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Case No COMP/M.7065 - TRITON/ BOSCH REXROTH PNEUMATICS HOLDING

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 03/12/2013

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32013M7065

Office for Publications of the European Union L-2985 Luxembourg

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 03/12/2013 C(2013) 8784 final

PUBLIC VERSION

SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE

To the notifying party:

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

Subject: Case No COMP/M.7065 – TRITON/ BOSCH REXROTH PNEUMATICS HOLDING Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004

1.On 04.11.2013 the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Triton Managers IV Limited and TFF IV Limited in their capacity as general partners of Triton Fund IV, part of the Triton Group ("Triton", United Kingdom) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Bosch Rexroth Pneumatic Holding B.V. ("Bosch Rexroth", Germany) by way of purchase of all shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-for Triton: active in investing in medium sized businesses having their headquarter in

Northern Europe, and in particular in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and the Nordic

1OJ 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.

Commission européenne, 1049 Bruxelles, BELGIQUE / Europese Commissie, 1049 Brussel - BELGIË. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11.

-for Bosch Rexroth: holding company of the Bosch Rexroth Pneumatic Business

active in pneumatic technology, in particular for industrial applications, and in the

truck, marine and tooth chain segment.

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 5c of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.

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.

For the Commission (Signed) Alexander ITALIANER Director General

2Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 326, 12.11.2013, p.5 (HR), p.7

3OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.

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