18.9.2015   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 308/11

1.

On 11 September 2015, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which The Blackstone Group LP (‘Blackstone’, USA) and Corsair Capital LLC (‘Corsair’, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the whole of First Eagle Investment Management, LLC (‘FEIM’, USA).

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   Blackstone: global alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory services;

—   Corsair: private equity firm, focusing on investing in companies in the financial services industry worldwide;

—   FEIM: investment management firm registered in the United States.

3.

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in this Notice.

4.

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 email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7754 — Blackstone/Corsair Capital/First Eagle, to the following address: