3.3.2012   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 64/13

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On 27 February 2012, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which an investor group comprising Sony Corporation of America (‘Sony’), the Mubadala Development Company PJSC (‘Mubadala’) and other investors (Jynwel Capital, GSO Capital Partners, EMI West and the Michael Jackson Estate) acquire EMI Music Publishing (‘EMI MP’) from Citigroup, Inc. by way of purchase of shares (‘The Transaction’). Under the terms of a related Administration Deed, Sony/ATV, a joint venture of Sony and the Michael Jackson Estate, will be appointed to administer the EMI MP catalogue.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

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The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission.

Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6459 — Sony Corporation of America/Mubadala Development Company/EMI Music Publishing, to the following address: