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 \u201csummary of the operation\u201d below, containing the 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 concerned:<\/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 has received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the exclusive takeover by the company \u201cBeretta Holding SA\u201d of the company \u201cHumbert CTTS SAS\u201d through the acquisition of 34% of its share capital and voting rights. Upon completion of the acquisition, the acquirer will hold the entire share capital and voting rights of the target.<\/p>\n \u201cBeretta Holding SA\u201d is a Luxembourg public limited company, with its registered office at 9 rue de Ste Zithe, L 2763, in Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 224055. The company is owned by the Luxembourg company \u201cUpifra SA\u201d to the extent of 97.75% of the share capital, with the remaining capital held by five minority shareholders. The company \u201cBeretta Holding SA\u201d holds stakes in over 50 entities worldwide, active in the field of light firearms, ammunition, rifles, clothing, and accessories dedicated to hunting, sports, military defense, and personal defense.<\/p>\n \u201cHumbert CTTS SAS\u201d is a French simplified joint stock company, with its registered office at Vauche, 42340, 45 avenue Paccard, Saint-Etienne, in France, registered with the Saint-Etienne Trade and Companies Register under number 734 500 531. The company is active in the distribution of several brands of hunting and sports firearms, handguns, optical instruments, ammunition, and accessories and equipment, in the French market. The company is also active, to a lesser extent, in the military sector and in markets related to law enforcement, supplying equipment to the armed forces, defense professionals, ammunition, optical rifles, and accessories. The company \u201cHumbert CTTS SAS\u201d is owned to the extent of 66% of the share capital by the company \u201cBeretta Holding SA\u201d and to the extent of 34% of the share capital by the French holding company \u201cSofisport SA\u201d.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Done in Rabat on March 7, 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 \u201csummary of the operation\u201d below, containing the 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 concerned: The acquirer: The company \u201cBeretta Holding SA\u201d; The target: The company \u201cHumbert CTTS SAS\u201d. Nature of the operation Acquisition of exclusive control. Economic sectors concerned Supply of ammunition and firearms for military and civilian use. Deadline for interested third parties to submit their observations 10 days from the date of publication of this press release, i.e. March 19, 2025. NON-CONFIDENTIAL SUMMARY OF THE OPERATION PROVIDED BY THE PARTIES The Competition Council has received notification of an economic concentration operation concerning the exclusive takeover by the company \u201cBeretta Holding SA\u201d of the company \u201cHumbert CTTS SAS\u201d through the acquisition of 34% of its share capital and voting rights. Upon completion of the acquisition, the acquirer will hold the entire share capital and voting rights of the target. \u201cBeretta Holding SA\u201d is a Luxembourg public limited company, with its registered office at 9 rue de Ste Zithe, L 2763, in Luxembourg, registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register under number B 224055. The company is owned by the Luxembourg company \u201cUpifra SA\u201d to the extent of 97.75% of the share capital, with the remaining capital held by five minority shareholders. The company \u201cBeretta Holding SA\u201d holds stakes in over 50 entities worldwide, active in the field of light firearms, ammunition, rifles, clothing, and accessories dedicated to hunting, sports, military defense, and personal defense. \u201cHumbert CTTS SAS\u201d is a French simplified joint stock company, with its registered office at Vauche, 42340, 45 avenue Paccard, Saint-Etienne, in France, registered with the Saint-Etienne Trade and Companies Register under number 734 500 531. The company is active in the distribution of several brands of hunting and sports firearms, handguns, optical instruments, ammunition, and accessories and equipment, in the French market. The company is also active, to a lesser extent, in the military sector and in markets related to law enforcement, supplying equipment to the armed forces, defense professionals, ammunition, optical rifles, and accessories. The company \u201cHumbert CTTS SAS\u201d is owned to the extent of 66% of the share capital by the company \u201cBeretta Holding SA\u201d and to the extent of 34% of the share capital by the French holding company \u201cSofisport SA\u201d. Done in Rabat on March 7, 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-39945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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