Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Berlin Packaging Holding Netherlands B.V.; Rixius AG
BWB/Z-6771
On 18.11.2024 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Berlin Packaging Holdings L.L.C., United States of America, intends to indirectly acquire, via Berlin Packaging Holding Netherlands B.V., Netherlands, 100% of the shares in and thus control Rixius AG,
Germany.
Industry sector: Manufacture of packaging products made of metal, glass and plastic; Manufacture of products n.e.c.
C - MANUFACTURING
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 16.12.2024.
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 17.12.2024 .