Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Catman BidCo GmbH; AF Lifting Holding GmbH; Movecat GmbH
BWB/Z-6264
On 02.05.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
ARDIAN Holding S.A.S., Paris, France, intends to indirectly acquire the majority of shares inand sole control over AF Lifting Holding GmbH and Movecat GmbH as well as their respective
subsidiaries.
The intended transaction concerns the manufacture and sale of electric chain hoists and kinetic systems for stage automation.
Affected business areas: Manufacture of lifting and handling equipment.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 30.05.2023.
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 31.05.2023 .