Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
CERATIZIT S.A.; Stadler Metalle GmbH & Co. KG
BWB/Z-5886
On 25.02.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
CERATIZIT S.A., Luxembourg, intends to increase its shareholding in Stadler Metalle GmbH & Co, KG, Türkheim, Germany, from 50% to100%, so that there will be a change from joint to sole control of CERATIZIT S.A. over Stadler Metalle GmbH & Co. KG kommt.
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 25.03.2022.
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 26.03.2022 .