1.   

On 27 September 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:

—	CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A. (‘CVC’, Luxembourg),

—	The Carlyle Group, Inc. (‘Carlyle’, USA),

—	CFGI Eagle Parent, LLC (‘CFGI’, USA), currently controlled by Carlyle.

CVC and Carlyle acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of CFGI.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2.   

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

—	for CVC: manager of investment funds and platforms holding interests in a number of companies in various industries primarily in Europe, the USA and the Asia-Pacific region,

—	for Carlyle: global alternative asset manager,

—	for CFGI: financial consulting firm active in the USA focused on offering technical accounting and finance advisory services.

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.10482 – CVC/Carlyle/CFGI Eagle Parent

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