1.   

On 14 January 2022, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1).

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

—	Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (‘Clearlake’, United States of America),

—	Dodge Construction Network Holdings, L.P. (‘Dodge’, United States of America), controlled by STG Partners, LLC (‘STG’, United States of America)

Clearlake and STG acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Dodge.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	for Clearlake: private equity investment, with portfolio companies active in software and technology-enabled services, energy and industrials, and consumer,

—	for STG: private equity investment, with portfolio companies active in software, data and analytics,

—	for Dodge: provider of data, analytics, news, and intelligence serving the North American commercial construction industry.

3.   

On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the 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 Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4.   

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. The following reference should always be specified:

M.10599 – Clearlake Capital Group / STG Partners / Dodge Construction Network

Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below:

Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

Fax +32 22964301

Postal address:

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

BELGIQUE/BELGIË