Case No COMP/M.3519 - ELECTRA /THYSSENKRUPP FAHRZEUGGUS

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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 28/01/2005

In electronic form on the EUR-Lex website under document number 32005M3519

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

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 28.01.2005

SG-Greffe(2005) D/200422

MERGER PROCEDURE ARTICLE 6(1)(b) DECISION

SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE

PUBLIC DECISION

To the notifying party

Dear Madam and/or Sir,

Subject: Case No. Case COMP/M. 3519-Electra/ThyssenKrupp Fahrzeugguss Notification of 16/12/2004 pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1139/2004 Publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities No. C 320, 24.12.2004, page 26

1.On 16/12/2004 the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 by which the Electra European Fund LP (Guernsey, UK), part of Electra Group, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation control of ThyssenKrupp Rautenbach Castings GmbH and ThyssenKrupp Aluminium-Technik, further referred to as ThyssenKrupp Fahrzeugguss business Group (ìTKFGî, Germany), which is currently controlled by ThyssenKrupp Automotive AG Group, by way of purchase of shares. The transaction will not include the Spanish subsidiary ThyssenKrupp Guss S.A., which will be transferred to a ThyssenKrupp group company beforehand.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

Electra Group is a private equity investment company based in Guernsey, the Channel Islands.

TKFG develops, manufactures and supplies light metal (primarily aluminium) cast components for chassis and powertrain applications for light vehicle OEMs and automotive suppliers.

1OJ L 24, 29.1.2004 p. 1.

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

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

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 Neelie KROES Member of the Commission signed

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