Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Pernod Ricard S.A.; Sovereign International Holdings LLC
BWB/Z-6109
On 14.10.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Pernod Ricard S.A., France, intends to increase, indirectly via its subsidiary Austin, Nichols & Co. Inc., Delaware, USA, its (non-controlling) stake in Sovereign International Holdings LLC, United States, from 10% to more than 25%, but will remain a non-controlling minority shareholder.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 11.11.2022.
Entrepreneurs whose legal or economic interests are affected by the merger can bring in a written statement at the Federal Competition Authority or the Federal Cartel Prosecutor within 14 days from publication date.
Note: The intervening party has no right to a certain treatment of the statement and will not gain a party position.
Non-prohibition of the merger
The Federal Competition Authority and the Federal Cartel Prosecutor have not applied for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court. The standstill obligation (§ 17 (1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 12.11.2022 .