ASP CPM Holdings LLC; American Securities LLC; Koch Equity Development LLC

On 22.12.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

Koch Equity Development LLC, USA, an indirectly wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., USA, intends to acquire a non-controlling minority ownership through vesting capital in the amount of approximately 30% of ASP CPM Holdings LLC's outstanding preferred and common equity as of closing, which it will directly or indirectly hold post-closing. ASP CPM Holdings LLC, USA, is a holding company that indirectly controls a group of companies that does business under the name CPM. CPM is a global processing equipment, parts and systems provider.
Business sectors concerned: Manufacture of agricultural and forestry machinery, Manufacture of machinery for food, beverage and tobacco processing, Manufacture of machinery for textile, apparel and leather production (ÖNACE C 28.94), Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery.

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.01.2024.

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.

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