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SECTION 1.2

Description of the concentration

The transaction consists of the acquisition of joint control by Leonard Green & Partners, L.P. ("LGP"), over OPE Caliber Holdings Inc., which together with its wholly-owned subsidiaries is referred to as Caliber Collision Centers (“CCC”), together with OPE USA Investment Corporation., an entity which forms part of the wider OMERS Group (the “OMERS Group”)

LGP is a U.S. private equity investment firm headquartered in Los Angeles. LGP’s primary sectors of focus are retail, consumer, healthcare, wellness, business, consumer services and distribution.

The OMERS Group is the administrator of the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System Primary Pension Plan.

CCC operates a network of automobile collision repair centers in the U.S. CCC is exclusively active in the U.S. and has no current or foreseen business activities or revenues in the EEA.