1.   

On 21 June 2021, 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:

—	Castik Capital S.à r.l. (‘Castik’, Luxembourg),

—	Abry Partners II LLC (‘Abry’, USA), and,

—	RG Engagement Group Limited (‘RG’, UK).

Castik and Abry acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of RG.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	for Castik: investment company focusing on identifying and developing investment opportunities across Europe.

—	for Abry: private equity firm managing funds that in invest in a broad range of businesses focusing on media, communications and information services.

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for RG: company active in the employee engagement sector, that designs, implements and manages solutions relating to employee benefit, internal communication, employee incentive rewards as well as an administration of governmental benefit schemes. RG offers its solutions through its software platform SmartHub.

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 the 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. 10308 — Castik/Abry/RG

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