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Official Journal of the European Union

Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9577 — Genstar/Oak Hill Capital/Mercer ADV)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 329/05)

1. On 24 September 2019, 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: — Genstar Capital Partners, LLC (‘Genstar’, United States), — Oak Hill Capital Management, LLC (‘Oak Hill’, United States), — Mercer Advisors Inc. (‘Mercer’, United States). Genstar and Oak Hill acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Mercer. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Genstar: private equity firm based in San Francisco, California, specialising in investments in middle market companies in financial services, healthcare, industrial technology and software industries, — for Oak Hill: private equity firm headquartered in New York City, — for Mercer: independent wealth management firm. It primarily services the mass-affluent and high-net-worth client and offers comprehensive wealth management solutions, including: financial planning, investment management, tax management, retirement income and benefits planning, and estate planning.

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.9577 — Genstar/Oak Hill Capital/Mercer ADV 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.9451 — Mall Group/Československá obchodní banka/MallPay)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 344/05)

1. On 1 October 2019, 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: — Mall Group a.s. (‘Mall Group’, Czechia), jointly controlled by (i) Rockaway e-commerce a.s. and its group (‘Rockaway’ Czechia), (ii) EC Investments a.s. and its group (‘ECI’, Czechia), and (iii) BONAK a.s. and its group (as part of PPF Group N.V. and its group, ‘PPF’, Czechia), — Československá obchodní banka, a. s. (‘CSOB’, Czechia), controlled by KBC Bank (‘KBC’, Belgium), — MallPay s.r.o. (‘MallPay’, Czechia). Mall Group and CSOB acquire within the meaning of Articles 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of MallPay. MallPay is currently solely controlled by Mall Group. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — Mall Group: provision of e-commerce services in Central and Eastern Europe through a number of e-shops, — CSOB: provision of banking and financial services, — MallPay: provision of online payment solutions.

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.9451 — Mall Group/Československá obchodní banka/MallPay 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.9549 — BP Group/Bunge Group/BP Bunge Bioenergia)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 341/06)

1. On 18 September 2019, 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: — BP Biocombustíveis S.A. (Brazil), belonging to BP plc (‘BP’), — BP Alternative Energy Investments Limited (United Kingdom), belonging to BP, — Bunge Brasil Holdings BV (Netherlands), belonging to Bunge Limited (‘Bunge’), — Bunge Cooperatief UA (Netherlands), belonging to Bunge, — BP Bunge Bioenergia S.A. (Brazil). BP and Bunge acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of BP Bunge Bioenergia S.A. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares and assets in a newly created company constituting a joint venture.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — BP is a global group, headquartered in the United Kingdom and active in the exploration, development and production of oil and gas, — Bunge is a US listed group operating in the agri-food sector. Its main activities include trading in oil seeds and cereal, grains, seed pressing and the production and marketing of edible oils, — BP Bunge Bioenergia S.A. will be involved in sugar cane cultivation, production and sales if cane sugar, production and sales of bioethanol and power co-generation from sugar cane bagasse. All these activities will be carried out in Brazil.

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.9549 — BP Group/Bunge Group/BP Bunge Bioenergia 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.9467 — Ivanhoé Cambridge/PSPIB/Greystar/JV)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 352/01)

On 30 September 2019, 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 32019M9467. 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.9543 — Diamond Transmission Corporation/InfraRed Capital Partners/Chubu/Walney JV) Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 350/04)

1. On 9 October 2019, 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: — Diamond Transmission Corporation Limited (‘DTC’, United Kingdom), controlled by Mitsubishi Corporation (‘MC’, Japan), — InfraRed Capital Partners Limited (‘IRCP’, United Kingdom), controlled by InfraRed Capital Partners (Management) LLP (United Kingdom), — Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc (‘Chubu’, Japan), — Diamond Transmission Partners Walney Extension (Holdings) Limited (‘Target’, United Kingdom). DTC, IRCP and Chubu acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the Target. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for DTC: a holding company that integrates MC’s investment activities in the electricity transmission sector, — for IRCP: an infrastructure investment management company active in financial advice and managing investments on behalf of investment funds, — for Chubu: a multi-energy services group based in the Chubu region in Japan, with activities related to electric utility and related enterprises, gas supply and thermal storage brokerage, on-site energy businesses, overseas consulting and investment, real estate management services and IT services, — for the Target: ownership and operation of the transmission network for the Walney Extension offshore windfarm in the United Kingdom.

