4.2.2017   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 37/2

1.

On 26 January 2017, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which investment funds advised by the affiliates of KKR & Co. L.P. (‘KKR’, United States) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd (‘Hitachi Koki’, Japan) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   for KKR: a global investment firm which offering a broad range of alternative asset management services to public and private market investors and providing capital markets solutions for the firm, its portfolio companies and clients,

—   for Hitachi Koki: a Japan-based global company manufacturing and selling power tools and life-sciences instruments.

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 M.8369 — KKR/Hitachi Koki, to the following address: