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REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE

Article 6(1)(b) NON-OPPOSITION Date: 05/01/2016

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 5.1.2016 C(2016) 32 final

PUBLIC VERSION

SIMPLIFIED MERGER PROCEDURE

To the notifying parties:

Dear Sirs,

1.On 30 November 2015, the European Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger Regulation by which Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. ("THL", of the USA) and The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. ("Goldman Sachs", of the USA) acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of GCA Services Group, Inc.("GCA", of the USA) by way of purchase of shares.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

−− for THL : investing in growth-oriented global businesses, headquartered principally in North America.

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.

2OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3 ("the EEA Agreement").

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−− for Goldman Sachs : a range of banking, securities and investment services worldwide to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals.

−− for GCA : providing facility services, including janitorial and custodial services, contamination control for cleanroom manufacturing, facilities maintenance, grounds management, in-sourced production staffing and labour management. GCA operates in the United States of America and Puerto Rico.

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(a) and 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 and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement.

For the Commission

(signed) Johannes LAITENBERGER Director-General

4Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 405, 05.12.2015, p. 41.

OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.

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