In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the \u201coperation summary\u201d below, containing information provided by the parties.<\/p>\n
This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation.<\/p>\n
The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented.<\/p>\n
Names of the companies and groups involved:<\/strong><\/p>\n Nature of the operation:<\/strong><\/p>\n Economic sectors concerned:<\/strong><\/p>\n Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations:<\/strong><\/p>\n NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES<\/strong><\/p>\n The Competition Council received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the acquisition of exclusive control of the company \u201cPentland Chaussures Limited\u201d by \u201cMF Brands Group\u201d, a subsidiary of the company \u201cMaus Fr\u00e8res SA\u201d, through the acquisition of the remaining 50% of its share capital and related voting rights.<\/p>\n \u201cMaus Fr\u00e8res SA\u201d is a Swiss joint-stock company, with its registered office at 6 rue de Cornavin, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland, registered under number CHE-105.991.463. It holds interests in companies specializing in the distribution sector of manufacturing and selling ready-to-wear articles.<\/p>\n \u201cPentland Chaussures Limited\u201d is a limited liability company under English law, with its registered office at 8 Manchester Square, London, W1U 3PH, United Kingdom, registered under number 01786360. It holds an exclusive global license granted by the Lacoste group for the design, development, creation, manufacturing, and supply of Lacoste shoes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Done in Rabat, April 10, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In accordance with Article 13 of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition and Article 10 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for its implementation, as amended and supplemented, the Competition Council makes available to the public the \u201coperation summary\u201d below, containing information provided by the parties. This information has been prepared by the notifying parties, who are solely responsible. Any inaccurate or distorted information contained therein does not in any way prejudge the Competition Council’s position on the proposed operation. The publication of this press release does not attest to the completeness of the file provided for in Article 9 of Decree No. 2-14-652 issued for the implementation of Law No. 104-12 on freedom of prices and competition as amended and supplemented. Names of the companies and groups involved: The direct acquirer: the company \u201cMF Brands Group\u201d; The indirect acquirer: the company \u201cMaus Fr\u00e8res SA\u201d; The target: the company \u201cPentland Chaussures Limited\u201d. Nature of the operation: Acquisition of exclusive control Economic sectors concerned: Market for the design, production, and supply of shoes. Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations: 10 days from the date of publication of this press release, i.e., April 23 NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES The Competition Council received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the acquisition of exclusive control of the company \u201cPentland Chaussures Limited\u201d by \u201cMF Brands Group\u201d, a subsidiary of the company \u201cMaus Fr\u00e8res SA\u201d, through the acquisition of the remaining 50% of its share capital and related voting rights. \u201cMaus Fr\u00e8res SA\u201d is a Swiss joint-stock company, with its registered office at 6 rue de Cornavin, 1201 Geneva, Switzerland, registered under number CHE-105.991.463. It holds interests in companies specializing in the distribution sector of manufacturing and selling ready-to-wear articles. \u201cPentland Chaussures Limited\u201d is a limited liability company under English law, with its registered office at 8 Manchester Square, London, W1U 3PH, United Kingdom, registered under number 01786360. It holds an exclusive global license granted by the Lacoste group for the design, development, creation, manufacturing, and supply of Lacoste shoes. Done in Rabat, April 10, 2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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