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SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

• Valeo F4 Company Limited (Valeo Foods), incorporated and existing under the laws of Ireland, indirectly solely controlled by funds managed by Bain Capital Investors, LLC organized in Delaware, USA (Bain Capital);

• IDC Holding, a.s. (IDC Holding), incorporated and existing under the laws of Slovak Republic, indirectly solely controlled by an individual, Mr Pavol Jakubec.

Valeo Foods acquires, within the meaning of Article 3(1), point (b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of IDC Holding. The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of 100% of shares in IDC Holding by Valeo Foods (through a to be established special purpose vehicle incorporated in Slovakia) (Valeo Foods and IDC Holding further referred as the Parties, the concentration as the Transaction).

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

• for Valeo Foods: manufacturing and distribution of food products, including confectionary products; Valeo Foods is indirectly solely controlled by funds managed by Bain Capital, a global private equity investment firm that invests, through its family of funds, in companies across most industries, including consumer, financial and business services, healthcare, industrial and technology sectors; and

• for IDC Holding: manufacturing and distribution of confectionary products, in particular in the CEE region.

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