Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Oaktree Capital Group; Aqseptence Group GmbH
BWB/Z-6369
On 11.09.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Oaktree Capital Group, LLC (USA) contemplates to indirectly acquire through AQS BidCo GmbH (Germany) all shares in and sole control over Aqseptence Group GmbH (Germany).
Industry sector: E - Wasserversorgung; Abwasser- und Abfallentsorgung und Beseitigung von Umweltverschmutzungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.10.2023.
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 09.10.2023 .