Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Beretta Holding S.A.; RUAG Ammotec AG Group
BWB/Z-5927
On 08.04.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Beretta Holding S.A., Luxembourg, intends to acquire all of the shares in, and sole control over, RUAG Ammotec AG, RUAG Ammotec Schweiz AG, both of Switzerland, and RUAG Ammotec Deutschland GmbH, Germany.
The transaction relates to the manufacture and supply of ammunition for firearms and the wholesale supply of third-party firearms and accessories.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 06.05.2022.
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 07.05.2022 .