Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
DBAG Fund VIII; Great Lengths S.p.A. Società Benefit
BWB/Z-6692
On 22.08.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
DBAG Fund VIII, Guernsey, intends to indirectly acquire more than 50% of the shares in and sole control over Great Lengths S.p.A. Società Benefit and its subsidiaries, Italy, ("Great Lengths") whose existing management will indirectly hold a
share of more than 25% in Great Lengths.
Economic sector: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 19.09.2024.
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 20.09.2024 .