Leche Celta absorbs Lácteos de Santander and Iberleche and strengthens its business

Leche Celta, S.L.U. will absorb Lácteos de Santander, S.A.U. and Iberleche, S.L.U., according to the agreement adopted on September 14, 2026, by the sole shareholder of the former and the sole shareholder and partner of the two absorbed entities. The announcement is published in the Official Gazette of the Mercantile Registry (BORME) number 180, dated September 17, 2026, Second Section, with the official reference BORME-C-2026-5029.

A simplified merger within the Lactogal group

The operation is based on Article 10 of Book One of Royal Decree-Law 5/2023, of June 28 (RDL 5/2023), a regulation that transposes European directives regarding structural modifications of commercial companies. The common merger project was drafted by the administrative bodies of all intervening companies on June 15, 2026.

It is processed via the simplified procedure of Article 53 of RDL 5/2023, as Iberleche, S.L.U. and Lácteos de Santander, S.A.U. are wholly owned by the absorbing company. The sole shareholder of Leche Celta, S.L.U. is the company Lactogal Productos Alimentares, S.A., meaning the concentration occurs within the same business group.

The agreed effects are the dissolution and extinction without liquidation of the absorbed companies, the block transfer of their corporate assets, and the universal succession of Leche Celta, S.L.U. in all elements of the assets and liabilities, as well as in the rights and obligations of the former.

Rights of partners, workers, and creditors

• The agreements were adopted through decisions of the sole partner and sole shareholder, in accordance with Article 9 of RDL 5/2023, without the need to previously publish or deposit the documents required by the regulation.
• The documentation, the merger project, and the administrators’ report on the implications of the merger on employment were made available to the representatives of the employees and the workers of all intervening companies, via electronic transmission with acknowledgment of receipt.
• Partners, the shareholder, and creditors have the right to obtain the full text of the decisions adopted and the respective merger balance sheets, according to Article 10 of RDL 5/2023.
• Creditors whose credits arose prior to this publication and have not yet matured have the protection provided for in Articles 13 and 14 of RDL 5/2023.

Signed in A Coruña and absence of website

The announcement expressly states the lack of a website for both the absorbing company and the absorbed companies, for the purposes of Article 10 of RDL 5/2023. The document appears signed in A Coruña on September 15, 2026, by the joint chief executive officers Jose de Jesus Oliveira Marques and Daniela Peres Martins Brandão, and bears the identifier A260039575-1.

The publication does not detail economic figures, number of employees, or an execution schedule; therefore, the quantitative data of the operation are not included in the official announcement.

The relevance of the news for readers is that the merger extinguishes two commercial companies and transfers all their assets to Leche Celta, S.L.U., which directly affects suppliers, workers, and creditors of the three companies. Creditors of debts prior to the publication now have a formal framework to exercise their protection rights, while labor representatives have already received the report on the impact on employment.

Source: Official Gazette of the Mercantile Registry, no. 180, September 17, 2026, Second Section (Announcements and legal notices), p. 6256-6257 (official reference: BORME-C-2026-5029).