CELEX: 32016M7925
Language: en
Date: 2016-03-22 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 22/03/2016 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7925 - NEWELL RUBBERMAID / JARDEN) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

|[pic]                             |EUROPEAN COMMISSION                                                                                      |

                                        Brussels, 22.03.2016
                                        C(2016)1897 final

|PUBLIC VERSION                                   |
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|SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE                      |

|                                                                       |To the notifying party:                                                |

Dear Sirs,

Subject:    Case M.7925 - NEWELL RUBBERMAID / JARDEN
         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 26 February 2016, the European Commission received notification of  a  proposed  concentration  pursuant  to  Article  4  of  the  Merger
    Regulation by which the undertaking Newell Rubbermaid Inc. ('Newell Rubbermaid', USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of  the
    Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of the undertaking Jarden Corporation ('Jarden', USA) by way of purchase of shares and  exchange
    of shares.[3]

 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      – for Newell Rubbermaid: global marketer of consumer and  commercial  products  operating  in  five  business  segments:  (i)  tools,  (ii)
        commercial products, (iii) writing products, (iv) baby and parenting products, and (v) home solutions products,

      – for Jarden: global marketer of consumer products operating in three business segments: (i) branded consumables, (ii)  outdoor  solutions,
        and (iii) consumer 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 89, 5.3.2016, p. 9.

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