Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10166 — Latour Capital/Watling Street Capital Partners/Funecap Groupe) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) 2021/C 59/09

Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.10166 — Latour Capital/Watling Street Capital Partners/Funecap Groupe) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) (2021/C 59/09) 1. On 11 February 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: — Latour Capital Management SAS (‘Latour Capital’, France), — Watling Street Capital Partners LLP (‘Watling Street’, United Kingdom), — Funecap Partenaires III (‘Groupe Fondateur Funecap’, France), — Staglieno NewCo and its subsidiaries (‘Groupe Funecap’, France), controlled by Watling Street and Groupe Fondateur Funecap. Latour Capital, Watling Street and Groupe Fondateur Funecap acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Groupe Funecap. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of securities. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Latour Capital: management company with majority and minority shareholdings mainly in French companies, in sectors including business consultancy, financial services, art photography, electrical engineering, clothing retailing, waste containerisation and the integration of communication networks in Europe, — for Watling Street: parent company incorporated under English law of the Charterhouse Group, which provides investment fund...