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Merger control
Case reference
CCENT/2007/4 - OPCA / EDIFER / GESTISÔR e PROMORAIL
Acquiring
Edifer - SGPS, S.A.
Description
a holding company that, through it subsidiaries, operates nationally and internationally in the following sectors: construction and civil engineering; public works; and property promotion.
Acquired
Gestisôr
Description
a holding company that, through it subsidiary PROMORAIL, is present in the railway engineering sector
Acquiring
OPCA - Obras Públicas e Cimento Armado, S.A.
Description
a Portuguese-registered company, operating in Portugal and internationally in the construction and civil engineering sector and, at the time of the acquisition, also carrying out the following activities through its holdings: (i) the extraction of marble, granite and similar types of stone and the manufacture and marketing of the related stone products; (ii) construction and public works; (iii) property promotion; (iv) the manufacture of ceramic floorings and wall-coverings; (v) the marketing of cement and manufacture of prefabricated concrete products.
Sector
  • Construction
Activity (NACE)
  • F42 - Civil engineering
Applicable legislation
Art. 9(1)(b) (Law 18)
Notification thresholds
Turnover
Type of merger
Conglomerate
Cooperation with sector regulators
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Case description
Notified on the 9 January 2007, with effect on 29 January 2007, this merger consists of the acquisition on 4 May 2006, by OPCA - OBRAS PÚBLICAS E CIMENTO ARMADO SA ("OPCA") and EDIFER - SOCIEDADE GESTORA DE PARTICIPAÇÕES SOCIAIS SA ("EDIFER"), of joint control of the company GESTISÔR SGPS, SA ("GESTISÔR") and its subsidiary PROMORAIL - TECNOLOGIAS DE CAMINHO de FERRO SA ("PROMORAIL"), undertakings under the sole control, at the time, of EDIFER.
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