Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
BTV Multimedia Verwaltung GmbH; STW Spleisstechnik West GmbH
BWB/Z-5977
On 31.05.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
BTV Multimedia Verwaltung GmbH (Austria), an indirectly wholly-owned portfolio company of the investment fund "DBAG Expansion Capital Fund" (Germany), advised
by Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, intends to acquire all shares and, thus, sole control over STW Spleisstechnik West GmbH (Austria).
Economic Sector: Installation of industrial machinery and equipment
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 28.06.2022.
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 29.06.2022 .