Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8022 — KKR/Airbus Defence Electronics) — Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance)

C 174/18 EN Official Journal of the European Union 14.5.2016 Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.8022 — KKR/Airbus Defence Electronics) Candidate case for simplified procedure (Text with EEA relevance) (2016/C 174/08) 1. On 10 May 2016, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1) by which the undertaking KKR & Co. L.P. (‘KKR’, United States) acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation control of the whole of the undertakings Airbus DS Optronics GmbH (‘Optronics GmbH’, Germany), Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security GmbH (‘Electronics GmbH’, Germany) and Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security SAS (‘Electronics SAS’, France), (together, ‘Airbus Defence Electronics’) by way of purchase of shares. 2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for KKR: ownership, management of private equity funds investing in companies in a variety of sectors, — for Airbus Defence Electronics: manufacturing and sale of sensor systems, including military radar, military communications, electronic warfare and optronics. Airbus Defence Electronics has been carved out of Airbus Defence & Space GmbH and Airbus Defence & Space SAS, whose activities include (i) the provision of military aircraft; (ii) designing, developing and operating major space systems; and (iii) providing satellite and terrestrial communications systems, intelligence...