m8443.docx EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 17.5.2017 C(2017) 3503 final PUBLIC VERSION T o the Notifying Parties Subject : Case M.8443 – TPG / OAKTREE / IONA ENERGY 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 Dear Sir or Madam, 1. On 20 April 2017 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed conc entration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by the undertakings TPG (USA) and Oaktree Capital Group Holdings GP (‘Oaktree’ of the USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1 )( b) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the whole of the undertaking Iona Energy Company (UK) Limited (‘Iona’ of the UK) by way of purchase of shares .
3 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: - for TPG : global private investment firm that manages various funds that invest in a variety of companies through acquisitions and corporate restructuring - for Oaktree : global alternative and non-traditional investment management company specialising in credit strategies, - for Iona : owns and develops the Orlando and Kells oil fields in the North Sea. 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 (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 137 , 29 . 04 . 2017 , p. 3 . (4) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .