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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9901 – GIG Solar/Siemens/JV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 257/02)

1. On 30 July 2020, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — GIG Solar Holdco, LLC (‘GIG Solar’, USA), an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited and together with its subsidiaries, (‘Macquarie’), — Siemens Aktiengesellschaft (‘Siemens’, Germany), — MSS Energy Holdings, LLC (‘JV’, USA). GIG Solar and Siemens acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control over a newly created joint venture. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for GIG Solar: GIG Solar is a green infrastructure company; Macquarie is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment, and funds management services, — for Siemens: Siemens’ main areas of business activity are electrification, automation and digitalisation, — for the JV: origination, development, delivery and financing of ‘energy as a service’ projects in the USA.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.9901 – GIG Solar/Siemens/JV Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9880 – Permira/Warburg/Tilney/Smith & Williamson)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 248/01)

On 22 July 2020, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32020M9880. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9922 – GHO/MIC/Envision)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 273/04)

1. On 10 August 2020, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — GHO Capital Fund II LP (‘GHO’, Cayman Islands), — Mubadala Investment Company PJSC (‘Mubadala’, United Arab Emirates), — Envision Pharma Group Limited (‘Envision’, United Kingdom). GHO and Mubadala acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Envision. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for GHO: private equity firm focused on making buyout and growth equity investments in Europe in the healthcare industry, — for Mubadala: company investing globally and actively managing a diversified portfolio across a variety of sectors, — for Envision: medical consultancy and software company.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.9922 – GHO/MIC/Envision Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9878 – Total/EDP Comercializadora)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 268/07)

1. On 4 August 2020, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — Total SE (‘Total’, France), — EDP Comercializadora (‘EDP-C’, Spain). Total acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of EDP-C. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Total: an international integrated energy producer and provider, active in all sectors of the oil and gas industry, as well as in the renewable energy and power generation sectors, — for EDP-C: thermal assets as well as electricity and gas supply business and other related services in particular the supply of electricity to (i) small industrial and commercial customers, (ii) small professional customers and (iii) eligible household customers as well as the retail supply of gas to (i) small industrial and commercial customers and (ii) eligible household.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.9878 – Total/EDP Comercializadora Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9925 – Lactalis Nestlé produits frais/Certain assets of Parmalat)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 284/05)

1. On 19 August 2020, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — B.S.A (France), — Nestlé S.A (Switzerland), — Lactalis Nestlé produits frais ‘LNPF’ (France). B.S.A and Nestlé acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of part of LNPF. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of assets.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — B.S.A. is the parent company of the Lactalis group which is mainly active in the production and marketing of milk and dairy products, — Nestlé S.A, is the parent company of an international group, which is mainly active in the food industry. Nestlé is primarily involved in the production, marketing and sale of a large variety of food and beverage products, including dairy products.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.9925— Lactalis Nestlé produits frais/Certain assets of Parmalat Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9883 – INEOS/BP Chemicals Business)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 280/07)

1. On 17 August 2020, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — INEOS Group (‘INEOS’, UK), — BP Chemicals Business (UK). INEOS acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of BP Chemicals Business. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — INEOS: global manufacturer of petrochemicals, speciality chemicals and oil products, — BP Chemicals Business: the acetyls business, the aromatics business and the related licensing business and certain other assets of the BP Group.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.9883 – INEOS/BP Chemicals Business Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9902 – HPS/Temasek/Cypress Creek Holdings)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 299/09)

1. On 1 September 2020, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — HPS Investment Partners, LLC (‘HPS’, USA), — Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited (‘Temasek’, Singapore), — Cypress Creek Holdings, LLC (‘Cypress Creek Holdings’, USA). HPS and Temasek acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Cypress Creek Holdings. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of securities.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for HPS: HPS is an investment firm that manages various strategies across the capital structure that include syndicated leveraged loans and high yield bonds to privately negotiated senior secured debt and mezzanine investments, asset-based leasing and private equity, — for Temasek: Temasek is an investment company; Temasek’s portfolio covers a broad spectrum of industries: financial services; telecommunications, media & technology; transportation & logistics; consumer; real estate; energy & resources; life sciences and agribusiness, — for Cypress Creek Holdings: Cypress Creek Holdings is a utility-scale solar developer and long-term owner and operator of solar projects in the USA.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.9902 – HPS/Temasek/Cypress Creek Holdings Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9915 – Mitsubishi Corporation Energy/ENEOS/Taiyo Koyu)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 291/02)

