Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Ford Motor Company; Huaqi (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.; PT Kolaka Nickel Indonesia (KNI)
BWB/Z-6285
On 02.06.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Ford Motor Company, USA and PT Vale Indonesia Tbk, Indonesia, intend to obtain joint control over PT Kolaka Nickel Indonesia, a company solely controlled by Huaqi
(Singapore) Pte. Ltd. to refine nickel ore into mixed hydroxide precipitate.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of basic precious and other non-ferrous metals
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 30.06.2023.
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 01.07.2023 .