Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
PAI Partners S.à. r.l.; Audiotonix Holdings Limited
BWB/Z-6581
On 17.05.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
PAI Partners, S.à r.l. (Luxembourg / Luxembourg) intends to acquire, through Aerosmith Bidco Limited (London / United Kingdom), an indirectly solely controlled subsidiary, sole control over Audiotonix Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries (Chessington /United Kingdom). The proposed concentration concerns audio mixing consoles and associated equipment.
Affected industry: Manufacture of consumer electronics.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 14.06.2024.
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 15.06.2024 .