Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Blackstone Inc.; Luminator Technology Group LLC
BWB/Z-5939
On 21.04.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Blackstone Inc., New York, United States, intends to acquire more than 50 % of the voting rights in and therefore, sole control over Luminator Technology Group LLC,
Delaware, United States.
Economic Sector: Manufacture of electronic components and boards;Manufacture of computers and peripheral equipment; Manufacture of
other telecommunications; Manufacture of electric lighting equipment; Manufacture of other electrical equipment
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren J - Information und Kommunikation
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.05.2022.
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 waived their right to apply for examination of the merger by the Cartel Court before the deadline. The standstill obligation (§ 17(1) Cartel Act) ends with effect from 07.05.2022 .