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Merger control
Case reference
CCENT/2007/8 - OPCA / SOPOL
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; it carries 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.
Acquired
Sopol, Sociedade Geral de Construções e Obras Públicas,S.A
Description
a Portuguese-registered company that operates in the construction and civil engineering sector and, through its holding AGREPOR - Pré-Fabricados de Portugal ACE- in the sector for the manufacture of concrete modules for construction.
Sector
  • Extractive and manufacturing Industries
Activity (NACE)
  • C23 - Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products
Applicable legislation
Art. 9(1)(b) (Law 18)
Notification thresholds
Turnover
Type of merger
Horizontal
Cooperation with sector regulators
Status
Closed
Type of Investigation
Phase 1
AdC’s decision
Case description
Notified on 10 January 2007, this merger consists of the acquisition by OPCA - OBRAS PÚBLICAS E CIMENTO ARMADO SA ("OPCA") of sole control of the company SOPOL - SOCIEDADE GERAL DE CONSTRUÇÕES E OBRAS PÚBLICAS SA ("SOPOL"), by means of the acquisition of representative shares of its registered capital, held by its present shareholders A. Silva & Silva SA and GEOSOC - Geotecnia e Fundações SA.
Timeline
2007-03-08
Competition Authority authorizes acquisition of sole control of SOPOL - SOCIEDADE GERAL DE CONSTRUÇÕES E OBRAS PÚBLICAS SA by OPCA - OBRAS PÚBLICAS E CIMENTO ARMADO SA.
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