Commission Decision of 05/09/2005 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.3929 - BARCLAYS PRIVATE EQUITY / NEUMAYER) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) | |Brussels, 05/09/2005 SG-Greffe(2005) D/204846 To the notifying party Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s), Subject : Case No. COMP/M.3929 – BARCLAYS PRIVATE EQUITY / NEUMAYER Notification of 02.08.2008 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 195 , dated 10/08/2005 , page 4 1.
On 02/08/2005, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertaking Barclays Private Equity Ltd (“Barclays”, UK) controlled by Barclays Plc (UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Neumayer Tekfor GmbH (“Neumayer”, Germany) by way of purchase of shares. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for Barclays: management of private equity fund; - for Neumayer: forged steel components for the automotive industry.
3. After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 and of paragraph 5, subparagraph b, of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004[2]. 4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it compatible with the common market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is adopted in application of Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No.
139/2004. For the Commission, (signed) Neelie KROES Member of the Commission [1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1. [2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005, page 32.. MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE PUBLIC VERSION