Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice XI, L.P.; Roper Industrial Products Investment Company LLC
BWB/Z-5994
On 27.06.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Clayton, Dubilier & Rice intends to indirectly acquire 51 % of and sole control over RIPIC Equity, LLC, a holding company that will comprise a total of 16 distinct businesses which today form part of Roper’s “Measurement & Analytical Solutions” and “Process Technologies” divisions.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren D - Energieversorgung, J - Information und Kommunikation, M - Erbringung von freiberuflichen, wissenschaftlichen und technischen Dienstleistungen
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 25.07.2022.
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 26.07.2022 .