Case details

Print
Merger control
Case reference
CCENT/2006/11 - UNIÓN ESPAÑOLA DE EXPLOSIVOS/ GESTORES UEE/ VISTA DESARROLLO/ IBERSUIZAS
Acquiring
Grupo de Gestores da UEE
Description
is made up of a group of individuals who have shareholdings in the registered capital of UEE, in whose economic group they carry out various technical and administrative functions.
Acquiring
Inversiones Ibersuizas, S.A.
Description
is a company under Spanish law whose corporate object is all types of investment and, thus, the temporary or permanent ownership of all types of securities, financial assets or other goods, as well as company management, administration and counselling.
Acquired
Uniõn Española de Explosivos, S.A
Description
is a company under Spanish law, the leader of a group of companies that manufactures and markets explosives for civil uses, cartridge pouches and defence equipment; in Portugal it owns SPEL - Sociedade Portuguesa de Explosivos SA ("SPEL"), a company under Portuguese law whose shareholder structure is made up of a group of individuals who occupy technical and managerial positions in the UEE group, the Group of UEE Managers, and of the investment companies Reef Investissements SA (Reef) and Banc Boston Investments Inc. (Banc Boston).
Acquiring
Vista Desarrollo, S.A, S.C.R.
Description
is a venture capital company, incorporated under Spanish law and wholly owned by Banco Santander Central Hispano SA; its corporate object is to acquire and own temporary holdings in the capital of unlisted non-financial companies.
Sector
  • Extractive and manufacturing Industries
Activity (NACE)
  • C20 - Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products and man-made fibres, except pharmaceutical products
Applicable legislation
Art. 9(1)(a) and (b) (Law 18)
Notification thresholds
Turnover and market share
Type of merger
Conglomerate
Cooperation with sector regulators
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Non-opposition
Case description
Notified on 3 March 2006, the present merger consists of the acquisition of joint control of the undertakings in the group Union Española de Explosivos SA ("UEE"), by a group of individuals occupying various technical and managerial positions in the UEE Group ("Group of UEE Managers") and by the undertakings Inversiones Ibersuizas SA ("Ibersuizas") and Vista Desarrollo SA, SCR, ("Vista Desarrollo").
Timeline
Click here to see your activities