Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9281 — American Securities/Belfor Holdings)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 68/11)

On 8 February 2019, 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:

—	American Securities LLC (‘American Securities’, USA),

—	BELFOR Holdings, Inc. (‘Belfor’, USA).

American Securities acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Belfor.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

— for American Securities: a private equity firm,

— for Belfor: disaster recovery and property restoration.

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 the 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 the Notice.

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.9281 — American Securities/Belfor Holdings

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’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.