Notificación previa de una operación de concentración (Asunto COMP/M.7100 — New Mountain Capital/Alexander Mann Solutions) — Asunto que podría ser tramitado conforme al procedimiento simplificado Texto pertinente a efectos del EEE

• Jurisdiction: European Union
• Published date: 21 November 2013
• Celex Number: C2013/340/03

21.11.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union C 340/3

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Prior notification of a concentration

(Case COMP/M.7100 — New Mountain Capital/Alexander Mann Solutions)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

2013/C 340/03

1. On 14 November 2013, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which New Mountain Partners IV, a fund managed by New Moutain Capital, LLC (‘New Mountain Capital’, United States of America) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Newinco 780 Limited, which is the holding company of the group of companies trading as Alexander Mann Solutions (‘Alexander Mann’, United Kingdom) by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for New Mountain Capital: private equity investment, — for Alexander Mann: provision of recruitment and talent management services.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the EC Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the EC Merger Regulation (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

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The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. Observations can be sent to the Commission by fax (+32 22964301), by email to COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu or by post, under reference number COMP/M.7100 — New Mountain Capital/Alexander Mann Solutions, to the following address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

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(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘EC Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 56, 5.3.2005, p. 32 (‘Notice on a simplified procedure’).

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