Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Astorg VIII; Cook Medical Holdings LLC
BWB/Z-6685
On 16.08.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Astorg VIII, SCSp, Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a fund managed by Astorg Asset Management S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, intends to acquire the Assisted Reproductive Technology Business of Cook Medical LLC, Bloomington, USA and all of the shares in and sole control of Hamilton Thorne Ltd, Beverly, USA.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 13.09.2024.
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 14.09.2024 .