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Case No COMP/M.3414 - APAX / CAPMAN / SOLID

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REGULATION (EEC) No 4064/89 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 01/07/2004

Also available in the CELEX database Document No 304M3414

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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 01-VII-2004

SG-Greffe(2004) D/202594

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

PUBLIC VERSION

To the notifying parties

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

Subject: Case No. COMP/M.3414 ñ Apax/CapMan/Solid Information Notification of 02/06/2004 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1310/97 Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No. C 155, 12/06/2004, page 29

1.On 02/06/2004, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 by which the undertakings Apax Europe IV (ìApaxî, United Kingdom) ultimately controlled by Hirzell Trust and CapMan Funds (ìCapManî, Finland)controlled by CapMan Plc acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Solid Oy (ìSolidî, Finland) by way of new share issue.

1OJ L 395, 30.12.1989 p. 1; corrigendum: OJ L 257, 21.9.1990, p. 13.

2OJ L 180, 9. 7. 1997, p. 1; corrigendum OJ L 40, 13.2.1998, p. 17.

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

2.The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

-- for Apax: pan-European investment fund,

-- for CapMan: private equity fund management and advisory services,

-- for Solid: database and distributed data synchronisation solutions for OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturers).

3.After examination of the notification, the Commission has concluded that the notified operation falls within the scope of Council Regulation (EEC) No. 4064/89 and of paragraph 4(a) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EEC) No 4064/893.

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 (EEC) No. 4064/89.

For the Commission

(Signed)

Mario MONTI Member of the Commission

3OJ C 217, 29.07.2000, p. 32.

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