m8081.docx EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 03/08/2016 C(2016) 5182 final To the notifying party: Dear Sirs, Subject : Case M. 8081 - TRITON / VOITH INDUSTRIAL SERVICES Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 1 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European Economic Area 2 1. On 7 July 2016, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which by which Triton Fund IV ("Triton", UK) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the Voith Industrial Services business (" VISer ", Germany) by way of purchase of shares .
3 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - Triton: private equity investment firm dedicated to investing in European-based businesses in a variety of business sectors. - VISer : active in the market for the provision of technical services in the Automotive, Engineering Services and Energy-Petro-Chemicals sectors. The services include technical facility management, maintenance and factory automation, manufacturing engineering, component design and fabrication . . 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 (S igned) Johannes LAITENBERGER 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) OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ( the ' EEA Agreement ' ). (3) Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 257 , 15 . 07 . 2016 , p. 14 . (4) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .