Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft; Atzlinger Holding GmbH; SynchroTech Antriebstechnik GmbH
BWB/Z-6569
On 06.05.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Indirect acquisition of 95% of the shares in SynchroTech Antriebstechnik GmbH, based in Haag, by (1.) Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft, based in Linz, (44%) and (2.) Atzlinger Holding GmbH, based in Niederneukirchen (51%). 5% of the shares will be purchased by Mr. Manuel Spanner. After completion of the transaction, Invest Unternehmensbeteiligungs Aktiengesellschaft and Atzlinger Holding GmbH will
jointly control SynchroTech Antriebstechnik GmbH.
Relevant industries: Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 03.06.2024.
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 04.06.2024 .