Merger Notification - Announcement according to § 10 Cartel Act
AlpInvest Partners B.V.; Carlyle Group, Inc.; Norvestor Capital Partners (GP) S.à r.l., rue Jean Piret; Sperre Compressors Investco II AS
BWB/Z-6966
On 11.06.2025 the Austrian Federal Competition Authority was notified of the following merger:
Planned purchase process
Certain investment vehicles managed and/or advised by AlpInvest Partners B.V. (Netherlands), ultimately controlled by The Carlyle Group Inc. (United States), intend to indirectly acquire a non-controlling stake (limited partnership interests) of more than 25 % in an investment fund, which will be holding 50 % or more of the shares in and sole control over Sperre Compressors Investco II AS (Norway), indirectly solely controlled by Norvestor Capital Partners (GP) S.à r.l. (Luxembourg).
Economic Sector: Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c ; Manufacture of general-purpose machinery; Manufacture of other pumps and compressors; Repair of machinery
C - MANUFACTURING C 28 - Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c., C 28.1 - Manufacture of general-purpose machinery, C 28.13 - Manufacture of other pumps and compressors
Deadline for bringing in an application pursuant to § 11(1) Cartel Act will end on 09.07.2025.
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 10.07.2025 .