Press Release: Mergers: the Commission authorises the acquisition of Sanutri by ABN Amro and L Capital

Acting under the EU Merger Regulation, the European Commission on 1 February 2006 authorised the planned acquisition of Sanutri AG ('Sanutri'), a subsidiary of the Swiss group Novartis AG, by ABN Amro Capital France ('ABN Amro') and the fund L Capital 2 FCPR, represented for the purpose by its managing company L Capital Management ('L Capital'). The Commission came to the conclusion that the operation would not be a significant obstacle to effective competition in the European Economic Area or any substantial part of it.

• Primary Source

European Commission: DG Competition: Merger Cases: M.4083 http://ec.europa.eu/comm/competition/mergers/cases/index/m81.html#m_4083

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