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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 06/10/2006

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32006M4382

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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 06.10.2006

SG-Greffe (2006) D/205650

PUBLIC VERSION

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

To the notifying party:

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

1.On 01/09/2006, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the undertakings TPG Advisors IV, Inc. (“TPG IV”, USA) and TPG Advisors V, Inc. (“TPG V”, USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation joint control of the undertaking Aleris International, Inc. (“Aleris”, USA) by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are :

-- for undertaking TPG IV : private equity investment fund

-- for undertaking TPG V : private equity investment fund

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Commission européenne, B-1049 Bruxelles / Europese Commissie, B-1049 Brussel - Belgium. Telephone: (32-2) 299 11 11. Office: J-70 – 6/117. Telephone: direct line (32-2) 2965040. Fax: (32-2) 2964301

-- for undertaking Aleris : manufacture of aluminium alloys and aluminium flat rolled products and extrusions.

3.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(b) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No139/2004.

4.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 Philip LOWE Director General

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