DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Employment and Training Administration

TA-W-95,779

SYNAMEDIA AMERICAS LLC
A SUBSIDIARY OF PERMIRA
COSTA MESA, CALIFORNIA


Certification Regarding Eligibility
To Apply for Worker Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended ("Act"), 19 U.S.C. § 2273, the Department of Labor
herein presents the results of an investigation regarding
certification of eligibility to apply for worker adjustment
assistance.
The group eligibility requirements for workers of a firm
under Section 222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a), are
satisfied if the following criteria are met:
(1) a significant number or proportion of the
workers in such workers' firm have become totally or
partially separated, or are threatened to become
totally or partially separated;
(2)(B)(i)(I) there has been a shift by the workers'
firm to a foreign country in the production of
articles or supply of services like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by the
workers' firm; OR
(II) there has been an acquisition from a
foreign country by the workers' firm of
articles/services that are like or directly
competitive with those produced/supplied by
the workers' firm; AND
(ii) the shift/acquisition must have contributed
importantly to the workers' separation or
threat of separation.

The investigation was initiated in response to a petition
filed on March 6, 2020 by a state workforce official on behalf
of workers and former workers of Synamedia Americas LLC, a
subsidiary of Permira, Costa Mesa, California (Synamedia-Cosa
Mesa). Workers of Synamedia-Cosa Mesa are engaged in activities
related to software development and card production for the
media industry. The subject worker group does not include on-
site leased workers.
During the course of the investigation, information was
collected from the petition and the workers' firm.
Section 222(a)(1) has been met because a significant
number or proportion of the workers in Synamedia-Cosa Mesa have
become totally or partially separated, or are threatened to
become totally or partially separated.
Section 222(a)(2)(B) has been met because the workers'
firm has shifted to a foreign country a portion of the supply of
services like or directly competitive with those supplied by the
subject workers which contributed importantly to worker group
separations at Synamedia-Costa Mesa.
Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that workers of Synamedia-Cosa Mesa
meet the worker group certification criteria under Section
222(a) of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2272(a). In accordance with
Section 223 of the Act, 19 U.S.C. § 2273, I make the following
certification:
"All workers of Synamedia Americas LLC, a subsidiary of
Permira, Costa Mesa, California, who became totally or
partially separated from employment on or after March 5,
2019 through two years from the date of certification, and
all workers in the group threatened with total or partial
separation from employment on the date of certification
through two years from the date of certification, are
eligible to apply for adjustment assistance under Chapter 2
of Title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended."
Signed in Washington, D.C. this 28th day of October 2020.

/s/Del-Min Amy Chen
______________________________
DEL-MIN AMY CHEN
Certifying Officer, Office of
Trade Adjustment Assistance