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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004

MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION

Date: 04/06/2013

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32013M6926

Office for Publications of the European Union L-2985 Luxembourg

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 04.06.2013 C(2013)3462

PUBLIC VERSION

SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE

To the notifying party:

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

Subject: Case No COMP/M.6926 – Nordic capital/Unicorn Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004

1.On 02.05.2013, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which the undertaking Nordic Capital VIII Limited (Jersey) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of Unicorn ApS (Denmark) by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-- Nordic Capital VIII Limited is one of four active general partners to private equity funds forming the Nordic Capital group. These private equity funds invest in large and medium-sized companies, predominantly in Europe. The portfolio companies controlled by the Nordic Capital group are active in diverse areas;

-- Unicorn ApS is the parent company of Unifeeder A/S, a company active in maritime transportation services for containerized goods mainly in Northern Europe.

1With 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.

2Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C132, 9.5.2013, p. 16.

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

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 5(b) 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

3OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32.

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