Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
AEQH9 GmbH; IFA-GRUPPE
BWB/Z-5852
On 27.01.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified concentration concerns the acquisition by AEQH9 GmbH (Munich, Germany), a company controlled by AEQUITA SE & Co. KGaA (Munich, Germany), of all the shares in IFA Holding GmbH (Haldensleben, Germany) and IFA - Technologies GmbH (Haldensleben, Germany). The concentration relates to the production of drive train components for the automotive sector.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 24.02.2022.
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 25.02.2022 .