Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Spectris Group Holdings Limited; Piezocryst Advanced Sensorics GmbH
BWB/Z-6716
On 11.09.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Spectris Group Holdings Limited (UK), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Spectris plc (UK), intends to acquire 100% of the shares in and thus sole control over Piezocryst Advanced Sensorics GmbH (Austria).
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 .