Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act

AlpInvest Partners B.V.,; Equistone Partners Europe SAS; Sicame Gruppe - BWB/Z-5975 | Bundeswettbewerbsbehörde

AlpInvest Partners B.V.,; Equistone Partners Europe SAS; Sicame Gruppe

BWB/Z-5975

30.05.2022

On 30.05.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

AlpInvest Partners B.V. (Netherlands), ultimately controlled by The Carlyle Group Inc. (USA), intends to indirectly acquire a stake of more than 50 % (up to 64.7 %)
in Equistone SP I SCSp (Luxembourg); i.e., a fund comprising interests in the portfolio company Sicame Group SAS (France), advised and controlled by affiliates of
Equistone Partners Europe SAS (France).
Economic sector: Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus; Manufacture of other electrical equipment

Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 27.06.2022.

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 28.06.2022 .

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