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Case No COMP/M.4726 – Thomson Corporation/ Reuters Group EN This text is made available for information purposes only. A summary of this decision is published in all Community languages in the Official Journal of the European Union. Case No COMP/M.4726 – Thomson Corporation/ Reuters Group Only the English text is authentic. REGULATION (EC) No 139/2004 MERGER PROCEDURE Article 8 (2) Date:19/02/2008 COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Brussels, 19/02/2008 C (2008) 654 final PUBLIC VERSION COMMISSION DECISION of 19/02/2008 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market and the functioning of the EEA Agreement (Case No COMP/M.4726 – Thomson Corporation/ Reuters Group) Commission Decision of 19/02/2008 declaring a concentration to be compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement (Case No COMP/M.4726 – Thomson Corporation/Reuters Group) (Only the English text is authentic) (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, and in particular Article 57 thereof, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 of 20 January 2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings1, and in particular Article 8(2) thereof, Having regard to the Commission's decision of 8 October 2007 to initiate proceedings in this case, Having regard to the opinion of the Advisory Committee on Concentrations, Having regard to the final report of the Hearing Officer in this case, WHEREAS: I. INTRODUCTION 1. On 3 September 2007, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (“the Merger Regulation”) by which the undertaking the Woodbridge Company Limited ("Woodbridge"), which is the Thomson Corporation (“Thomson”) family holding company, Canada, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Council Regulation sole control of the undertaking Reuters Group PLC (“Reuters”), United Kingdom, by way of scheme/plan of arrangement involving a dual-listed company structure. Thomson and Reuters are collectively referred to in this decision as "the notifying parties". 2. After examination of the notification the Commission concluded on 8 October 2007 that the notified operation fell within the scope of the Merger Regulation and that it raised serious doubts as to its compatibility with the common market and the EEA Agreement. 1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1. The Commission therefore initiated proceedings in accordance with Article 6(1)(c) of the Merger Regulation. 3. On 6 December 2007, the notifying parties offered initial commitments with a view to rendering the concentration compatible with the common market. Following several weaknesses highlighted in the market test conducted by the Commission, these initial commitments were improved and the final version of the commitments was submitted on 21 December 2007. 4. The Commission has concluded that the commitments entered into by the notifying parties remove the serious doubts as to the compatibility of the notified operation with the common market. The concentration is therefore to be declared compatible with the common market and the EEA Agreement pursuant to Articles 8(2) and 10(2) of the Merger Regulation and Article 57 of the EEA Agreement. II. THE PARTIES AND THE OPERATION 5. Thomson is a global provider of value-added information, integrated with software tools and applications, to professionals in the legal, tax, accounting, financial services, scientific research and healthcare markets. Thomson is controlled by Woodbridge, the Thomson family holding company. 6. Reuters is a global provider of information tailored for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate sectors. The company sources, aggregates and disseminates market data content including real-time market data, and provides analytics, trading and messaging capabilities needed by financial professionals. Moreover, Reuters is best known as the world’s largest international multimedia news agency. It supplies news in the form of text, graphics, video and pictures to media organisations’ websites, financial institutions and other businesses around the world. 7. The entire issued share capital of Reuters will be acquired by Thomson-Reuters PLC (or a subsidiary of Thomson-Reuters PLC), a newly established UK holding company, currently wholly owned by Thomson, in consideration for the payment of cash and the issue of shares in Thomson-Reuters PLC to the shareholders of Reuters through an English law scheme of arrangement and a Canadian law plan of arrangement. Upon implementation of the transaction, Thomson (which will be renamed Thomson–Reuters Corporation) and Thomson-Reuters PLC will enter into a series of contractual agreements, notably adopting identical boards of directors and combining their management and operations whilst retaining their separate legal identities. As a result of this transaction, Woodbridge will have a 53% voting control over Thomson-Reuters Corporation and Thomson-Reuters PLC and as a consequence will exercise sole control over Reuters. 8. The notified operation consists of the acquisition of sole control by Woodbridge of Thomson-Reuters PLC, and thereby Reuters, and therefore constitutes a concentration within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation. 3 III. COMMUNITY DIMENSION 9. The undertakings concerned have a combined aggregate worldwide turnover of more than EUR 5 billion (Thomson: EUR […]*; Reuters: EUR […]*). The aggregate Community- wide turnover of each of at least two of the undertakings concerned is more than EUR 250 million (Thomson: […]*; Reuters: […]* for 2005. Neither Thomson nor Reuters achieve more than two thirds of their Community wide turnover in any Member State. The notified transaction therefore has a Community dimension. IV. RELEVANT MARKETS 10. The proposed transaction relates to the financial information industry, that is to say, the provision of financial information, analytics and trading capabilities. The main users of the notifying parties' products are customers in the financial service industry, such as banks, traders, funds, corporate customers. IV.A. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MARKET 11. Financial information products include market data which represents one of the key components and consists of indicative or tradable prices for various types of financial instruments such as equities, corporate and government bonds, currency and traded commodities. Financial professional and organizations around the world involved in the trading of financial instruments use market data to make effective investments decisions as well as to provide advice and monitor and validate transactions after they are executed. 12. Financial information products may also include real time information, decision support tools, historical and reference data and news and analysis. Such information is designed to assist end-users to monitor the markets, reach investments decisions, manage investment risks, advise clients, etc. Some providers of financial information products also provide trading and messaging capabilities to enable customers to communicate and execute trades. In the financial information industry, customers range from global and very large institutions including central banks, financial institutions, government offices and agencies, traders and brokers operations, as well as hedge funds and private equity funds. These customers often consume a range of items within the markets for financial information products and tend to be sophisticated organizations. 13. Customers in the financial services industry can be broadly categorised into those engaged in "on-trading floor" activities and those engaged in "off-trading floor" activities. On- trading floor users are those involved in the sales and trading of financial instruments and trade execution. Off-trading floor users are those involved in research, providing advice and asset management. Many large financial institutions have both types of users in different parts of the organisation. * Parts of this text have been edited to ensure that confidential information is not disclosed; those parts are enclosed in square brackets and marked with an asterisk. 4 14. Another distinction often drawn is between the "sell-side" (that is to say, customers whose primary business is selling or trading financial products) and the "buy-side" (customers whose primary business is investing in financial products). 15. Example of on-trading floor users include "sell-side" salespeople, sales traders and back-office personnel at broker dealers, as well as "buy-side" traders in asset management firms, mutual funds and hedge funds. Further, users operating in this sector are much more focused on real time data than is the case in other segments. 16. Examples of off-trading floor users include investment or portfolio managers, wealth managers, investment bankers, research analysts and corporate executives who make complex financial decisions outside the sales and trading environment. Given their longer-range focus, their needs tend to focus more on historical and reference data and analytics than on extensive real time data and information. 17. According to the parties, off-trading floor users can be further categorised into four main customer segments: Wealth Management ("WM"), Investment Management ("IM"), Investment Banking ("IB") and Corporates. 18. The Wealth Management segment primarily includes financial advisers, private banks and
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