5.11.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 319/15

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.6982 — Altor Fund III/TryghedsGruppen/Elixia Holding/HFN Group)

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 319/09

1.

On 28 October 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertakings Altor Fund III (‘Altor Fund’, Jersey) and TryghedsGruppen smba (‘TryghedsGruppen’, Denmark) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the undertakings Elixia Holding III AS (‘Elixia’, Norway), previously controlled by Altor Fund, and Health & Fitness Nordic AB (‘HFN’, Sweden), previously controlled by TryghedsGruppen, by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

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for Altor Fund: private equity funds,

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for TryghedsGruppen: private equity funds,

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for Elixia: fitness club operator with clubs in Norway, Finland and Sweden,

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for HFN: fitness club operator, with clubs in Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

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.

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 e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.6982 — Altor Fund III/TryghedsGruppen/Elixia Holding/HFN Group, to the following address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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