Prior notification of a concentration (Case M.12204 – CIMIC GROUP / SOJITZ / UGL RAIL SERVICES) – Candidate case for simplified procedure
Date: 2025-11-25
Institutions: Directorate-General for Competition, European Commission
Subjects: Australia, New Zealand, carriage of goods, carriage of passengers, cloud computing, economic concentration, merger control, rail transport, road transport, transport infrastructure








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Official Journal of the European Union


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C/2025/6377


25.11.2025






Prior notification of a concentration
(Case M.12204 – CIMIC GROUP / SOJITZ / UGL RAIL SERVICES)
Candidate case for simplified procedure
(Text with EEA relevance)
(C/2025/6377)


1.   
On 13 November 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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Sojitz Corporation (‘Sojitz’, Japan),










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CIMIC Group Limited (‘CIMIC’, Australia) indirectly controlled by Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A. (‘ACS’, Spain),










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UGL Rail services business (the ‘Target’, Australia), indirectly wholly owned by CIMIC.




Sojitz and CIMIC will acquire within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) and 3(4) of the Merger Regulation joint control of Target.
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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Sojitz is a global conglomerate active in a variety of different businesses, primarily in the area of trading of goods and services, including in the infrastructure sector.










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CIMIC is an Australian engineering-led services, construction and natural resources group.






3.   

The business activities of the Target are the following: Australian and New Zealand transport infrastructure services platform with capabilities across manufacturing, maintenance services, transport operations and technology systems. The Target provides a range of transport infrastructure services across a variety of transport networks and modalities including freight rail, passenger rail, light rail and buses.



4.   
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.


5.   
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.12204 – CIMIC GROUP / SOJITZ / UGL RAIL SERVICES
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/2025/6377/oj
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