Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
ArchiMed; Natus Medical Incoroporated
BWB/Z-5955
On 06.05.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The proposed transaction concerns the indirect acquisition of sole control of Natus Medical Incorporated, USA, by ArchiMed SAS, France.
Fields of activity and NACE-Code: Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies; Manufacture of irradiation, electromedical and electrotherapeutic equipment
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 03.06.2022.
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 04.06.2022 .