Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.11907 – AURELIUS / LERNIA) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-02-19
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Sweden, blue-collar worker, coaching in the workplace, economic concentration, in-service training, investment company, merger control, recruitment, vocational education








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/1180


19.2.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.11907 – AURELIUS / LERNIA)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/1180)


1.   
On 12 February 2025, 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:






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AURELIUS Investment Lux One S.à r.l. (‘Aurelius’, Luxembourg), belonging to Aurelius Group (Luxembourg),










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Lernia AB (‘Lernia’, Sweden).




Aurelius will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of Lernia.
The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.


2.   
The business activities of the undertakings concerned are the following:






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Aurelius belongs to Aurelius Group, a private equity investment company and an asset manager holding various portfolio companies active in industry, chemistry, retail, business services, media and IT, and airline catering. Aurelius Group is active worldwide,










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Lernia is active in staffing and recruitment, especially in the blue-collar segment. It also provides Higher Vocational Education (HVE) and offers support and coaching to unemployed individuals (Matching), in collaboration with the Swedish Public Employment Service. Lernia is only active in Sweden.






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 treatment for certain concentrations under Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004 on the control of concentrations between undertakings (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 concentration 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.11907 – AURELIUS / LERNIA
Observations can be sent to the Commission by email or by post. Please use the contact details below:
Email: COMP-MERGER-REGISTRY@ec.europa.eu

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 160, 5.5.2023, p. 1.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2025/1180/oj
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