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M.8723 - Aviva Investors / ERAFP / Place des Halles shopping centre

SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

On 28 November 2017, the Commission received a notification of a proposed concentration pursuant to Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 139/2004, by which Aviva Investors Luxembourg S.A. (“Aviva Investors”) and Établissement de retraite additionnelle de la fonction publique, a pension fund for the French civil service supervised by the French State (“ERAFP”) will indirectly acquire joint control over a shopping centre known as “Place des Halles”, located in Strasbourg (France), within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the EU Merger Regulation through a special investment vehicle in the form of a jointly held and jointly controlled joint-venture created for the purchase of the asset.

Aviva Investors is an asset management company within the Aviva Investors asset management business, which forms part of the Aviva group, active in the provision of a broad range of insurance, savings and investment products across 16 countries.

ERAFP is a French State-supervised public sector administrative entity dedicated to the management of the civil servants public scheme.

Place des Halles is a shopping centre, with a lettable area of 39,269 m2, situated in Place des Halles, Strasbourg (France).