Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
StellaGroup SAS; Pratic f.lli Orioli SpA
BWB/Z-6276
On 12.05.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
StellaGroup SAS (Escalquens/France), which is majority owned and controlled by funds managed and/or advised by PAI Partners SAS (Paris/France), intends to acquire all of the shares in Pratic f.lli Orioli SpA (Fagagna/Italy). The proposed concentration concerns design and production of exterior sun shading systems such as pergolas, outdoor covers and awnings.
Affected business areas: Manufacturing
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.06.2023.
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 10.06.2023 .