Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Amphenol Corporation; Lütze Consulting & Services GmbH & Co KG
BWB/Z-6615
On 11.06.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Amphenol Corporation (USA) intends to indirectly acquire all shares in and sole control over Lütze Consulting & Services GmbH & Co KG (Germany) and its subsidiaries.
The concentration concerns electronic and electrotechnical components and system solutions for industrial automation and railroad technology.
Affected industry: Manufacture of electronic components, Manufacture of wiring and wiring devices, Manufacture of electricity distribution and control apparatus, Manufacture of other electrical equipment.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.07.2024.
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 10.07.2024 .