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Case No COMP/M.3551 - CD&R FUND VI / CULLIGAN

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 15/09/2004

Also available in the CELEX database Document No 32004M3551

Office for Official Publications of the European Communities L-2985 Luxembourg

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 15.09.2004

SG-Greffe(2004) D/204031

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

PUBLIC VERSION

To the notifying party via the legal representative

Dear Madam(s) and/or Sir(s),

Subject: Case No. COMP/M.3551 ñ CD&R/Culligan Notification of 13.8.2004 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 210, 20 August, page 2.

1.On 13.8.2004, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 by which the undertaking Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VI Limited Partnership (ìCD&R Fund VIî, USA) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of the whole of the undertaking Culligan Corporation (ìCulliganî, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-- for undertaking CD&R Fund VI: private equity investment funds;

-- for undertaking Culligan: provider of water treatment products and related services.

1OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1

Commission europÈenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11.

2.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) No139/2004.

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 Mario MONTI Member of the Commission

Available on DG COMP website: http://europa.eu.int/comm/competition/mergers/legislation/consultation/simplified_tru.pdf.

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