Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Solaris Bidco Limited; Therakos EMEA Ltd
BWB/Z-6715
On 11.09.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Solaris Bidco Limited (Ireland), Solaris IPCo Limited (Ireland) and Solaris US BidCo, LLC (USA) intend to acquire 100% of the shares of and sole control over Mallinckrodt plc’s (Ireland) extracorporeal photopheresis business, operated under the name “Therakos“.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.10.2024.
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 10.10.2024 .