Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Asterix AcquiCo GmbH, co Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP; The Quality Group GmbH
BWB/Z-5982
On 07.06.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Asterix AcquiCo GmbH, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, an investment holding company indirectly controlled by CVC Capital Partners SICAV-FIS S.A., intends to acquire 100% of the shares in and sole control over The Quality Group GmbH, Elmshorn, Germany.
Industry sector (NACE): Manufacture of other food products
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 05.07.2022.
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 06.07.2022 .