Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Nalka Invest AB; Kirk Kapital Strategic Investments A/S; Nemas HoldCo A/S
BWB/Z-6558
On 26.04.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified concentration concerns the joint indirect acquisition of Nemas HoldCo AS (Oslo, Norway) and thus of the Norstat Group by (i) Nalka Invest AB (Stockholm, Sweden), a company ultimately controlled by Interogo Foundation (Vaduz, Liechtenstein), and (ii) Kirk Kapital Strategic Investments A/S (Vejle, Denmark), a company ultimately controlled by members of the Kirk Johansen family. Upon completion of the contemplated concentration Nalka Invest AB will hold more than 50% of the shares in Nemas HoldCo AS, Kirk Kapital Strategic Investments A/S more than 25% (but less than 50%). Nalka Invest AB und Kirk Kapital Strategic Investments A/S will jointly control Nemas HoldCo AS.
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M - REAL ESTATE ACTIVITIES
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 24.05.2024.
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 25.05.2024 .