2.9.2014   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 293/15


Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.7371 — Nordic Capital/Lindorff)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2014/C 293/06

1.

On 26 August 2014, the European Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking Nordic Capital VIII Limited (‘Nordic Capital’, Jersey) will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the undertakings Indif AB, Lindorff Institutional Management AB, Lindorff Coinvest AB and Lindorff AB (together the ‘Lindorff Group’, Sweden) by way of purchase of shares.

2.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—   Nordic Capital: a private equity fund with investments in a variety of sectors,

—   Lindorff Group: provision of factoring services.

3.

On preliminary examination, the European 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 the Notice.

4.

The European Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the European Commission.

Observations must reach the European Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the European Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by e-mail to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number M.7371 — Nordic Capital/Lindorff, 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 ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2)  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.