Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Holcim Westbeteiligungs GmbH; FDT Flachdach Technologie GmbH
BWB/Z-6191
On 01.02.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Holcim Ltd, Switzerland, intends to acquire, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Holcim Westbeteiligungs GmbH, Germany, all shares in FDT Flachdach Technologie GmbH,
Germany. Upon completion of the transaction, the acquirer will have sole control over FDT Flachdach Technologie GmbH.
Industry: Manufacture of plastic products
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 01.03.2023.
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 02.03.2023 .