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#52026M12382EU review of CVC’s planned acquisition of DSM’s Animal Nutrition and Health business

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🇬🇧 English

The European Commission is reviewing CVC’s planned purchase of DSM-Firmenich’s Animal Nutrition and Health business, which makes animal nutrition ingredients such as vitamins, carotenoids, premixes, performance products, precision services and aroma ingredients. The case may be handled under the EU’s simplified merger review process, which is usually used for transactions that appear unlikely to raise major competition concerns. Competitors, customers and other interested parties have 10 days from publication to send comments to the Commission, using case reference M.12382.

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Key Changes

  • CVC plans to acquire sole control of DSM-Firmenich’s Animal Nutrition and Health business.
  • The European Commission is assessing whether the transaction falls under EU merger control rules.
  • Interested third parties have 10 days from publication to submit comments to the Commission.

Obligations

What this law requires

low

Interested third parties wishing to comment on the proposed concentration must submit their observations to the European Commission within 10 days of publication.

interested third parties
Not later than 10 days following publication on 28 May 2026
reporting
low

Any observations submitted to the Commission must specify the case reference: M.12382 – CVC / DSM ANIMAL NUTRITION AND HEALTH BUSINESS.

interested third parties submitting observations
With any submitted observations
disclosure

Affected Parties

CVC Capital PartnersDSM-Firmenich+2 more…

Tags

EU merger control,competition,animal nutrition…