Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
DBAG Fund VIII; Trotec GmbH
BWB/Z-5913
On 29.03.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
DBAG Fund VIII (St Peter Port / Guernsey) intends to indirectly acquire the majority of shares in and sole control over Trotec GmbH (Heinsberg / Germany). Trotec is a
supplier of air-conditioning technology, electric power tools, measuring devices as well as work and assembly tents and mobile screening walls.
Affected industry: Wholesale (excluding trade in motor vehicles and motorcycles
Industry sector: G - Handel; Instandhaltung und Reparatur von Kraftfahrzeugen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 26.04.2022.
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 27.04.2022 .