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Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.9981 — Bain Capital/Ahlstrom-Munksjö) (Text with EEA relevance) 2020/C 417/09

PUB/2020/936

OJ C 417, 2.12.2020, p. 58–58 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

2.12.2020   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 417/58


Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9981 — Bain Capital/Ahlstrom-Munksjö)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 417/09)

1.   

On 25 November 2020, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

Bain Capital Investors L.L.C. (‘Bain Capital’) (USA),

Ahlstrom-Munksjö Oyj (‘Ahlstrom-Munksjö’) (Finland).

Bain Capital acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Ahlstrom-Munksjö. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

for Bain Capital: a private equity investment firm that invests in companies across a number of industries, including information technology, healthcare, retail and consumer products, communications, financial services and industrial/manufacturing,

for Ahlstrom-Munksjö: a global manufacturer and supplier of fibre-based materials. Its offering includes filter materials, release liners, food and beverage processing materials, décor papers, abrasive and tape backings, electro-technical base paper, glass fibre materials, medical fibre materials and solutions for diagnostics as well as a range of specialty papers for industrial and consumer end-uses.

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.

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. The following reference should always be specified:

M.9981 — Bain Capital/Ahlstrom-Munksjö

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË


(1)  OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).


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