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  EUROPEAN COMMISSION  
Brussels,  19.7.2022  
C(2022 ) 5318 final  
PUBLIC VERSION  
Norges Bank  Investment Management  
Bankplassen 2,  
0107 Sentrum  
Norway  
 
OPG Esplanade S.À.R.L.,  
6, rue Jean Monnet  
2180 Luxembourg  
Luxembourg  
Subject : Case M. 10798 – NBIM  / OXFORD PROPERTIES / SONY CENTER  
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 23 June 2022 , the European Commission received notification of a proposed 
concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a re ferral pursuant to Article 4(5)  of 
the Merger  Regulation by which the undertaking (s) Norges Bank Investment 
Management (‘NBIM’, Norway),  and Oxford Properties Group (‘Oxford Properties’, 
Canada) , through its subsidiary OPG Esplanade S.À.R.L., belonging to the OMERS 
Group (Canada),  will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b)  and 3(4)  of the 
Merger Regulation joint control over the whole of the u ndertaking  Sochribel GmbH, 
Sochribel Fixtures GmbH, Esplanade Gastronomie GmbH, and Forum Event 
Management GmbH (the ‘Sony Center’, Germany) . by way of purchase of shares .3 
2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned  are the following : 
 NBIM: prov ides institutional investment for the Government Pension Fund 
Global on behalf of the Norwegian Ministry of Finance , 
                                                 
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 ‘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 245, 1.7.2022 , p. 17. 

2  Oxford Properties: owns, develops and manages real estate assets. Oxford 
Properties belongs to the real estate arm of OMERS Administration Corporation, 
the administrator of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System 
Primary Pension Plan a nd trustee of the pension funds,  
 Sony Center: four companies operating a multi-use commercial -rental and 
residential real estate asset in Berlin, Germ any. 
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 no tified operation and to declare 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)  
Olivie r GUERSENT  
Director -General  
                                                 
4  OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5 .