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the Providence Equity Partners group (‘Providence’, United States) will act for this transaction through the company OTP Luxco S.à.r.l (‘OTP Luxco’, Luxembourg), controlled by three investment funds: (1) Providence Equity Partners VIII L.P (Caiman Islands), (2) Providence Equity Partners VIII-A L.P. (Caiman Islands), and (3) Providence Equity Partners VIII (Scotland) L.P., which in turn belong to the group;

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VOO SA (‘VOO’, Belgium), controlled by Nethys SA (‘Nethys’, Belgium), itself controlled by the inter-municipal public undertaking Enodia SCRL (‘Enodia’, Belgium);

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Société Intercommunale pour la Diffusion de la Télévision, Brutélé SCRL (‘Brutélé’, Belgium).

Providence, via its subsidiary OTP Luxco, acquires within the meaning of Article 3(1)(b) of the Merger Regulation sole control of the whole of VOO and Brutélé.

The concentration is accomplished by way of purchase of shares.

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for Providence: global investment company specialising in media and communications and education undertakings and in the information industry;

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for VOO: cable operator, active mainly in the Walloon Region, provider of access services for television, fixed and mobile telephony and the internet through its cable network, to both household and professional customers;

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for Brutélé: cable operator, active mainly in and south of the Brussels-Capital Region. The operator provides both household and professional customers with television, telephone and internet access services through its cable network, mainly in the Brussels-Capital Region and around the city of Charleroi in the province of Hainaut (Walloon Region).

European Commission

Directorate-General for Competition

Merger Registry

1049 Bruxelles/Brussel

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