AlpInvest Partners B.V.; The Carlyle Group Inc.; TJC LP; CFS Brands, LLC; Young Innovations, Inc.; Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation, Gulfstream Services, Inc.

On 30.08.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:

Planned purchase process

AlpInvest Partners B.V. (Netherlands), which is ultimately controlled by The Carlyle Group Inc. (USA), intends to acquire a non-controlling >25%-limited partnership interest in a newly formed limited partnership based in the USA that is majority-owned and controlled by funds managed and advised by affiliates of TJC LP (USA) and that will hold controlling majority shareholdings in each of CFS Brands, LLC (USA), Young Innovations, Inc. (USA), Odyssey Logistics & Technology Corporation (USA), and Gulfstream Services, Inc. (USA).
The transaction concerns foodservice and catering products, dental medical products and dental implants, transport and logistics services, and industrial equipment for the oil & gas sector.  
ÖNACE-codes: Other food service activities; Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies; Freight transport by road and removal services, H 52.1 – Warehousing and storage; Support activities for transportation; Support activities for petroleum and natural gas extraction

Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 27.09.2024.

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.

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