CELEX: 32014M7125
Language: en
Date: 2014-01-30 00:00:00
Title: Commission Decision of 30/01/2014 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.7125 - ADVENT / UNIT4) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)

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                                        Brussels, 30/01/2014
                                        C(2014) 590 final

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Subject:    Case No COMP/ M. 7125 ADVENT / UNIT4
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[1]

   1) On 3 January 2014, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council  Regulation
      (EC) No 139/2004  by which the undertaking Advent International Corporation ("Advent", United States of America) will  acquire  within  the
      meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the undertaking UNIT4 N.V. ("UNIT4", the Netherlands), by way of public  bid
      announced on 18 November 2013[2].

   2) The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

      -     for Advent: private equity fund;

      -     for UNIT4: provision of business software and IT services;

   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 6 of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure  for  treatment  of  certain  concentrations  under
      Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[3].

   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.

                                        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 6, 10.01.2014, p. 11.

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

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                                                                  PUBLIC VERSION

                                                           SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE