case M.9636 – AMERICAN SECURITIES / LINDSAY GOLDBERG /
                AECOM MANAGEMENT SERVICES
                Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation
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                (EC) No 139/2004 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European
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                Economic Area
Dear Sir or Madam,
1.      On 5 December 2019, the European Commission received notification of a proposed
        concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the
        undertakings American Securities LLC (‘American Securities’, USA), and Goldberg
        Lindsay & Co. LLC (‘Lindsay Goldberg’, USA), acquire within the meaning of
        Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the whole of the
        undertaking AECOM E&C Holdings, Inc., Maverick Newco LLC and AECOM
        International Holdings (UK) Limited (together ‘AECOM Management Services’,
        USA) by way of purchase of shares and assets.3
2.      The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
              for American Securities: private equity firm active in various industry sectors,
                 including business services, consumer, healthcare, industrial and technology,
              for Lindsay Goldberg: investment advisor to private equity funds in various
                 industry sectors,
              for AECOM Management Services: global provider of professional services to
                 governments and related entities active in the defence sector.
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
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 420, 13.12.2019, p. 28.
Commission européenne, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE
Europese Commissie, DG COMP MERGER REGISTRY, 1049 Brussel, BELGIË
Tel: +32 229-91111. Fax: +32 229-64301. E-mail: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu.
 ---pagebreak---    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)
                                                  Olivier GUERSENT
                                                  Director-General
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
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