Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Greiner Packaging International; GPSI Gruppe
BWB/Z-5890
On 01.03.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Greiner Packaging International GmbH, Austria ("GPI"), a group company of the Austrian Greiner AG, intends to acquire all shares in and, thus, sole control over
Termoplast Grupa d.o.o., Croatia ("Termoplast") ("Proposed Transaction"). GPI and Termoplast are currently jointly controlling Greiner Packaging d.o.o., Slovenia
("GPSI"). Hence, the Proposed Transaction consists of an indirect acquisition of all remaining shares in GPSI by GPI and, therefore, of a change from joint to sole
control over GPSI by GPI.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of plastic packing goods
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.03.2022.
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 30.03.2022 .