CELEX: 32007M4460
Language: en
Date: 2007-02-21 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 21/02/2007 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.4460 - ABN AMRO / CARLSON / T.G.I. FRIDAY'S) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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Commission Decision of 21/02/2007 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.4460 - ABN AMRO / CARLSON / T.G.I. FRIDAY'S) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic)  

		Brussels, 21/02/2007SG-Greffe(2007) D/200827(...PICT...)(...PICT...)(...PICT...)To the notifying partiesDear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),Subject: Case No. COMP/M.4460 – ABN AMRO / Carlson / T.G.I. Friday'sNotification of 18 January 2007 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1]Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 18, 26.01.07, p. 14.1. On 18 January 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings ABN AMRO Capital BO Funds B.V. (“AACBOF”, the Netherlands) belonging to the ABN AMRO group and Carlson Restaurants Worldwide Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Carlson Companies Inc. (“Carlson” USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the UK T.G.I. Friday’s franchised restaurant business of Whitbread Group Plc. ("Whitbread", UK) by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :- for undertaking ABN AMRO : provider of banking and financial services ;- for undertaking Carlson : active in the marketing, travel and hospitality sector ;- for T.G.I. Friday’s restaurant : informal restaurants.3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph c of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [2].4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004.For the CommissionsignedLowri EVANSDeputy Director-Generalfor Philip LOWEDirector General[1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1[2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32--------------------------------------------------