Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Glide BV; Dune TopCo B.V.
BWB/Z-6725
On 18.09.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The notified transaction concerns the proposed indirect acquisition of sole control of Dune TopCo B.V., Netherlands through a newly to be incorporated entity (“NewCo”) controlled by Gilde Equity Management (GEM) Benelux Fund V Coöperatief U.A., Netherlands.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 16.10.2024.
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 17.10.2024 .