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Document 32012M6755
Commission Decision of 17/12/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6755 - BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS / APEX TOOL GROUP) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
Decisión de la Comisión, de 17/12/2012 por la que se declara la compatibilidad de una operación de concentración con el mercado común (Asunto no COMP/M.6755 - BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS / APEX TOOL GROUP) sobre la base del Reglamento (CE) n. 139/2004 del Consejo (El texto en lengua inglesa es el único auténtico)
Decisión de la Comisión, de 17/12/2012 por la que se declara la compatibilidad de una operación de concentración con el mercado común (Asunto no COMP/M.6755 - BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS / APEX TOOL GROUP) sobre la base del Reglamento (CE) n. 139/2004 del Consejo (El texto en lengua inglesa es el único auténtico)
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- Date of document:
- 17/12/2012
- Date of effect:
- 17/12/2012; surte efecto fecha notificación
- Date of end of validity:
- No end date
- Author:
- Comisión Europea, Dirección General de Competencia
- Responsible body:
- Directorate-General for Competition, COMPETITION
- Form:
- Decisión
- Addressee:
- APEX TOOL GROUP, LLC, BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS LLC
- Additional information:
- NACE=C25.07.03 (See 32006R1893)
- Authentic language:
- inglés
- Treaty:
- Tratado de Funcionamiento de la Unión Europea
- Legal basis:
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- 32004R0139 - A06P1b
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- 08.40.00.00 Política de competencia / Concentraciones
32012M6755
Commission Decision of 17/12/2012 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.6755 - BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS / APEX TOOL GROUP) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
|EUROPEAN COMMISSION | Brussels, 17.12.2012 C(2012) 9828 PUBLIC VERSION SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE To the notifying party: | | Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject: Case No COMP/M.6755 - BAIN CAPITAL INVESTORS/ APEX TOOL GROUP Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [1] 1. On 19.11.2012, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Bain Capital Investors LLC, ("Bain", USA) acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation, control of the whole of Apex Tool Group LLC ("Apex", USA) by way of acquisition of membership interests. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for Bain: private equity investment, - for Apex: manufacturing and supply of hand and power tools, chain products, soldering products and specialty products for industrial, commercial and do it yourself applications [2] . 2. After examination of the notification, the European Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger Regulation and of paragraph 5(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 [3] . 3. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation. For the Commission (signed) Alexander ITALIANER Director General [1]OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ("the Merger Regulation"). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ("TFEU") has introduced certain changes, such as the replacement of "Community" by "Union" and "common market" by "internal market". The terminology of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision. [2] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 367, 27.11.2012, p.6 [3] OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.
