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COMP/M.6690 - SYNIVERSE/ MACH

SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

The proposed concentration concerns the acquisition by Syniverse Holdings, Inc. (“Syniverse”, USA) of sole control in the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of Council Regulation EC No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (EU Merger Regulation, hereinafter referred to as “EUMR”) of MACH (Luxembourg), with the exception of Evenex ApS and its wholly owned subsidiary Evenex AS, by way of purchase of shares. Syniverse is solely controlled by Carlyle Partners V, L.P., an investment fund managed by The Carlyle Group (“Carlyle”). MACH is currently solely controlled by private equity firm Warburg Pincus. The proposed transaction is notified to the European Commission following a referral under Article 4(5) EUMR.

The business activities of the parties to the concentration are the following:

• Syniverse is a global provider of technology services to telecommunications companies, including: data clearing, financial clearing; interconnect billing; inter-carrier and enterprise messaging solutions; number portability solutions; SS7 intelligent network signalling solutions; fraud management, Internet Protocol network services; voice and data roaming facilitation; and various other interoperability solutions.

• MACH provides a range of clearing and settlement, interconnect billing, mobile messaging, fraud management and revenue assurance, business intelligence and content billing solutions.