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Document 32017M8645
Commission Decision of 09/10/2017 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No COMP/M.8645 - ADVENT / WILLIAMS LEA) according to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (Only the English text is authentic)
Décision de la Commission du 09/10/2017 déclarant la compatibilité avec le marché commun d'une concentration (Affaire N COMP/M.8645 - ADVENT / WILLIAMS LEA) sur base du Règlement (CE) N 139/2004 du Conseil. (Le texte en langue anglaise est le seul faisant foi.)
Décision de la Commission du 09/10/2017 déclarant la compatibilité avec le marché commun d'une concentration (Affaire N COMP/M.8645 - ADVENT / WILLIAMS LEA) sur base du Règlement (CE) N 139/2004 du Conseil. (Le texte en langue anglaise est le seul faisant foi.)
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Brussels,9.10.2017
C(2017) 6884 final
To the notifying party
Subject:Case M.8645 – ADVENT / WILLIAMS LEA
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004
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and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area
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Dear Sir or Madam,
1.On 12 September 2017, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Advent International Corporation (United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of Williams Lea Tag GmbH (Germany), Williams Lea Holdings, Inc. (United States) and Williams Lea Holdings Limited (United Kingdom), and together forming the entirety of the Williams Lea business. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares. 3
2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:
-for Advent International Corporation: private equity investment,
-for the Williams Lea business: marketing communications services and document business process outsourcing.
3.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(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004. 4
4.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 and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement.
For the Commission
(Signed)
Johannes LAITENBERGER
Director-General
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(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) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 (the 'EEA Agreement').
- (3) Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 308, 16.9.2017, p. 20.
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OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.