Commission Decision of 20/07/2006 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market (Case No IV/M.4275 - CHARTERHOUSE / FIVES-LILLE) according to Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/89 (Only the English text is authentic) Brussels, 20/07/2006 SG-GREFFE (2006) D/204101 To the notifying party : Dear Sirs, Subject: Case No. COMP/M.4275 – Charterhouse/Fives-Lille Notification of 15.06.2006 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 [1] Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 150 of 27.06.2006 on page 10 1. On 15/06/2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertaking Charterhouse Limited (“Charterhouse”;
United-Kingdom) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Financières F.L (“FFL”; France) the ultimate parent company of the Fives-Lille Group (“Fives-Lille” France), by way of purchase of shares. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for Charterhouse : provider of equity funds and fund management services - for Fives-Lille : industrial engineering group 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(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) Philip Lowe Director General [1] OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1 [2] OJ C 56, 05.3.2005 p.32 --------------------------------------------------