Mergers: Commission clears acquisition of DigiCert by Clearlake and TA.

The European Commission has approved, under the EU Merger Regulation, the acquisition of DigiCert Parent Inc (DigiCert), by Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. (Clearlake) and TA Associates Management,
L.P. (TA), all of them based in the US.

DigiCert provides enterprise security technology and/or software solutions and Public Key Infrastructure solutions for identity and encryption. Clearlake is a
private investment firm, with portfolio companies active in software and technology-enabled services, energy and industrials, and consumer products/services. TA is a private
equity investment firm, with portfolio companies active in selected industries, including business services, consumer, financial services, healthcare and technologies.

The Commission concluded that the proposed acquisition would raise no competition concerns, given the companies’ very limited combined market position resulting from the proposed transaction.
The transaction was examined under the simplified merger review procedure.

More information is available on the Commission’s competition website, in the public case register under the case number M.9471.