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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels, 4.3.2022  
C(2022) 1458 final  
PUBLIC VERSION 
Macquarie Real Estate Management (Australia) Limited  
50 Martin Place  
Sydney NSW 2000  
Australia  
 C.P.G. van Oostrom Beheer B.V.  
Roemer Visscherstraat 50 H  
1054 EZ Amsterdam  
The Netherlands  
Subject : Case M. 10605 – MACQUARIE REAL ESTATE / CPG VAN OOSTROM 
BEHEER / EDGE  
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 9 February 2022, the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 of the Merger  Regulation by which Macquarie 
Real Estate Management (Australia) Limited (‘Macquarie’, Australia), belonging to 
Macquar ie Group (Australia), and C.P.G. van Oostrom Beheer B.V. (‘CPG’, the 
Netherlands) will acquire within the meaning of Article s 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the 
Merger Regulation joint control of EDGE Real Estate B.V. (‘EDGE’, the 
Netherlands), currently solely controlled by CPG , by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:  
− for Macquarie: real estate asset management. Macquarie belongs to Macquarie Group, a global investment, banking and financial services provider,  
                                                 
1 OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 ( the ‘Merger Regulation ’). With effect from 1 December 2009, the Treaty on 
the Funct ioning of the European Union ( ‘TFEU ’) has introduced certain changes, such as the 
replacement of ‘ Community ’ 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 76, 17.2.2022, p. 7.  

2 − for CPG: besides its shareholding in EDGE, CPG has no additional relevant 
economic activities,  
− for EDGE: real estate developer. EDGE is als o active in the offering of 
(i) flexible workspaces and related services in ED GE-developed buildings and 
(ii) software as  a service solution to optimise building performance.  
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 dec lare it 
compatible with the internal market and with the EEA Agreement. This decision is 
adopted in application 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.