Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Kontron Group; KATEK SE
BWB/Z-6491
On 25.01.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Acquisition of 59.4 % of the shares as well as control in KATEK SE with its registered office in Munich, Germany, and its subsidiaries, by Kontron Acquisition GmbH with its registered office in Ismaning, Germany. Kontron Acquisition GmbH is a subsidiary of Kontron AG with its registered office in Linz, Austria.
Relevant industries: Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 22.02.2024.
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 23.02.2024 .