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SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

The Carlyle Group, Inc. (“Carlyle”) intends to acquire sole control over Grupo Garnica Plywood, S.A.U. (“Garnica”), through an acquisition of shares.

• Carlyle is a global alternative asset manager, which manages funds that invest globally across three investment disciplines: (i) Global Private Equity (including corporate private equity, real estate and natural resources funds); (ii) Global Credit (including liquid credit, illiquid credit and real assets credit); and (iii) Investment Solutions (private equity fund of funds program, which include primary fund, secondary and related co-investment activities).

• Garnica produces and supplies plywood solutions which are used in a variety of applications, including construction, packaging and vehicle manufacturing. Plywood is a wood sheet material consisting of strands of wood veneers, and is produced through the peeling, clipping and stacking of round wood, that are glued and hot pressed together.

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