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SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

1.On 15 September 2019, The Blackstone Group Inc. (“Blackstone”), a corporation registered in the State of Delaware, United States of America, publicly announced its intention to acquire indirect sole control of Dream Global Real Estate Investment Trust (“DG REIT”), a publicly-listed, unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario, within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the EU Merger Regulation by way of a purchase of both assets and trust units.

The areas of activities of the undertakings concerned by the notified concentration are as follows:

(i) Blackstone is a global asset manager. It is headquartered in the United States and has offices in Europe and Asia. Blackstone is active in the real estate sector in Europe.

(ii) DG REIT is an open-ended real estate investment trust. It is headquartered in Canada and operates in Germany, the Netherlands, Austria and Belgium.

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