Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Bruker Invest AG; TecInvest S.à r.l
BWB/Z-6499
On 01.02.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Bruker Invest AG, Switzerland, contemplates to (directly/indirectly) acquire all the shares and sole control over TecInvest S.à r.l, Luxembourg. Through this transaction, Bruker would acquire sole control over the undertaking ELITech Group.
Affected industry: Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 29.02.2024.
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 01.03.2024 .