Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
Dover Corporation; Sikora AG
BWB/Z-6927
On 07.05.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
The proposed transaction concerns the indirect acquisition of the entire issued share capital in and sole control over Sikora AG (Germany) by Dover Corporation (USA). The intended concentration concerns measurement technology machinery.
C - MANUFACTURING C 26 - Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, C 26.5 - Manufacture of measuring testing instruments, clocks and watches
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 04.06.2025.
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 05.06.2025 .