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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 29.4.2020 
C(2020)  2913 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
To the notifying parties  
Subject : Case M.9783 - EQT / OMERS / DGF / INEXIO  
Commission decision pursuant to Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation 
(EC) No 139/20041 and Article 57 of the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area2  
Dear Sir or Madam,  
1. On 02 April 2020, the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which the 
undertakings  EQT Infrastructure IV (Luxembourg ), controlled by EQT Fund 
Management S.à.r.l (Luxembourg, “EFMS”)  and OMERS Infrastructure European 
Holdings 2 B.V. (Netherlands, “OMERS Infrastructure”), controlled by OMERS 
Administration Corporation (Canada, “OMERS ”), acquir e within the meaning of 
Article 3(1)(b) and Article 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over the whole 
of (i) Goethe Acquisition GmbH and its subsidiaries comprising  the De utsche 
Glasfaser Group (Germany, “ DGF ”), and (ii) inexio Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KGaA 
and inexio Beteiligungs Gesch äftsführungs GmbH and its subsidiaries (Germany, 
“Inexio ”) by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
− for EQT Infrastructure IV: an investment fund part of the EQT group  of private 
equity funds that has investment activities in infrastructure and infrastructure -
related assets and businesses primarily in Europe and North America.  
− for OMERS Infrastructure: the European investment platform for infrastructure 
investments for OMERS, which is responsible for the investment and 
administration of pensions for active, deferred and retired employees of 
municipalities, school boards, libraries, police departments and other local 
agencies in Ontario.  
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the ‘Merger Regulation ’). With effect from 1 December 2009,  the Treaty on 
the Functioning of the European Union ( ‘TFEU ’) has introduced certain changes, such as the 
replacement of ‘Communi ty’ by ‘Union ’ and ‘common market ’ by ‘internal market ’. The terminology 
of the TFEU will be used throughout this decision.  
2  OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p.  3 (the ‘EEA Agreement ’). 
3  Publication in the Official Journal of the European Union No C 116, 08.04.2020 , p. 20. 

2 − for DGF: the provision of B2C and B2B fixed internet access services 
predominantly to retail and business customers in Germany, predominantly in the 
North Rhine -Westphalia and Lower Saxony areas, as well as the provision of 
IPTV services.  
− for Inexio: the provision of fixed internet access services in Germany, fibre optic 
network services, cloud technology and hosting solutions for B2B and B2C 
customers with the majority of customers in the Rhineland Palatinate and 
Saarland areas  
3. After examination of the notification, the European Commission  has concluded that 
the notified operation falls within the scope of the Merger  Regulation  and of 
paragraph 5(c) of the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of 
certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004.4 
4. For the reasons set out in the Notice on a simplified procedure, the European 
Commission has decided not to oppose the notified operation and to declare it 
compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is 
adopted in applicat ion of Article 6(1)(b) of the Merger  Regulation  and Article 57 of 
the EEA Agreement . 
For the Commission 
 
 
(Signed)  
Olivier GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .