Document ID: docfile:38993b04-aed0-4944-8473-9718a4e075bc
Source Database: euc_mergers
Source URL: https://ec.europa.eu/competition/mergers/cases1/202431/M_11624_10178565_89_3.pdf
Title: BAM / MAINOVA / MAINOVA WEBHOUSE
Date: 2024-08-20T00:00:00.000+02:00
Metadata: {"caseNumber": "M.11624", "caseInstrument": "M", "caseTitle": "BAM / MAINOVA / MAINOVA WEBHOUSE", "caseLastDecisionDate": "2024-08-19T22:00:00.000Z", "caseCompanies": ["BAM / MAINOVA / MAINOVA WEBHOUSE"]}

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# M.11624 – BAM / MAINOVA / MAINOVA WEBHOUSE

# SECTION 4

# **Description of the concentration**

On 25 July 2024, the European Commission received notification pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 139/2004 (the "EUMR") of the proposed acquisition of joint control, within the meaning of Article (3)(1), point (b) and Article 3(4) of the EUMR, over Mainova WebHouse GmbH ("MWH") by (i) BlackRock Alternatives Management, LLC. ("BAM"), in its capacity as investment manager for BlackRock Global Infrastructure Fund IV SCSp ("BGIF IV") and (ii) Mainova AG (the "Proposed Transaction").

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

    • MWH and its subsidiaries are active in the planning, construction and operation of data centres in the greater Frankfurt region in Germany. MWH is incorporated in Germany.

    • Mainova AG is a German utilities supplier with a focus on the federal state of Hesse, which caters various utilities, i.e., electricity, natural gas, heat and water and other energy-related services.

    • BAM is a Delaware incorporated investment management company which offers portfolio construction, asset management and investment advisory services. BAM controls and manages investment decisions of BGIF IV, a Luxembourg special limited partnership established as a fund focusing on investments in the digital, transport, energy, and power infrastructure value chain. BAM is an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of BlackRock Inc., a Delaware corporation. Further information about BlackRock Inc. is available at https://www.blackrock.com.

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