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.9543 — Diamond Transmission Corporation/InfraRed Capital Partners/Chubu/Walney 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.
Prior notification of a concentration

(Case M.9548 — Apollo Capital Management/Covivio/Hilton Kilmainham)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 361/07)

1. On 16 October 2019, 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:

— Apollo Capital Management, L.P. (‘Apollo’, U.S.A.),

— Covivio, S.A. (‘Covivio’, France),

— Hilton Kilmainham Hotel (‘Hilton Kilmainham’, Ireland).

Apollo and Covivio acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Hilton Kilmainham.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares and a hotel management agreement.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for Apollo: investments funds managed by affiliates of Apollo invest in companies and debt issued by companies involved in various businesses throughout the world. Examples of current investments include, inter alia, companies in education, insurance, financial services, lighting, and leisure businesses, — for Covivio: is a French real estate investment group with a commercial assets portfolio across Europe mainly comprising of offices, as well as residential assets and hotels. Covivio currently owns 466 hotels in countries in the EEA (France, Germany, UK, Spain, Belgium, Netherlands, and Portugal), and manages seven of these hotels directly, — for Hilton Kilmainham: is a four star hotel in Dublin city centre, offering 120 bedrooms, as well as a restaurant, bar and conference facilities.

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.9548 — Apollo Capital Management/Covivio/Hilton Kilmainham

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.9449 — VAG/Varta (Consumer Battery, Chargers and Portable Power and Lighting Business))

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 356/08)

1. On 14 October 2019, 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: — Varta Aktiengesellschaft (‘VAG’, Germany), — Varta Consumer Battery, Chargers and Portable Power and Lighting Business (‘Varta Business’), part of Energizer Holdings, Inc. (‘Energizer’, USA). VAG acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of Varta Business. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for VAG: manufacture and wholesale supply of batteries for automotive, industrial and consumer markets in the EU and worldwide, — for Varta Business: part of Energizer, which includes Spectrum’s former Varta consumer battery, chargers and portable power and lighting business in the European, Middle Eastern and African regions.

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.9449 — VAG/Varta (Consumer Battery, Chargers and Portable Power and Lighting 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’).
Non-opposition to a notified concentration

(Case M.9451 — Mall Group/Československá obchodní banka/MallPay)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 371/02)

On 23 October 2019, 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 32019M9451. 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.9463 — KKR/Axel Springer)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 364/12)

1. On 18 October 2019, 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:

— KKR & Co. Inc (‘KKR’) (USA),

— Axel Springer SE (‘Axel Springer’) (Germany).

KKR acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of the whole of Axel Springer SE (‘Axel Springer’) which is indirectly, solely controlled by Ms Friede Springer. Axel Springer is a media and technology company active in more than 40 countries, operating diverse media brands (e.g. BILD and WELT Group, Insider Inc., Politico.eu) and classifieds portals (e.g. StepStone, SeLoger, Immowelt).

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — for KKR: investment firm that provides asset management services and capital markets solutions, — for Axel Springer: publishing of newspapers, journals and periodicals; other publishing activities; printing of newspapers; radio and television programming and broadcasting; news agency activities; advertising.

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.9463 — KKR/Axel Springer

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.9399 — Remondis/ALFA Rohstoffhandel München/Geiger Beteiligung/Durmin Beteiligung/Garching Hochbrück)

Candidate case for simplified procedure

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2019/C 384/06)

1. On 31 October 2019, 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:

— ALFA Rohstoffhandel München GmbH (‘ALFA’, Germany), controlled by Remondis (‘Remondis Group’, Germany), which in turn is ultimately controlled by Rethmann SE & Co. KG (Germany),

— Geiger GmbH & Co. KG (‘Geiger’, Germany),

— Durmin Entsorgung und Logistik GmbH (‘Durmin’, Germany), jointly controlled by Dettmer Group KG (Germany) and Remineral Rohstoffverwertung & Entsorgung GmbH & Co. KG (Germany),

— Garching Hochbrück Vermögensverwaltung GmbH (‘Garching Hochbrück’, Germany), which is jointly controlled by Geiger and Durmin.

ALFA, Geiger and Durmin acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Garching Hochbrück and therefore Garching Hochbrück’s subsidiary RM Recycling München GmbH & Co. KG (‘RM Recycling’, Germany).

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

2. The business activities of the undertakings concerned are: — ALFA specialises in the collection and sale of metal and non-metal scrap, — Geiger provides infrastructure, real estate, environment-related services and products, in particular collection and disposal of building waste, — Durmin is active in the collection and processing of mineral waste, — Garching Hochbrück, through its subsidiary RM Recycling, specialises in the collection and processing of metal scrap and other hazardous and non-hazardous industrial and non-industrial waste.

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.9399 — Remondis/ALFA Rohstoffhandel München/Geiger Beteiligung/Durmin Beteiligung/Garching Hochbrück

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.