Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
AEA Investors Fund VIII LP; SCIO Automation Holding GmbH
BWB/Z-6322
On 14.07.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
AEA Investors LP (United States) and its managed fund, AEA Investors Fund VIII LP intend to in- directly acquire, approximately 86% of the shares in and sole control over SCIO Automation Holding
GmbH (Germany). The concentration concerns the industrial automation solutions sector.
ÖNACE Code: Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 11.08.2023.
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 12.08.2023 .