On 26 August 2020, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32020M9915. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9928 – QuattroR/HGM/Burgo)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 317/07)

1. On 17 September 2020 the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 and following a referral pursuant to Article 4(5) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — QuattroR SGR S.p.A. (‘QuattroR’, Italy), — Holding Gruppo Marchi S.p.A (‘HGM’, Italy), — Burgo Group S.p.A. (‘Burgo’, Italy). QuattroR and HGM acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Burgo. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for QuattroR: a management company that focuses on investing and relaunching Italian businesses with solid market and industrial fundamentals that need fresh resources for growth or are facing temporary financial unbalance, — for HGM: a holding company that, inter alia, controls Palladio Group S.p.A. an Italian-based company active in the production and sale of cartons, leaflets, booklets and adhesive labels and premium packaging and currently owns a controlling stake in Burgo, — for Burgo: a manufacturer of pulp and paper, active in the manufacturing of (i) coated graphic paper, mainly for magazines and newsprint of various grades and qualities (coated mechanical and coated wood-free paper); (ii) uncoated graphic paper, mainly for books and stationeries (uncoated wood-free paper); (iii) short-fibre pulp, of which the majority is used for internal graphic paper production; (iv) specialty paper, mainly for packaging and labelling end-usages and (v) recycled containerboard, used by the assemblers of brown boxes.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.9928 – QuattroR/HGM/Burgo Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9899 – KKR/Koos Holding Coöperatief)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 309/01)

On 20 August 2020, the Commission decided not to oppose the above notified concentration and to declare it compatible with the internal market. This decision is based on Article 6(1)(b) of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (1). The full text of the decision is available only in English and will be made public after it is cleared of any business secrets it may contain. It will be available:

— in the merger section of the Competition website of the Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases/). This website provides various facilities to help locate individual merger decisions, including company, case number, date and sectoral indexes,

— in electronic form on the EUR-Lex website (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=en) under document number 32020M9899. EUR-Lex is the online access to European law.

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1.
Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9965 – ECP ControlCo/First Sentier Investors/Terra-Gen Power Holdings II) –

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2020/C 321/08)

1. On 21 September 2020, the Commission received notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 ( 1 ) This notification concerns the following undertakings: — ECP ControlCo, LLC (‘ECP’, USA), — First Sentier Investors (US) Infrastructure GP LLC (‘FSI’, USA), controlled by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (‘MUFG’, Japan), — Terra-Gen Power Holdings II, LLC (‘TG’, USA), currently under the sole control of ECP. ECP and FSI acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of TG. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for ECP: private equity investing, focusing on investing in existing and new-build energy infrastructure projects in North America, — for FSI: asset management on behalf of clients such as institutional investors, pension funds, wholesale distributors and platforms, financial advisers and their clients, — for TG: owning, operating and developing renewable and clean energy assets.

3. On preliminary examination, the Commission finds that the notified transaction could fall within the scope of the Merger Regulation. However, the final decision on this point is reserved. Pursuant to the Commission Notice on a simplified procedure for treatment of certain concentrations under the Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 (2) it should be noted that this case is a candidate for treatment under the procedure set out in the Notice.

4. The Commission invites interested third parties to submit their possible observations on the proposed operation to the Commission. Observations must reach the Commission not later than 10 days following the date of this publication. The following reference should always be specified: M.9965 – ECP ControlCo/First Sentier Investors/Terra-Gen Power Holdings II Observations can be sent to the Commission by email, by fax, or by post. Please use the contact details below: Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu Fax +32 22964301 Postal address: European Commission Directorate-General for Competition Merger Registry 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel BELGIQUE/BELGIË

(1) OJ L 24, 29.1.2004, p. 1 (the ‘Merger Regulation’).

(2) OJ C 366, 14.12.2013, p. 5.