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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9723
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Commission clearance for several simplified operations

Brussels, 21/08/2008 (Agence Europe) - After simplified procedure review, the Commission has cleared the following operations: - acquisition of joint control of the Turkish company, Borasco Elecktrik Üretim Sanayi ve Ticaret AS, by Austrian OMV, American Lehman ALI Inc and Turkish Met Group; - acquisition of joint control of Xella International GmbH of Germany by the American group, Goldman Sachs, and PAI Partners SAS of France; - acquisition of joint control of the Japanese company, D&M Holding Inc, by the American investment fund, Bain Capital Investors LLC; - acquisition of joint control of Papyrus Group by Triton and Altor; - acquisition of control of two new joint ventures created by Total SA of France and Sonatrach of Algeria; - acquisition of joint control of the Canadian enterprise Saxon Energy Services Inc by Schlumberger Limited of the Dutch Antilles and First Reserve Corporation of the United States; - acquisition of indirect joint control of Share & Sons Ltd of the United Kingdom by Sun Capital Partners V, the American investment fund; - and acquisition of joint control of Bigpoint GmbH of Germany by General Electric Company of the United States and GMT Communications Partners LLP of the United Kingdom. (A.B./transl.jl)