Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Nimbus Investment Fund V Coöperatief U.A.; Lonstroff Group
BWB/Z-6458
On 22.12.2023 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Nimbus Investment Fund V Coöperatief U.A. (Netherlands) intends to indirectly acquire 100% of the shares in and sole control over Lonstroff AG (Switzerland) and its wholly owned subsidiary LONSTROFF medicinski elastomeri d.o.o. (Slovenia).
The proposed transaction concerns the manufacture and sale of elastomer components for medical products as well as for industrial applications.
Affected business areas: Manufacture of rubber and plastic products
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.
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 20.01.2024 .