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SECTION 4

Description of the concentration

This notification concerns the following undertakings:

• Gilde SFS B.V. (“Gilde SFS”), Netherlands;

• VR Equitypartner GmbH (“VREP”), Germany;

• SFS Group B.V. (“SFS Group”), Netherlands; and

• KTP Holding GmbH (“KTP Holding”), Germany.

The businesses of SFS Group and KTP Holding will be combined under KTP Holding and, subsequently, Gilde SFS and VREP will jointly control this combined business (cf. Art. 3(1)(b) and Art. 3(4) EUMR).

The concentration is accomplished by way of contributing SFS Group shares into KTP Holding in exchange for shares in KTP Holding.

The business activities of the undertakings concerned are:

-- For Gilde SFS: a holding company controlled by the Dutch private equity firm Gilde Equity Management through which its participation in Conteyor Group is managed. Gilde Equity Management invests in various mid-sized and large enterprises, particularly in the Benelux region.

-- For VREP: an investment company that mainly supports medium-sized companies in the German-speaking countries of Europe and which is a subsidiary of DZ BANK. DZ BANK is a corporate and investment bank that serves as the central institution for Germany’s cooperative banks network.

-- For SFS Group: a holding company of Conteyor Group, which is a provider of returnable packaging solutions, such as technical textiles, thermoformed products, plastic containers and metal racks.

-- For KTP Holding: a holding company of KTP Group, a Germany-based group active in the field of returnable packaging solutions that is particularly focused on the manufacturing of foldable plastic storage and transport containers.

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