Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Winder Holding AG; Alfa Laval AB
BWB/Z-6162
On 22.12.2022 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Subject to the required regulatory approvals, Winder Holding AG, Switzerland, intends to accept receipt of a participation at or exceeding 25% of the shares in Alfa Laval AB, Sweden.
Economic sector: C 32.99-0 | Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Industry sector: C - Verarbeitendes Gewerbe/Herstellung von Waren
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.01.2023.
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 20.01.2023 .