Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
REF Cleanroom Acquisition GmbH; Dastex Reinraumzubehör GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-6230
On 27.03.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
REF Cleanroom Acquisition GmbH, Germany, indirectly owned and controlled by REF VI, Ѕ. r.l. SICAV-RAIF and other investment funds advised by Riverside Europe Partners LLC, USA, as subsidiary of Riverside Global Partners LLC, USA, intends to purchase the limited partner's interest in Dastex Reinraumzubehör GmbH & Co. KG, Germany, and all shares in Dastex Verwaltungs GmbH, Germany.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 24.04.2023.
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 25.04.2023 .